5 on Friday Vaping News Science and Advocacy Report for April 9th 2021

This is your Hunky Vape 5 on Friday Vaping News, Science, and Advocacy Report for the 9th of April 2021.

00:00 Vaping News Science and Advocacy Summary:
1. Montgomery County MD is doubling their 30% vape excise tax to an absurd 60%!
2. In Indiana, their Senate refused to add any additional tax on combustible tobacco, but had no problem adding a 10% final price tax on tobacco harm reduction products.
Meanwhile, the state legislatures of South Carolina and Montana are battling out whether to allow local and county governments from implementing stricter laws than what the state has.
3. In New Zealand, Retailers warn that upcoming vape regulations will see many vapers return to smoking,
4. In China, Smoore International is heavily investing to increase their production capacity from 2.3 billion annual units to whopping capacity of 5.3 billion units every single year.
5. a Conversation article titled “Vape sellers are using popular music videos to promote e-cigarettes to young people – and it’s working” But Is it really?
Vaping Science Segment
1. Australian study from the University of Queensland, and it indicates electronic cigarettes are more effective to stop smoking than traditional NRT products.
2. A study commissioned by the Malaysian Vape Industry Advocacy Organization, showing 88% of vapers were able to completely quit smoking because they found a flavorful vape.

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04:10 Hucker proposes doubling electronic cigarette tax to 60%
► https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/hucker-proposes-doubling-electronic-cigarette-tax-to-60/

05:52 Indiana Senate Republicans remove cigarette tax proposal but add 10% vaping products TAX
► https://fox59.com/news/politics/indiana-senate-republicans-remove-cigarette-tax-proposal/amp/

07:25 NEW BAN ON TOBACCO, VAPING RULES
► https://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/news/new-ban-tobacco-vaping-rules

08:10 Bill that would stop local governments from banning flavored vapes revived
► https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-that-would-stop-local-governments-from-banning-flavored-vapes-revived/article_28f9b823-8a8d-58a8-a2a3-2de60dd46652.html

12:53 CDC: Current Cigarette Use Among Adults
► https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm

14:07 CDC: Tobacco-Related Mortality
► https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm

15:54 World’s 2nd largest health problem is SMOKING not Vaping
► https://ourworldindata.org/smoking

17:49 Retailers warn vape regulations will see a return to smoking
► https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/manawatu-top-stories/300270521/retailers-warn-vape-regulations-will-see-a-return-to-smoking

21:22 Smoore: Strengthening the regulation of e-cigarettes can lead to long-term healthy development of the industry
► https://vape.hk/smoore-strengthen-regulation/

25:28 Vape sellers are using popular music videos to promote e-cigarettes to young people – and it’s working
► https://theconversation.com/vape-sellers-are-using-popular-music-videos-to-promote-e-cigarettes-to-young-people-and-its-working-158272

27:14 Pretty Sure They Don't Need Music Videos To Get Kids To Try Anything
► https://www.allaccess.com/talk-topics/q/id/56942

29:20 Vapril Industry Experts Debating the ‘State of Vapor’
► https://tobaccoreporter.com/2021/04/09/video-debating-the-challenges-and-opportunities-facing-vapor/

30:42 Vaping and e-cigarettes might actually help smokers quit, according to new research. What does that mean for Australia’s highly restricted nicotine market?
► https://www.businessinsider.com.au/vaping-australia-restrictions-2021-4

34:34 Vaping an effective tool for cigarette smokers to kick habit
► https://focusmalaysia.my/lifestyle/vaping-an-effective-tool-for-cigarette-smokers-to-kick-habit/

36:33 HIGHLIGHTED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION: Vapril 2021
► http://www.vapril.org/

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--- AMERICAN ADVOCACY ---
► https://vaportechnology.org/
► https://www.casaa.org/
► https://vaping.org/
► https://sfata.org/

--- AUSTRALIAN ADVOCACY ---
► https://www.legalisevaping.com.au/
► https://athra.org.au/

--- CANADIAN ADVOCACY ---
► https://www.tobaccokills.ca/
► https://thecva.org/
► https://www.rights4vapers.com/

--- EUROPEAN ADVOCACY ---
► https://www.eurovape.eu/

--- SOUTH AFRICAN ADVOCACY ---
► https://vpasa.org.za/

--- United Kingdom ADVOCACY ---
► https://nnalliance.org/

--- Global ADVOCACY ---
► https://www.worldvapersalliance.com/