Feds Seek Breakup of Altria-Juul Deal on Antitrust Grounds

U.S. business regulators are suing to break up the multibillion-dollar deal between tobacco giant Altria and e-cigarette startup Juul Labs, saying their partnership amounted to an agreement not to compete in the U.S. vaping market. The action announced late Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission is the latest legal headwind against Altria's investment in the embattled vaping company. Juul sales have been sliding for months amid state and federal investigations, lawsuits and flavor restrictions aimed at curbing the recent explosion in teen vaping.

2020-04-06
nytimes.com

E3 Trial: E-Cigarettes Plus Counseling More Effective Than Counseling Alone in Smoking Cessation

Smokers who received smoking cessation counseling and used electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) containing nicotine were more than twice as likely to successfully quit smoking compared with those who received counseling but did not use e-cigarettes, according to results of a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial presented March 30 at ACC.20/WCC.

2020-04-06
youtube.com

Why Covid-19 might make you rethink your smoking habits

A college friend who is now a physician first introduced me to an electronic cigarette in 2008. He purchased his online from China with the hope of transitioning from smoking to vaping but found himself using both instead. A few years later, he shared a pleasant surprise -- he had succeeded in quitting both vaping and smoking. [...] Smoking has many negative effects on respiratory health, and the possibility of a relationship between smoking (both traditional cigarettes and marijuana) or vaping with Covid-19 were raised by early observations in China. [...]

2020-04-06
edition.cnn.com

Enjoy the Benefits of Vaping (And Avoid the Dangers of Tobacco)

It lies in the delivery of nicotine. The methodology of nicotine consumption is the main difference between smoking and vaping. Smoking delivers nicotine to the body by burning tobacco. Its impact varies from person to person depending upon one’s weight, size, and health history. However, it is essential to note that burning tobacco has no safe levels. On the other hand, vaping delivers nicotine by heating an e-liquid and transforming it into vapor. [...]

2020-04-06
ventsmagazine.com

BAT working on potential COVID-19 vaccine through US bio-tech subsidiary

BAT’s US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing. If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies, between 1 and 3 million doses of the vaccine could be manufactured per week, beginning in June. While KBP remains a commercial operation, the intention is that its work around the COVID-19 vaccine project will be carried out on a not for profit basis.

2020-04-06
bat.com