December 8th, 2017
From: Vaping Post
A recent study by Georgia State University economist Michael Pesko, found that laws restricting vaping at places of employment and entertainment, increase the chances of smoking in pregnant women by as much as 30%.
By Diane Caruana
“Pregnant women are highly motivated to quit smoking cigarettes and may believe e-cigarettes are a safe way to do so,” said Pesko, who is an assistant professor at the university’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.
November 30th, 2017
From: FDA Voice
By: Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Janet Woodcock, M.D., Mitchell Zeller, J.D.
As the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, tobacco causes more than 480,000 deaths every year. To address this devastation, earlier this year FDA announced a new regulatory plan to lower this burden of tobacco-related disease and death. The plan takes a comprehensive approach to nicotine and tobacco, including an initiative to lower nicotine in cigarettes to minimally addictive or non-addictive levels. Aimed at shifting the trajectory of tobacco-related disease and death, the agency’s approach recognizes that nicotine is delivered through products posing a continuum of risk. This ranges from combusted cigarettes at one end, to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products – designed to safely reduce withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving, associated with quitting smoking – at the other.
November 17th, 2017
From: Vaping Post
Last Tuesday, at a news conference at Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Philip Morris Korea released their latest research results suggesting that their Heat-not-Burn device, iQOS, contains 90% fewer toxic chemicals than regular cigarettes.
By Diane Caruana
The tobacco company is planning to release the full study, including all the raw data by next June. In the meantime said Mikael Franzon, senior medical adviser to Philip Morris International, Philip Morris Korea is conducting further testing on animals to get a clearer picture as to how many of the risks iQOS actually removes.
November 8th, 2017
From: VapingPost
A recent survey of US vape stores has indicated that following the FDA’s announcement earlier this year, that it would delay the PMTA compliance deadline, some hope and optimism has been restored within a previously demoralized industry.
By Diane Caruana
In the last ten years, electronic cigarettes have exploded from non-existence to a $3.5 billion industry. An industry which up to a few months ago the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seemed set on destroying.
November 3rd, 2017
From: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tobacco giant Altria Group Inc., looking for growth opportunities in alternatives to conventional cigarettes, has invested in a Chesterfield County-based chain that has grown to become the largest U.S. retailer of vaping devices, commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes.
Henrico County-based Altria recently made a minority investment in Avail Vapor LLC, an executive for Altria said Thursday at a meeting of industry analysts and investors hosted by the company in Richmond.
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