C-stores urged to make the most of “VApril” e-cig opportunity

The annual Vapril campaign to help smokers switch to vaping launched yesterday (1 April). The digitally-focused 2020 campaign seeks to address consumer “misinformation” about vaping with “evidence-backed advice and information”. It follows last month’s evidence update on the UK e-cigarette market by Public Health England (PHE) which revealed that 37% of smokers had never tried vaping and that over half of them wrongly believed it to be equally or more harmful than smoking. PHE continues to highlight that regulated nicotine vaping is at least 95% less harmful than conventional smoking.

2020-04-03
conveniencestore.co.uk

Science In Crisis | Precipitous fall from Climate, to Vaping to COVID19 | RegWatch (Live)

Marc Morano is quite simply the world’s number one climate contrarian, a dogged opponent of hysterical science, and a denier of the prophecies of climate doom. In this episode of RegWatch, Morano joins to discuss the crisis in science that many have recognized with regard to vaping and are now becoming aware of due to the disastrous, catastrophic, overreaction to COVID19 by the scientific community and public health agencies the world over.

2020-04-03
regulatorwatch.com

VAPING, SARS-CoV-2 AND COVID-19 TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR VAPERS Upgrade 2 April 2020

As new data and studies are emerging on the SARS-CoV-2, we will be constantly upgrading technical information. The present upgrade incorporates information on (1) more recent misinformation (Bloomberg News), (2) new data on COVID-19 vs smoking and (3) more information on environmental vapor

2020-04-03
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BBC Heath Watch April 2020

Smoking is one of the worst habits so just how hard is it to quit the fags and is vaping a viable alternative [...]

2020-04-03
youtube.com

While a Real Epidemic Raged, the Surgeon General Was Spreading Misinformation About Masks and Vaping

[...] Less than two hours before Trump took to the podium, Jerome Adams was speaking to a sparsely attended room at the Society for Research on Tobacco and Nicotine's (SRNT) annual conference. SRNT is one of the biggest tobacco control conferences in the world. Academics, government officials, and nonprofits share research and ideas, mostly on how to regulate or ban nicotine products. A majority of registrants failed to show up, citing fears of contracting or spreading COVID-19. But Adams was clear: Even amid a global pandemic, regulating tobacco can't be ignored.

2020-04-03
reason.com

As pandemic provides a wake-up call, smokers turn to startups to quit

That's particularly concerning for the more than 1 billion smokers worldwide who are at higher risk of a getting a serious case of COVID-19. After months or years of a nicotine habit, quitting now may not help a smoker's odds when it comes to the present danger. And yet, the crisis is serving as a wake-up call for many to pay better attention to their health. As a result, smoking cessation startups are among the healthcare companies seeing their business improve since the outbreak started. [...]

2020-04-03
pitchbook.com