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ASFA Newsletter | Yale Study Illuminates Dangers of SB1272 | 02.21.25
Unanticipated effects of e-cigarette flavor restrictions may offset potential benefits
These findings challenge the prevailing assumption that e-cigarette flavor restrictions offer a straightforward mechanism to reduce youth vaping as a means to protect public health. Specifically, while flavored e-cigarette restrictions may achieve their goal of reducing vaping rates among young adults, consequent increases in smoking rates may offset the expected public health benefits.
Analysis of Youth Smoking and a Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s ban on flavored tobacco product sales was associated with higher odds of self-reported recent smoking among minor high school students relative to trends in other school districts.
This raises potential concerns that reducing access to flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems may motivate youths who would otherwise vape to substitute smoking.
NHS UK - Using e-cigarettes to stop smoking
A 2021 review found people who used e-cigarettes to quit smoking, as well as having expert face-to-face support, can be up to twice as likely to succeed as people who used other nicotine replacement products, such as patches or gum.
Results from the Annual National Youth Tobacco Survey
In 2024, 2.25 million middle and high school students reported current use (use on one or more days during the past 30 days) of any tobacco product, compared to 2.80 million in 2023. This decline was largely attributable to the significant drop in the number of students who reported current e-cigarette use (2.13 million youth in 2023 compared to 1.63 million youth in 2024).
ASFA Newsletter | Our Day at the Capitol | 02.10.25
FDA Authorized E-Cigarette Products
As of July 2024, these are the only e-cigarettes authorized to be sold in the U.S.
How Does the Use of Flavored Nicotine Vaping Products Relate to Progression Toward Quitting Smoking?
Overall, 11.1% of baseline concurrent users quit smoking by 2018. Compared with users of tobacco flavors, those vaping “sweet” flavors were more likely to quit smoking between surveys.
FDA Makes Determinations On More Than 99% of the 26 Million Tobacco Products For Which Applications Were Submitted
To date, FDA has made determinations on more than 99% of the nearly 26 million deemed products for which applications were submitted, including authorizing 23 new e-cigarette products and devices, and issuing refuse to accept (RTA) letters, refuse to file letters, or marketing denial orders for millions of products.
U.S. International Trade Commission protects Juul labs’ American patents
In today’s decision, the ITC issued a Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) and Cease and Desist Orders (CDOs) prohibiting Altria and NJOY from importing and selling the infringing ACE until the patents expire in 2034 and 2037.
ASFA Newsletter | New Zealand: Luminaries in Harm Reduction | 01.08.25
Vaping kits to be made free for smokers to help them quit
A smokefree campaigner is backing the government's plan to use vaping starter kits to help adults quit smoking.
From next week, the government will supply vaping starter kits to stop-smoking services around the country to help adults quit.
Tobacco use declines despite tobacco industry efforts to jeopardize progress
Globally there are 1.25 billion adult tobacco users, according to the latest estimates in the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report out today.
Trends in 2022 show a continued decline in tobacco use rates globally. With about 1 in 5 adults worldwide consuming tobacco compared to 1 in 3 in 2000.
E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings
[A meta-analysis] concluded that participants using nicotine e-cigarettes were more likely to have abstained from smoking cigarettes for at least 6 months
Using e-cigarettes to stop smoking
In recent years, e-cigarettes have become a very popular stop smoking aid in the UK.
Also known as vapes or e-cigs, they're far less harmful than cigarettes, and can help you quit smoking for good.
ASFA Newsletter | China, China, China | 12.23.24
Justice Department and FDA Announce Federal Multi-Agency Task Force to Curb the Distribution and Sale of Illegal E-Cigarettes
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the creation of a federal multi-agency task force to combat the illegal distribution and sale of e-cigarettes.
FDA Denies Marketing of Six Flavored Vuse Alto E-Cigarette Products
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company for six flavored e-cigarette products under its Vuse Alto brand. This includes three menthol-flavored and three mixed berry-flavored products, with each flavor being offered in three nicotine strengths.
Vuse & Njoy Manufacturing Info
FDA Authorized E-Cigarette Products
As of July 2024, these are the only e-cigarettes authorized to be sold in the U.S.
ASFA Newsletter | 550,000 Fewer Youth Vaping | 11.18.24
Results from the Annual National Tobacco Youth Survey
In 2024, 2.25 million middle and high school students reported current use (use on one or more days during the past 30 days) of any tobacco product, compared to 2.80 million in 2023. This decline was largely attributable to the significant drop in the number of students who reported current e-cigarette use (2.13 million youth in 2023 compared to 1.63 million youth in 2024).
Campaign for Tobacc0-Free Kids
Tobacco companies claim they support a smoke-free future. But a new @FTC report shows they spent over $8 billion to market cigarettes in the U.S. in 2022. They’re desperate to stop steep declines in cigarette sales, which fell another 8.8% in 2022 to a record-low 173.5 billion.
Reason Electronic Vapor Products Used
Among students who use electronic vapor products, past 30 days
• Few use them because they are available in flavors (2%) or because they think they are less harmful than other forms of tobacco products (1%).
ASFA Newsletter | Flavors: Essential for Harm Reduction | 11.11.24
Association of Use of Menthol- Versus Tobacco-Flavored ENDS with Switching Completely Away from Cigarettes and Differences by Menthol Cigarette Smoking
[Adults Who Smoked Cigarettes] (AWS) smoking menthol cigarettes predominantly used menthol-flavored JUUL (∼70% of follow-ups) and had significantly higher switch rates. The association varied by preferred cigarette flavor: AWS who smoked non-menthol cigarettes had higher odds of switching when using menthol- (vs. tobacco-flavored) JUUL)… More generally, AWS who used cigarette-incongruent JUUL flavors (especially non-menthol cigarettes and Menthol-flavored JUUL) had higher odds of switching.
Vaping on the rise after Quebec banned flavours
One year after Quebec banned all flavoured vaping products, the data showed 30% of young people in the province currently vape at least once a month and 36% of vapers switched back to smoking cigarettes again.
The Association of E-cigarette Flavors With Satisfaction, Enjoyment, and Trying to Quit or Stay Abstinent From Smoking
Vapers use a wide range of flavors, with 63.1% using a nontobacco flavor. The most common flavor categories were fruit (29.4%) and tobacco (28.7%), followed by mint/menthol (14.4%) and candy (13.5%). Vapers using candy (41.0%, p < .0001) or fruit flavors (26.0%, p = .01) found vaping more satisfying (compared with smoking) than vapers using tobacco flavor (15.5%) and rated vaping as very/extremely enjoyable (fruit: 50.9%; candy: 60.9%) than those using tobacco flavor (39.4%). Among concurrent users, those using fruit (74.6%, p = .04) or candy flavors (81.1%, p = .003) were more likely than tobacco flavor users (63.5%) to vape in order to quit smoking.
ASFA Newsletter | Inverse Correlations: Cigarette Tank as Vaping Up | 11.04.24
Current Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2021
Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are handheld electronic vaping devices which produce an aerosol by heating an e‐liquid. This is a review update conducted as part of a living systematic review.
Burden of Cigarette Use in the U.S.
Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States.
Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation
Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are handheld electronic vaping devices which produce an aerosol by heating an e‐liquid. People who smoke, healthcare providers and regulators want to know if ECs can help people quit smoking, and if they are safe to use for this purpose. This is a review update conducted as part of a living systematic review.
The Toll of Tobacco in Arizona
Arizona smokes at a higher rate than the nation at large, with 12.7% of adults reporting cigarette smoking.
ASFA Newsletter | Triton v. FDA Pt. II | 10.27.24
Federal Trade Commission E-Cigarette Report for 2021
“…combined sales by the reporting companies of closed-system and disposable e-cigarettes (“combined sales”) grew from $2.394 billion in 2020 to $2.763 billion in 2021.”
Vaping to quit smoking
Nicotine vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking. It's also one of the most effective tools for quitting smoking.
Vaping is not completely harmless and we only recommend it for adult smokers, to support quitting smoking and staying quit.
ASFA Newsletter | “Arbitrary and Capricious”: Triton v. FDA | 10.21.24
Triton Case | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
In sum, FDA’s denials of petitioners’ PMTAs were arbitrary and capricious. The agency did not give manufacturers fair notice of the rules; the agency did not acknowledge or explain its change in position; the agency ignored reasonable and serious reliance interests that manufacturers had in the pre-MDO guidance; and the agency tried to cover up its mistakes with post hoc justifications at oral argument. The contrary views expressed by some of our sister circuits do not address our principal concerns with FDA’s decisionmaking. We therefore hold the agency acted unlawfully.
Food and Drug Administration
v.
Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2024.
ASFA Newsletter | Clearing up the air: Youth E-Cigarette Use on the Decline | 10.01.24
U.S. Youth Vaping Rates Continue to Show Dramatic Decline
On September 5, 2024, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (“CDC”) released data from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey (“NYTS”), which shows the most remarkable decline in youth vaping to date. Specifically, the most recent NYTS, an annual, cross-sectional, web-based survey of U.S. middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students, indicates that the number of middle school (“MS”) and high school (“HS”) students reporting use of e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) has declined to the lowest level in a decade. The 2024 NYTS was conducted among 29,861 HS and MS students from 283 schools between January 22 and May 22, 2024.
Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops to Lowest Level in a Decade
Despite a growing body of evidence indicating that flavor bans on vaping products may lead to increased cigarette smoking, policymakers persist in their pursuit of such prohibitions. This approach is not only counterproductive but also detrimental to public health because it undermines the potential benefits of vaping as a harm reduction tool. Flavors in vaping products play a crucial role in the success of helping smokers quit, and the evidence is clear that removing these options drives users back to more harmful combustible tobacco. Understanding why policymakers continue to endorse these bans and what steps can be taken to educate the public about their dangers is essential.
ASFA Newsletter | Time for the TRUTH About Vaping | 9.9.24
The Effect of E-Cigarette Flavor Bans on Tobacco Use
Industry regulations, from manufacturing best practices to retailer requirements, are an ever-present and ever-evolving aspect of doing business in our industry. Be it FDA or state regulations, ASFA will help you navigate the changing climate with regular information updates, workshops, webinars and other partnerships to help you succeed!
Will SCOTUS Break Big Tobaccos Grip on Nicotine
The Supreme Court recently announced it will review a case where the FDA denied marketing approval for two e-cigarette makers selling flavored products. The FDA is looking to appeal a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, ruling that the rejections were “arbitrary and capricious” and “unannounced requirements for certain types of studies.”
The Evidence is Clear: Bans on Flavored Vaping Products Are Harming Public Health
Despite a growing body of evidence indicating that flavor bans on vaping products may lead to increased cigarette smoking, policymakers persist in their pursuit of such prohibitions. This approach is not only counterproductive but also detrimental to public health because it undermines the potential benefits of vaping as a harm reduction tool. Flavors in vaping products play a crucial role in the success of helping smokers quit, and the evidence is clear that removing these options drives users back to more harmful combustible tobacco. Understanding why policymakers continue to endorse these bans and what steps can be taken to educate the public about their dangers is essential.
Bootleggers Baptists, and Vaping: The high costs of paternalism in public health
Paternalistic laws have infiltrated public health, finance, poverty alleviation, and education, among other aspects of our society. Hard paternalism- complete disregard of personal autonomy for their own good- has become more common and more accepted.
Businessman: Vaping Being Taking Over By Big Tobacco
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