China vape news
The Herbal Health and Safety Professional Committee of China Safety Industry Association was formally established in Shenzhen
On December 16, the Herbal Health and Safety Professional Committee of the China Safety Industry Association was formally established in Shenzhen. The association is committed to empowering the herbal health industry, providing a bridge for communication between enterprises, accelerating the flow of market information, advancing the formulation of group standards, and improving industry technology Important functions such as level. At the meeting, Chen Ying, secretary-general of the China Safety Industry Association, and Xiao Jiankang, the founding honorary chairman of the association, delivered speeches successively. The China Safety Industry Association will fully support the rapid development of the Herbal Health Committee.
RELX was selected as a “Specialized, Specialized, New” Enterprise
On December 22, at the “See You Can’t See” Media Exploration Day in Shenzhen, RELX stated that （Fogcore Technology） was selected as the “2021 Guangdong Province Specialization” issued by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. Public announcement list of special new enterprises. According to the data, “specialization, special innovation” was proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, aiming to cultivate a group of industrial small and medium-sized enterprises with the characteristics of “specialization, refinement, specialization, and novelty”.
WIK acquires 34 types of domestic trademark “VEE” and lays out the field of herbal atomization
On December 21st, Gewu learned from Weike Technology that it has acquired 34 types of domestic trademark “VEE” and will launch herbal atomization products in response to market demand. Public information shows that 34 categories include: tobacco, smoking articles, and matches. Among them, 3401 stands for tobacco and its products, 3402 stands for smoking sets, 3403 stands for matches, 3404 cigarette lighters, 3405 cigarette papers, and 3407 stands for electronic cigarettes and their parts.
Yihai promises: if it is unable to sell due to policy influence, it will recycle the product and refund it
On December 21st, Yihai SXmini publicly promised that after the transition period, for the SX Epod IIs that will be launched in November 2021, Yihai Exchangeable Cigarette II （Exclusive Edition） will start to provide cooperative merchants on December 20, 2021. Shipments will continue. If the cooperative merchants cannot sell them due to policy impacts, the product equipment and cartridges will be recycled and refunded.
Jincheng Pharmaceutical: The preparation method of high optical purity nicotine has been patented in the United States and has not yet been licensed
On December 21, Jincheng Pharmaceutical responded to investors on the investor relations platform. The preparation method of high optical purity nicotine jointly applied by Hengxin has been filed in the United States for a patent application and has not yet been licensed. Related product registration plans are also under planning.
Worldwide
The U.S. House of Representatives will list synthetic nicotine in tobacco products for regulation
The US House of Representatives recently introduced a bill to regulate products made with synthetic nicotine. The initiator of the bill, New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill, issued a press release claiming that the legislation would fill the loopholes where “bad actors in the e-cigarette industry evade [FDA] regulation and sell nicotine products for children.”
Young people born after 2008 in New Zealand may be “non-smoking” for life, but not including e-cigarettes
A few days ago, the New Zealand government proposed a tobacco control order and is expected to be approved next year. This means that young New Zealanders born after 2008 will be banned from buying cigarettes for life, but e-cigarettes are not restricted by the smoking ban.
New Zealand’s Deputy Minister of Health Ayesha Villar stated that in order to reduce the smoking rate to less than 5% by 2025, New Zealand has decided to create a “smoke-free generation” through this tobacco control policy. By 2025, New Zealand will only allow the sale of cigarettes with very low nicotine content and will drastically reduce the number of cigarette shops. Regarding e-cigarettes, it stated that “tobacco contains a variety of carcinogenic and harmful substances, but e-cigarettes do not have these hazards, so we have different regulatory methods for the two.”
Indonesian media: the new crown has caused a major blow to the Indonesian e-cigarette industry
Bob Azam, vice chairman of Indonesia West Asia Human Resources Employers Association, said: “Due to the coronavirus outbreak, a considerable number of e-cigarette small and medium-sized enterprises have closed down.” Indonesia’s largest e-cigarette manufacturer in the e-liquid cartel has also experienced this. The turbulence of the crisis. IJC, which occupies the number one e-liquid sales volume, has also been affected by the epidemic in terms of revenue.
British American Tobacco: Switching to heated tobacco will reduce the health effects of smoking
In this study, smokers who switched to THP had lower exposure to biomarkers compared to smokers who did not use heated tobacco products （THP）。 “In continuous smokers, BoE and BoPH remained stable between baseline and day 180, while the majority of THP users had significantly lower BoE levels, becoming similar to the control group who quit smoking.
Also in 180 days, many BoPH had significant changes, including total 4-（methylnitrosamine）-1-（3-pyridyl）-1-butanol, 8-epiprostaglandin F2α type III, exhaled one The fractional concentration counts of nitric oxide and white blood cells are in the same direction as the reduced health effects. “
Associate Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Malaysia, cites data: 42% of smokers use e-cigarettes to quit smoking
Dr. Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, Associate Dean, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor, Monash University School of Medicine, Malaysia, recently talked about how the Tobacco Harm Reduction Strategy （THR） may save millions of Malaysians from becoming victims of addiction and smoking-related disease.
He cited data from a study in the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health in 2019, showing that 90% of e-cigarette users in Malaysia are former and current smokers, and 42% of those who quit smoking forever are e-cigarette smokers every day. It is believed that the country is ready to end the failed anti-smoking campaign and instead support campaigns that have been proven effective.
Research
“New England Journal of Medicine”: The success rate of e-cigarette smoking cessation is twice that of nicotine replacement
The study divided nearly a thousand British smokers into two groups and followed up the survey. The data showed that a year later, the success rate of smokers who quit using e-cigarettes was 18%, while those who used nicotine patches, nicotine gum and other nicotine replacement therapies People, the success rate of smoking cessation is only 9.9%.
The researchers stated that there are two main reasons: 1） As a substitute for cigarettes, e-cigarettes can more effectively alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of smokers; 2） e-cigarettes provide smokers with more choices, and smokers can change different products and flavors , The smoking cessation experience is better
A study supported by the FDA confirms that when the nicotine content is similar to that of cigarettes, e-cigarettes have the best smoking cessation effect
A research report recently published in the authoritative journal “Nicotine & Tobacco Research” pointed out that when the nicotine content is appropriate, e-cigarettes have a significant effect on smoking cessation and are superior to other methods, even if smokers do not strongly quit smoking Willingness, the smoking cessation rate can reach 11% after switching to e-cigarettes.
The research was jointly completed by researchers from the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University, and was supported by the National Institute of Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health （NIH） and the Tobacco Center of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration （FDA）。
British Electronic Cigarette Industry Association: “The Lancet” anti-e-cigarette report is completely untrue
The British Electronic Cigarette Industry Association stated: “What is worrying is that this is not just an article questioning the clinical evidence base of using electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction tool. Everything about it has the taste of anti-e-cigarette propaganda, first of all It implies that the market is all that tobacco companies pay for.”
“This is an insult to all independent companies in the UK and around the world. These companies constitute the vast majority of participants in the industry. They not only made a positive contribution to public health by helping 2.4 million former smokers in the UK to quit smoking completely, they also created A large number of jobs, one of the fastest-growing industries in this century, which has made a huge contribution to our economy. Our membership proves this-of our nearly 100 members, approximately 95% are related to tobacco The company has nothing to do with it.”
