From: R Street
by . Washington Examiner
A recent report from the Core Team on Tobacco Control drew 120 eminent signatories from the tobacco control community to endorse the proposition that it is possible to end adult cigarette use within a generation. But to achieve that commendable goal, federal public-health agencies and lawmakers will need to change their tune on tobacco harm reduction.
From: Forbes
Guy Bentley
A single HNB product, IQOS, has already captured 5.5% market share in Japan after the product was rolled out nationally in the beginning of the second quarter in 2016. Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog is bullish on the prospect of HNB products, estimating that Philip Morris’ IQOS could displace as much as 30% of the regular cigarette business in developed markets by 2025.
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From: Cliffside Park Daily Voice
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — It’s not smoking, it’s vaping. But what’s the difference? Cliffside Park’s VapeHQ has the answers.
“I get a lot of people that walk into this store who have [heard about vaping], but [don’t know] how to use one or even what the liquid is made of,” VapeHQ Owner Dan Kim said.
From: Convenience Store News
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“Local ordinances are probably the greatest threat to the industry,” according to Thomas Briant, executive director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO). In fact, each year, the number of proposed ordinances and the severity of those ordinances increase, he noted.
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From GMtoday
Board votes unanimously in favor
By Chris Bucher – Freeman Staff
HARTLAND — The village will assist Johnson Creek Enterprises in attempting to limit the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations on the vaping industry.
The seven-member board voted unanimously at its Monday meeting to approve a resolution that will have the village assist in having the FDA meet and coordinate with the vaping company to alleviate the negative impact of regulations that went into effect in August 2016.
