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The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce that Juul electronic cigarette products can no longer be sold in the United States as soon as Wednesday.

The decision to pull Juul products comes after a two-year review of the company's application to keep its tobacco- and menthol-flavored products in the U.S. market, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company has been charged with conducting years of predatory marketing tactics that enticed children and teenagers and selling flavored nicotine products in fruity flavors that appealed to youth.

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The FDAs campaign to police Juul e-cigarette products has been years in the making. The agency targeted the company for its role in perpetuating a new wave of teenage nicotine use, driven by appealing flavors. The FDA previously charged the company with advertising itself as a safer alternative to smoking combustible tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars, a designation the company was not approved to use.

Juul conceded to the FDA in 2019 when it pulled all fruit and dessert flavors from the market, though it was permitted to keep marketing menthol- and tobacco-flavored nicotine pods used in the vaping device.

Juul did not return a request for comment.

The FDAs move to pull Juul from the market clears the way for its biggest competitor, Reynolds American, to dominate the e-cigarette market. The FDA declared last fall that four of its Vuse e-cigarettes that use tobacco flavoring could remain on the market after the company successfully demonstrated to the agency that the product offered smokers a less harmful means of satisfying nicotine cravings. Juul products account for 40% of the e-cigarette market, while Reynolds has about 28%.

The decision signals the hard line the Biden administration is taking on the teenage vaping epidemic. Some 2.55 million middle and high school students use tobacco products, including flavored electronic cigarettes, according to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Bidens FDA also unveiled a regulatory plan in April for banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and cigars, marking a major step forward for the administration, which proposed the ban in April 2021. Still, the process is lengthy and is not expected to be finalized until 2023, with the ban set to take effect a year thereafter.

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The agencys plan to restrict e-cigarette sales will rankle users as well as tobacco companies and libertarian groups. The Cato Institute, for instance, argued in 2019 amid a Trump-era crackdown on Big Tobacco that efforts to limit teenage vaping will adversely affect adult smokers looking for a means to quit.

The American Vapor Manufacturers Association, a trade organization for the vaping industry, slammed the agency's decision, arguing that American adults will transition to combustible cigarettes when their vaping products are no longer available.

"FDA's apparent intention to outlaw Juul is the latest sorry example of the agency's campaign of regulatory arson against the nicotine vaping products that millions of Americans rely on as an alternative to cigarettes," AVMA President Amanda Wheeler said. "This shameful decision is hard proof that no matter how deeply resourced or how meticulous the research in the market application, FDA is hellbent to arbitrarily crush the most widely used vaping products preferred by adult Americans."

The Biden administration picked up where the former Trump administration left off in its efforts to regulate tobacco products. The FDA shook up the industry on Tuesday when it announced that it intends to restrict the concentration of nicotine in tobacco products, reducing it to nonaddictive or minimally addictive levels. The move was lauded by anti-tobacco activist groups, such as the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The group said on Tuesday that the agencys move is a truly game-changing proposal that would accelerate declines in smoking and save millions of lives from cancer and other tobacco-related diseases.

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The West Australian government is threatening to destroy the retail vape industry in Western Australia with massive fines for selling vaping products and nicotine-free liquids.

But they are ensuring that only the black market and tobacco companies will ultimately benefit.

Many adults use vaping to help them quit smoking cigarettes. Credit:James Brickwood

Vape stores were informed of the crackdown by letter last month and were told they could face up to $80,000 in penalties.

The current legislation in WA, the Tobacco Product Control Act 2006, bans the sale of devices that look like cigarettes.

This has always been the case, but if it does begin these enforcement activities by cracking down on vaping-related goods, including individual components of vaping devices, batteries, and nicotine-free liquids, this would shut down vape stores across the state, leaving only the black market in operation.

The crackdown comes in response to a rise in youth vaping. A new initiative was recently announced to educate young people on nicotine addiction and chemicals in vaping products.

Young people should be given accurate information to help them make informed choices. However,this campaign, based on the NSW Health Do you know what youre vaping? campaign, is alarmist, exaggerates risks and is riddled with misinformation.

There is no doubt that youth vaping is on the rise. However, this rise is being driven almost exclusively by black-market sales.

The knee-jerk reaction by the Health Department to target legal shops will have no effect on youth vaping.

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WAs misguided vaping move will be a public health disaster - Sydney Morning Herald

BEAMSVILLE, Ontario, June 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nicotine vaping has been widely accepted as significantly less harmful than smoking. Studies find that smokers who switch to vaping experience short term general health improvements. Therefore, public health has a vested interest in promoting vaping as a harm reduction option for quitting smoking.

An estimated 45,000 deaths are attributable to smoking each year. These deaths represent about 18% of all deaths in Canada. Over 100 Canadians die each day from smoking, which is more than the sum of deaths due to car accidents, accidental injury, self-harm and assault. According to Health Canada, Smoking-attributable mortality resulted in nearly 600,000 potential years of life lost in 2012, primarily due to malignant neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory diseases.

Although smoking may be less visible and appear to have been mostly eradicated, this is not the case. Canada still has an estimated 4.5 million smokers and smoking remains the leading cause of premature death and illness. Tobacco control must remain a priority. For these reasons public health gains should be the primary objective for aggressive tobacco control, but there are also financial incentives to eradicating smoking. In addition to the obvious direct health care costs, smoking has many lesser-known indirect costs to society.

The total costs of tobacco use were $16.2 billion, with indirect costs accounting for over half of total costs (58.5 per cent) and direct costs accounting for the remainder (41.5 per cent). Health care costs were the largest component of direct costs attributable to smoking, coming in at roughly $6.5 billion in 2012. This included the costs associated with prescription drugs ($1.7 billion), physician care ($1.0 billion), and hospital care ($3.8 billion). The federal, provincial, and territorial governments also spent $122.0 million on tobacco control and law enforcement.

The indirect costs related to smoking, which reflect production losses (i.e., foregone earnings) as a result of smoking-attributable morbidity and premature mortality were also estimated. These production losses amounted to $9.5 billion overall, of which almost $2.5 billion were due to premature mortality and $7.0 billion were due to short- and long-term disability, Health Canada.

As vaping adoption increases, direct and indirect costs decrease over time. A studyhas found that a fairly permissive regulatory environment achieves net health gain and cost savings. And, in a letter sent to the British Medical Journal, public health leaders wrote, The Government rightly wants to make smoking obsolete. If this were achieved, it is estimated that UK jobs would increase by 500,000 as smokers spent their money on other goods and services. The net benefit to public finances would be around 600 million for England alone.

Over time, the loss of tobacco tax revenue is recouped by the savings in health careand the various indirect costs. When determining the excise tax rate on vape products legislators should consider the health benefits of transitioning smokers, as well as the corresponding savings in health care. Canada has already passed vaping regulation to achieve its youth prevention goals. Instead of using damaging heavy-handed taxation, the government should ensure that current regulations are enforced, said Darryl Tempest, Government Relations Counsel to the CVA Board.

Contact:Darryl TempestGovernment Relations Counsel to the CVA Boarddtempest@thecva.org647-274-1867

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Disposable vape manufacturer, Geek Bar, has launched a new supply chain charter to help safeguard against non-compliant and fake products bearing the brands identity entering the UK market.

The charter is the latest initiative by the company to address the challenge of illicit disposable vape products, which has led to raids by Trading Standards on retail outlets selling them. It is also designed to address sales of the companys products to minors.

In the UK, regulations state that disposable vapes should contain no more than 20mg/ml of nicotine nor have above 2ml liquid capacity. Geek Bar Pros, manufactured for non-TPD markets where regulations are different and allow higher nicotine concentrations, have been amongst the non-compliant products finding their way into the UK market.

The companys new charter covers every aspect of the supply chain, from product sourcing to sale of devices to the customer.

In the charter the company commits itself and its supply chain partners to:

Allen Yang, chief executive at Geek Bar, said: Our Charter, which has been carefully thought through, is designed to set the bar very high when it comes to disposable vape standards in the supply chain. These standards have been under scrutiny in recent months as the category has attracted significant interest and demand.

We have been working tirelessly over the last six months to review our business operations to ensure that no stone has been left unturned and ensure that adult smokers continue to enjoy the highest quality and safest vaping experience when using our products.

He added: We will not tolerate malpractice amongst distributors and retailers who want to supply and sell our products but do not do it legitimately. Through the development of the charter we are upping the ante even more to ensure rogue traders do not succeed in our marketplace.

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The University of Louisville has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the effects of flavorings like mango and bubblegum used in vapes and electronic cigarettes.

Researchers at UofLs Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, which recently opened in the schools New Vision of Health campus in downtown Louisville, hope to better understand the short-and long-term impacts of these flavorings specifically on the heart and catalog which are potentially harmful.

University of Louisville researchers Matthew Nystoriak, left, and Alex Carll. (Photo from UofL)

E-cigarettes are still relatively new, and we dont yet fully understand what their health effects are, said Alex Carll, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology and co-lead on the project. Understanding this could help us make better purchasing and regulatory decisions.

The FDA has banned unauthorized flavors used in disposable e-cigarette cartridges, saying some could appeal to kids and help fuel rising rates of youth vaping. However, a wide variety of flavors are still available in liquid form.

Matthew Nystoriak, an associate professor of medicine and co-lead on the project, said some flavors may seem harmless because they taste like or use the same ingredients as in food. But while those ingredients are safe to eat, they may not be safe to inhale.

Some flavors used in vapes, like cinnamon or diacetyl (artificial butter flavoring), have been linked to serious and even deadly health conditions like cell death and popcorn lung, damage caused by airway inflammation.

Our goal is to understand how individual flavoring chemicals impact the heart, Nystoriak said. There are many flavor chemicals used in e-cigarettes and if we know which are potentially more harmful than others, its possible for people to make more informed decisions about which products they use.

Identifying their biological effects also is likely to help the FDA in regulating flavoring additives in e-cigarettes in the future.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2022, 4 percent of American middle school students (470,000) and 13.4 percent (2.55 million) of high school students reported recently using e-cigarettes. Nearly 85% of youth who report using e-cigarettes say they use flavored e-cigarettes.

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The West Australian government is threatening to destroy the retail vape industry in Western Australia with massive fines for selling vaping products and nicotine-free liquids.

But they are ensuring that only the black market and tobacco companies will ultimately benefit.

Many adults use vaping to help them quit smoking cigarettes. Credit:James Brickwood

Vape stores were informed of the crackdown by letter last month and were told they could face up to $80,000 in penalties.

The current legislation in WA, the Tobacco Product Control Act 2006, bans the sale of devices that look like cigarettes.

However, although there has been no recent change in the legislation, WA Health has confirmed that penalties will now apply to all vaping-related goods, including individual components of vaping devices, batteries, and nicotine-free liquids. If enforced, this would shut down vape stores across the state, leaving only the black market in operation.

The crackdown comes in response to a rise in youth vaping. A new initiative was recently announced to educate young people on nicotine addiction and chemicals in vaping products.

Young people should be given accurate information to help them make informed choices. However,this campaign, based on the NSW Health Do you know what youre vaping? campaign, is alarmist, exaggerates risks and is riddled with misinformation.

There is no doubt that youth vaping is on the rise. However, this rise is being driven almost exclusively by black-market sales. Vape stores do not sell these illegal products, or any products containing nicotine.

These businesses have frequent inspections from the Health Department and have been assured for many years that their businesses are legal.

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WAs misguided vaping move will be a public health disaster - WAtoday

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ENFIELD The Enfield Selectboard is considering banning or restricting tobacco use on town properties, including parks.

The proposed ordinance would prohibit smoking, chewing and vaping. It also covers cannabis and tobacco substitute products, according to a draft copy of the ordinance posted to the towns website. It calls for $100 fines for people who violate the policy.

I would like to see an ordinance that effectively bans smoking in or on all town-owned properties, Selectboard Chairman John Kluge said. Its possible we might make some designated areas in large areas, but certainly we dont want smoking in the buildings or near buildings and we really dont want smoking in areas where children congregate.

A public hearing on the proposed ordinance will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the Public Works Building; it can also be streamed online via enfield.nh.us/board-selectmen/events/54181.

The town currently has a policy banning smoking in town-owned buildings and vehicles. There is also a sign outside the town office building asking people to consider not smoking and another at Huse Park asking people to be respectful of others.

The Board of Selectmen are in total agreement that smoking needs to be dealt with more firmly and in a more organized fashion, said Kluge, who was a smoker for 25 years before quitting 33 years ago. We need some good signage, we need some public awareness, and I think were also feeling that weve reached the stage of health awareness where people recognize the need for this.

The proposed ordinance is not in response to complaints from residents or persistent issues related to smoking on town property. Earlier this year, a resident contacted the town and asked why there werent any rules prohibiting smoking near the playground at Huse Park, town manager Ed Morris said. That prompted a discussion among town officials to come up with a policy thats more concrete and enforceable.

It supports the health and safety of our residents and visitors, Morris said. Im sure some people will not be happy.

There is a possibility that the Selectboard will create designated smoking areas at Huse Park and the Shaker Ball Fields on Route 4A.

Enfield Police Chief Roy Holland supports the policy because it will give officers firmer footing to intervene when conflicts arise.

We definitely get a fair amount of complaints from families or nonsmokers who are just trying to enjoy the parks or the beach and stuff like that and have people smoking around them, Holland said.

If the ordinance passes, the town would put up signs about the policy at town properties to inform visitors of the change.

I dont think itll be a big enforcement issue, just an education thing, Holland said.

Lebanon enacted an ordinance in 2017 that banned smoking on town properties, including parks, and established designated smoking areas.

There was kind of a learning curve for people, Lebanon Police Chief Phil Roberts said. We dealt with it quite a bit for the first year and a half, but I wouldnt say it was an overwhelming amount of work or time spent on it.

Officers took an educational approach with people, pointing out signs about the ban and redirecting them to places where they could smoke.

We issued a lot of warnings, Roberts said. As time has gone on, we really havent had any issues or violations.

People are generally understanding when asked to smoke elsewhere, Roberts said, and officers rarely have to issue fines, which range from $25 to $100.

I dont see a lot of people standing at a baseball field or recreation area, Roberts said. Its become common courtesy to go to a designated area or your private property.

Liz Sauchelli can be reached at esauchelli@vnews.com or 603-727-3221.

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Enfield may prohibit smoking, vaping and chewing tobacco on town properties - Valley News

Disposable vape pens known as Elf Bars have exploded in popularity in recent months.

There are other disposable vape options as well, including Geek Bars and Solo Bars which can be bought cheaply at stores.

Recently, there has been a surge in interest, with vape platform IndeJuice reporting it had seen a 279 per cent increase in its sales of disposable vapes towards the end of 2021.

They appear to be popular across the UK, and in some cases seem to be popular among young people, with one Scottish primary school informing parents that children were picking up used Elf Bars late last year.

Some are concerned that these disposable vapes are unsafe, while others believe that they are marketed towards children due to their bright colours and sweet flavours, the Mirror Reports.

Disposable vapes can often feel inconsequential; they're cheap, disposable and you dont mind too much if you lose one. With light colours and fruity flavours, they dont feel as though they could possibly do any harm.

But Dr Gareth Nye, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Chester, disagrees with this.

There is limited scientific evidence regarding these products, mainly [regarding] the liquid used to vape with, rather than the vaping device itself, as they have continued to change over the last ten years, he said.

Because e-cigarette liquid and smoke have been shown to contain nicotine and many of the same harmful toxicants and carcinogens as cigarettes, it is reasonable to assume that there is the potential for similar health effects for e-cigarette use, which include long-term cardiovascular damage, lung damage and cancer and other metabolic changes."

While vapes and e-cigs don't contain the tar and carbon monoxide found in regular cigarettes, there are still concerns over the chemicals vapers are putting into their bodies.

A 2018 study showed that e-cigarette users had concentrations of metals and volatile chemicals (toluene, benzene, and carbon disulfide) comparable with those of cigarette smokers, said Dr Nye. These are the chemicals causing the long-lasting lung damage

Vaping has caused increases in tooth decay, dental and oral conditions and shows signs of being linked to oral cancers the same way cigarette smoking does.

Bottom line - inhaling chemicals into the lungs which are not meant to be there leads to a reaction from your immune system which damages the lung tissue. With damaged lung tissue you can't get oxygen into the blood, as well making the heart work harder and the rest of the body goes into survival mode.

"The longer you do this the worse the impact. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a whole generation of 30-year-olds with lung conditions in the next decade.

Some people have even raised concerns that the products could encourage younger people to take up smoking.

Kieran Hynes, a former salesperson for tobacco industry giant British American Tobacco and vaper himself, said: I think the huge array of fruity flavours creates mass appeal in the younger age groups.

And the statistics appear to agree.

Dr Nye said: A recent study has shown from January 2021 to January 2022, there was a 14-fold increase in the percentage of vapers that used disposables, rising from 1.2 per cent to 16.7 per cent - the percentage of 18-year-old vapers using disposables rose from 0.89 per cent to 56.7 per cent. So over half of reported vapers aged 18 are using these Elf Bars.

Despite vapes generally being the better option than cigarettes, there is a worrying notion among young people that vapes and Elf Bars are 100 per cent safe, which is simply not true, said Dr Nye. Even no nicotine versions are not safe.

On TikTok, the #elfbar trend has just under 700 million views and is packed full of videos of young people tooting on their bars and making light of their addiction.

But despite the Elf Bar website itself requiring users to declare they are 21 or over, it appears that the vapes are getting into the hands of younger generations.

In November 2021, the Record reported that a primary school in Scotland had sent a message home to parents warning them that they had been getting into the hands of young people.

The text read: There have been some reports of children finding used vapes and 'Elf Bars' laying around the local community however there may be other ways children are accessing these that we don't know about.

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What is an Elf Bar and are they dangerous as new vape smoking craze surges? - Daily Record

If you've been outside (or on social media) lately, you've likely noticed the increase in vaping. At least, I know I have. As a uni student in 2022, I am often guilty of succumbing to picking up a vape at the off licence when stocking up on my weekly booze. Their bright colours and sweet smells are now a signature part of a night out.

Like many gen-Zers, I've tried smoking but the ashy, burnt taste was not for me, and the thought of smoke swirling around my lungs? No thanks. But vapes the Elf Bars brand specifically are damn tasty. I now often find myself pairing the colour of my vape to my outfit as a fashion accessory for a trip to the pub. I also find myself shotting cheap tequila with no lime and salt, and using a vape as a sweet chaser. I have let this tasty, portable and, lets face it, quite nice-looking companion into my life with no questions asked. It's like a one-night-stand that I've let turn into a clingy relationship, with me 24/7.

So, when I started reading horror stories online and people on TikTok with blatant vape addictions, I started to get a little concerned; I wanted to dig a bit deeper.

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Vaping is a growing phenomenon with more and more people making the switch to e-cigarettes in a bid to ditch tobacco cigarettes. Not only do they taste better, but they're considerably cheaper, too. Prices for vapes are as low as 4, whereas a pack of 20 Marlboro Gold are currently priced at 12.55 at Tesco. Then there's the A-list seal of approval, too, with celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga having all been spotted vaping.

Dr Onkar Mudhar thinks that smoking just one Elf Bar which some uni students are getting through in a single night out is the equivalent of about 48 to 50 cigarettes. Are we replacing smoking with something possibly even more dangerous?

It's no wonder that Elf Bars have been plastered all over social media platforms in a variety of flavours and colours. The hashtag #elfbar currently has 697 million views on TikTok, while #vaping has 1.6 billion views.

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In the UK, from January 2021 to January 2022, there was a 14-fold increase in the percentage of vapers that used disposables, which was most pronounced in younger adults: the use of disposable vapes in 18-year-old vapers rose from 0.89% to a staggering 56.7%, whilst among 45-year-old vapers the use of disposables rose from 1.3% to 6.2%.

While smoking tobacco was popular for Gen-Z's parents' generation it wasn't until 1964 that a definitive report was published linking smoking to lung cancer reports have shown that the recent increases in vaping have been directly associated with declining rates of youth smoking. It looks as though we're replacing smoking with vaping. And with one TikTok from Dr Onkar Mudhar claiming that smoking just one Elf Bar which some uni students are getting through in a single night out is the equivalent of about 48 to 50 cigarettes (as the bar contains two milligrams of nicotine salt which is equivalent to 20 milligrams of nicotine), are we replacing smoking with something possibly even more dangerous?

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The hot vapour and nicotine from a vape can be harmful to your oral health, says Amanda Sheehan, a dental hygienist, and clinical support specialist at TePe. Nicotine whether smoked or vaped, reduces blood flow to the gums, increasing the risks of gum disease and tooth loss.

It goes without saying that smoking is bad for your health, but something that is less commonly spoken about or understood is the impact that vaping has on oral health, says Amanda Sheehan, a dental hygienist, and clinical support specialist at TePe. The hot vapour and nicotine from a vape can be harmful to your oral health because nicotine whether smoked or vaped reduces blood flow to the gums, increasing the risks of gum disease and tooth loss. So, vaping puts you at a higher risk of developing gum disease than if you dont vape at all.

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BEAMSVILLE, Ontario, June 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opponents of vaping often claim that there is no health benefit to the dual use of cigarettes and nicotine vaping products. Moreover, they claim that dual use may be more harmful than smoking alone. This is contrary to the well accepted principle of harm reduction that is a cornerstone of every modern public health initiative. Instead, it rests on a fallacious binary option, where smoking and abstaining from nicotine use are the only alternatives for adults. This view is an endorsement of the discredited abstinence or prohibition models that have been discarded by modern democracies such as Canada in all other public health contexts as ineffective, unscientific, unrealistic, unenforceable, counterproductive, and ultimately harmful to public health.

Each time a vape is used instead of a cigarette, that individual reduces exposure to the thousands of harmful chemicals found in a cigarette. Additionally, dual use is often an indicator that a smoker is trying to quit or substantially reduce their cigarette intake. The dual use harm fallacy defies common sense, as dual use is a spectrum ranging from mostly smokers to mostly vapers. An individual who primarily vapes and only occasionally smokes has greatly reduced exposure to toxic chemicals.

One of the most dangerous ways to consume nicotine is by smoking it. The availability of safer nicotine products, such as vape, is intended to encourage people to quit smoking. For the most nicotine addicted, a period of dual use seems essential to free themselves from the smoked cigarette, said Martine Robert, a nurse specialised in tobacco treatment.

From an individual perspective, the goal should be the total elimination of cigarette smoking. It has been shown that the risk of cardiovascular disease due to smoking does not follow a linear dose-response curve and that simply swapping out a few cigarettes with vaping will not significantly reduce the long-term risk. However, on the road to quitting cigarettes, any reduction should be considered a positive step. Historically, the message of tobacco control advocates and the medical profession has been to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked with the aim of quitting. It is still better to consume half a pack of cigarettes per day than a full pack. As with any behavioral modification, the process of a gradual change is ultimately much more successful than a cold-turkey approach. Ironically, this stepwise introduction is exactly how we promote nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) using patches and gums. We would never tell someone to stop NRT because they are smoking the occasional cigarette, said Dr. Mark Tyndall.

The problem with the persistence of vaping myths like the dual use fallacy, is that they likely contribute to prolonging dual use and smoking in general. Smokers are not receiving clear guidance on reduced risk products from health authorities, and as a result, they are hesitant to try vaping or other harm reduction products after traditional methods have failed, said Darryl Tempest, Government Relations Counsel to the CVA Board.

We can all agree that the goal should be to phase out cigarettes and eliminate exposure to the deadly chemicals released through combustion. The focus now should be how we best help people to fully move away from cigarettes. However, taking a position that dual use is unhelpful or even dangerous is disingenuous and not supported by the scientific evidence provided, said Tyndall.

Contact:Darryl TempestGovernment Relations Counsel to the CVA Boarddtempest@thecva.org 647-274-1867

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The Canadian Vaping Association: Dual use of cigarettes and vapes if often a sign that a smoker is trying to quit - GlobeNewswire