New Vaping Study Shows No Harm

Contact: Gregory Conley Tel: 609-947-8059 Email: gconley@vaping.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2017 at 9:30 AM

Landmark Long-Term Study on Vaping by Never-Smokers Finds No Negative Health Impacts Despite fears of activists, no harm seen after three and a half years of vaping LONDON, ENGLAND -- In a first of its kind long-term study published in the journal Nature, researchers have found no negative health impacts from the daily use of electronic cigarettes by young adult never-smokers. Researchers from the University of Catania, led by Dr. Riccardo Polosa, tracked nine electronic cigarette users with no history of smoking, as well as twelve lifetime non-smokers and non-vapers, over the course of three and a half years. The researchers found no impact on a variety of health outcomes, including blood pressure, heart rate, lung function, exhaled breath nitric oxide, exhaled carbon monoxide, and CT scans of the lungs.  “In spite of previous health scares, our study shows for the first time no risk in long-term vapers who have never smoked in their life,” said Polosa, who presented the study at the fifth annual E-Cigarette Summit in the United Kingdom on Friday, November 17th. Polosa notes that while even longer-term research is needed to rule out any possible negative impacts, changes in spirometry and CT scans can be seen in young smokers after approximately two years of cigarette usage. With the vapers, no signs of lung damage, including COPD, lipoid pneumonia, and popcorn lung, were found in CT scans, even among the study participants with the highest consumption of e-liquid. In the United States, far less than 1% of adult never-smokers are current vapers, with an even smaller proportion reporting vaping daily, according to the CDC’s 2015 National Health Interview Survey. Despite this, much of the concern in the media and scientific circles revolve around fears of the impact of vaping on nonsmokers.  “Mouse and cell studies may generate salacious headlines about the supposed dangers of vaping, but they are no replacement for studies on actual humans,” said Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for truthful information about vapor products. “If no negative health impacts can be seen from daily vaping among those who previously did not smoke, how is it ethical to continue warning smokers away from using these products?”  In addition to this groundbreaking research, Polosa also recently published a review of the evidence on the impact of vapor products on COPD patients. # # # About the American Vaping Association The American Vaping Association is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that encourage the growth and sustainability of small- and medium-sized businesses in the rapidly growing vaping and electronic cigarette industry. The AVA was founded by Gregory Conley, a consumer and industry advocate with a long track record of advocating for vapor products dating back to 2010. We are dedicated to educating the public and government officials about public health benefits offered by vapor products, which are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine or nicotine-free solution and create an inhalable vapor.  The AVA is not a trade group and does not speak for any particular businesses, including our industry sponsors. You can learn more about AVA and vaping by visiting the AVA website. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Vaping Could Save 6.6 Million American Smokers

Contact: Gregory Conley Tel: 609-947-8059 Email: gconley@vaping.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2017 at 9:00 AM

Major U.S. Study: Vaping Could Save 6.6 Million American Smokers Even under worse case assumptions, vaping still saves lives, finds multi-university research study WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In what could turn out to be a transformative moment in the debate over vaping in America, a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is now estimating that vaping could save the lives of up to 6.6 million U.S. smokers over the next 10 years. On the basis of this evidence, the researchers are recommending that public health organizations adopt a strategy of encouraging smokers to switch to vaping to hasten the decline of America’s smoking rate. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the study is the first to model the best and worst case outcomes of U.S. smokers switching to vaping. In establishing their variables, the researchers considered a range of factors, including differing estimates on the relative harm of vapor products versus cigarettes, as well as the impact of vaping on cessation, switching, and initiation, including by nonusers. In the most pessimistic scenario tested by the researchers, a strategy of replacing cigarettes with vaping is calculated to save 1.6 million lives, or 160,000 lives per year. (Read Reuters' report on the study). "Even the gloomiest analysis shows a significant gain in years of life if nicotine is obtained from vaping instead of much more deadly amount of toxicants inhaled with cigarette smoke," said David Levy, a lead researcher and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi. "Old policies need to be supplemented with policies that encourage substituting e-cigarettes for the far more deadly cigarettes." The study, which involved researchers from Georgetown University, Yale University, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and others, was funded by the National Institutes of Health. In total, the researchers conclude that as many as 86.7 million years of life could be gained by smokers who make the switch during the ten year period modeled in the study. Gregory Conley, President of the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that champions vaping for smokers looking to quit, commented on the implications of the study: “This study could represent a seismic shift in the way the FDA and public health groups look at vaping. For years, harm reduction advocates have relied on quality research from independent European researchers and non-government organizations, only to be told that such research was somehow not trustworthy because the authors were not American. Now, we have some of the most respected American researchers in the field of tobacco control explaining in detail how vaping can and will save lives.” “If there is a fault with this research, it is that it assumes that a functional vaping market will still exist in a decade. Unless FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb acts to reform the FDA’s outdated tobacco regulatory system, over 99% of vapor products could be banned in or before 2022. We are hopeful that studies like this will give Gottlieb the confidence he needs to truly modernize the way FDA regulates smoke-free nicotine products." Other research highlights from this week:  Banning e-cigarette flavors, with or without a corresponding ban on menthol cigarettes, could harm public health by discouraging adult smokers from quitting. That is according to research conducted by the Yale School of Public Health and the Centre for Health Policy at the Imperial College in London, the results of which are being distributed the National Bureau of Economic Research. (MarketWatch coverage). Among young adults in the Chicago area, e-cigarette use was not associated with later cigarette smoking, according to research published by the journal Addiction.   # # # About the American Vaping Association The American Vaping Association is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that encourage the growth and sustainability of small- and medium-sized businesses in the rapidly growing vaping and electronic cigarette industry. The AVA was founded by Gregory Conley, a consumer and industry advocate with a long track record of advocating for vapor products dating back to 2010. We are dedicated to educating the public and government officials about public health benefits offered by vapor products, which are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine or nicotine-free solution and create an inhalable vapor.  The AVA is not a trade group and does not speak for any particular businesses, including our industry sponsors. You can learn more about AVA and vaping by visiting the AVA website. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

FDA Announces PMTA Submission Deadline Pushed Back to 2022

Scott Gottlieb, M.D., the newly appointed head of the FDA, has announced that the submission deadline for PMTAs will be delayed until 2022.

This is fantastic news for the vaping community!

This gives us 5 MORE YEARS to prove how safe and effective vaping truly is!  Knowing this healthy, life saving alternative will be able to stick around a bit longer comes as a massive relief for thousands of vapers, shop owners, and manufacturers. 

Read Dr. Gottlieb's full speech here:

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm569024.htm

Watch Dr. Gottlieb's speech here: 

http://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Play/674467d57340417c9be948e8eb7865131d

Read the full FDA Press Release here:

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm568923.htm

Follow any of these Advocacy groups for up to date information on what's happening with vaping regulations and calls to action:

CASAA

http://casaa.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CASAAmedia?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/CASAAmedia

SFATA

http://sfata.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SFATAorg

https://twitter.com/sfataorg

American Vaping Association

http://vaping.info/

https://www.facebook.com/VapingAssociation?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/AVABoard

Gregory Conley - President, AVA

https://twitter.com/GregTHR

https://www.facebook.com/grconley?fref=ts

VTA
http://vaportechnology.org
https://twitter.com/VaporTechAssoc
https://www.facebook.com/VaporTechAssoc/

#notblowingsmoke

http://notblowingsmoke.org/

https://www.facebook.com/notbl0wingsmoke/

https://twitter.com/NotBlowingSmoke

AEMSA

http://www.aemsa.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AEMSAUSA/?fref=ts

R2B Smoke Free Coalition

https://www.r2bsmokefree.org/

https://twitter.com/r2bsmokefree

https://www.facebook.com/r2bsmokefree/

Donate to the R2BSmokeFree lawsuit: https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/right-to-vape-campaign-benefiting-ava-and-r2bsf

Cole-Bishop Introduces New Amendment

**** UPDATE ****​

From CASAA: 

"The FDA Deeming Clarification Act of 2017 (HR 1136) was introduced on Thursday, February 16th. Republican Tom Cole of Oklahoma (4th district) and Democrat Sanford Bishop of Georgia (2nd district) have built on previous legislative attempts from 2015 and 2016. HR1136 is an updated version of HR2058 and the Cole/Bishop amendment."

FIGHT for your right to VAPE! #fightthefda

Don't wait for someone else to do it for you.

These new regulations:
- ban nearly 98% of vaping products currently on the market
- puts 1000's of shop owners out of business (due to the enormous cost of the PMTA process)
- will result in 1000's of unemployed workers
- bans sampling
- Zero nic eliquid is now considered a Tobacco Product
- Shops who manufacture their own e-liquid are now considered a TOBACCO PRODUCT MANUFACTURER

The MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do is to make a
CALL, WRITE, MEET WITH, or send an EMAIL to your Representative and urge them to
cosponsor and support HR1136 the The FDA Deeming Clarification Act of 2017
(And then do it again!)

Find your representatives HERE
Federal Register FDA Tobacco Regs: HERE


Here are some other ways you can help the fight...

Follow and Respond to calls for action...

CASAA
http://casaa.org/
https://www.facebook.com/CASAAmedia?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/CASAAmedia

SFATA
http://sfata.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SFATAorg
https://twitter.com/sfataorg

American Vaping Association
http://vaping.info/
https://www.facebook.com/VapingAssociation?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/AVABoard

Gregory Conley - President, AVA
https://twitter.com/GregTHR
https://www.facebook.com/grconley?fref=ts

#notblowingsmoke
http://notblowingsmoke.org/
https://www.facebook.com/notbl0wingsmoke/
https://twitter.com/NotBlowingSmoke

AEMSA
http://www.aemsa.org/
https://www.facebook.com/AEMSAUSA/?fref=ts

R2B Smoke Free Coalition
https://www.r2bsmokefree.org/
https://twitter.com/r2bsmokefree
https://www.facebook.com/r2bsmokefree/
Donate to the R2BSmokeFree lawsuit: https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/right-to-vape-campaign-benefiting-ava-and-r2bsf


We need lawyers... lawyers cost money...
Donate to any of the advocates listed above!


Visit your local shops... talk to fellow vapers... encourage them to join the fight!
Share this on all your social media.
Be a voice for vaping!
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Rocket Sheep - Infused Mango

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I don't normally post reviews, but I'm so impressed with this juice I decided to post about it anyways.

Rocket Sheep - Infused Mango

So as a lot of you know... I am a "connoisseur" of mango vapes.  A friend that knows I love a good mango vape had been on me to try the Infused Mango. He was right, and I'm impressed.

Definitely one of the best Mango vapes I've tried. This one reminds me of the flesh of the fruit. Well balanced, smooth, sweet, no funky aftertaste. Just like biting into a fresh mango. And just the right amount of sweetness for an ADV.

I LIKE IT!!! It's definitely going in my rotation :)

I'm vaping 3mg/80VG in a subtank mini, .5ohm, 22 watts.

If you've been looking for a good mango vape, give this one a try!
CountryPami recommended!