US teen nicotine use: - cigarette use has dropped 90% to near zero - nicotine vape use is now at a 10-year low - 2x more teens smoked in 2011 as vape today - nicotine from any source is now at a 50-year low (down 49% over the past decade) THREAD 👇

Mario H. Lopez in Townhall.com: “The measly 34 FDA-approved products are insufficient and fail to meet market demands. As a result, a black market is created as consumers turn to unregulated products that lack any formal process for safety standards and face general supply chain

Washington lawmakers begin push to ban flavored vapes Their proposal includes bans on flavored electronic cigarettes, also called vapes, menthol cigarettes and nicotine pouches, like Zyn. The ban would be effective Jan. 1, 2026. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/08/was…

Trump Administration has withdrawn the proposed menthol cigarette and flavored cigar bans—the same proposed rules that the Biden Admin. declined to act on. News courtesy of CigarRightsOfAmerica:

South Carolina H.B. 3728: A Barrier to Harm Reduction and Small Businesses mipod.com/blogs/mipodblo…

SURVEY: Official govt surveys show 40% of UK and 66% of US people who smoke are misinformed about the relative risks of nicotine vapes vs. deadly cigarettes. QUESTION: Who misinformed them?

Trump, RFK Jr., and the case for revolutionizing tobacco regulation Trump and RFK Jr. must reform the FDA's regulatory process to make safer alternatives accessible Tim Andrews washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/…

The Vaping Market Is a Case Study in Regulation Gone Bad realclearhealth.com/blog/2025/02/1…

Canada pauses flavoured vape ban, while study highlights smoking-cessation role ecigintelligence.com/canada-pauses-…

We're now up to 383 manufacturers that have had their nicotine vaping products banned by @fdatobacco. While constrained in issuing proposed rules, hiring, etc., it's otherwise business as usual. Marty Makary MD, MPH, leadership is needed on this issue after your confirmation.

Complete Switch to E-Cigarettes Shows Measurable Health Gains: Findings from 8-Year PATH Study sciencefeatured.com/2025/01/16/com…

"When it's easier to bring a cigarette onto the market than a vape or a pouch, both of which the FDA acknowledges are dramatically safer, that is not appropriate for the protection of public health." - Guy Bentley speaking now to the House Oversight Committee

Misleading vape research threatens public health policy, expert review warns clearingtheair.eu/en/post/mislea…

Nicotine vapes entered the US market 18 years ago. From 2007-2024, the number of US adults who vape nicotine increased from zero to 21 million, and adult smoking dropped from 44 million to 25 million. ...And lung cancer incidence and deaths have continued to drop.

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"The goal of e-cigarettes has always been to give adult smokers a less harmful alternative to combustible cigarettes. For that to work, regulators must stop blocking innovation from responsible U.S. companies." dcjournal.com/vape-regulatio…

Nearly 700,000 Europeans die from smoking every year. The EU’s tax plan makes it harder to quit, easier to keep smoking. Who benefits? clearingtheair.eu/post/eu-tax-pl…

There’s scientific economic evidence showing that banning vaping flavors can actually increase smoking rates—not decrease them. Yet, the conversation around flavor bans rarely includes this data. Unfortunately this perspective is often excluded from the discussion...

Even though the document is titled Make Our Children Healthy Again, the report contains policy recommendations primarily impacting adults, including medical ed accreditation reform. On tobacco and nicotine, it's only about kids and illegal vapes.

The new law requires the FDA to spend 200M from its budget for enforcement against unapproved vaping products. It would be smarter to instead spend the funds to authorize new vaping products. Donald J. Trump 2firsts.com/news/congress-…