Horst Winkler
@horstwinkler.bsky.social
Public Relations/Press Officer
Association of the E-Cigarette Trade
Verband des eZigarettenhandels e.V. (VdeH)
Association of the E-Cigarette Trade
Verband des eZigarettenhandels e.V. (VdeH)
Another piece of my vaping history. Around 2012 the "Vivi Nova" was a real flavor bomb 💣😋 with replaceable coil heads ♻️ #vape #history #ecigarette #vaping
March 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Another piece of my vaping history. Around 2012 the "Vivi Nova" was a real flavor bomb 💣😋 with replaceable coil heads ♻️ #vape #history #ecigarette #vaping
On my way to #Berlin to attend the 7. Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference with @heinostoever.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
On my way to #Berlin to attend the 7. Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference with @heinostoever.bsky.social
On my way to #Berlin to attend the 7. Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference with @heinostoever.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On my way to #Berlin to attend the 7. Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference with @heinostoever.bsky.social
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Among many implications, the recent research lends support to the case for "common liability" to nicotine use in whatever form—and not some sort of "gateway effect" from youth vaping to smoking, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
Do Pre-Existing Brain Structures Influence Early Nicotine Use?
Recent research backs the explanation of "common liability"—not a "gateway" effect—for why youth who try vaping are likelier to try smoking.
filtermag.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Among many implications, the recent research lends support to the case for "common liability" to nicotine use in whatever form—and not some sort of "gateway effect" from youth vaping to smoking, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
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Modeling the Impact of Vaping: What We Need to Know and Which Methods to Use
Commentary by Lion Shahab
academic.oup.com/ntr/article/... @lionshahab.bsky.social
Commentary by Lion Shahab
academic.oup.com/ntr/article/... @lionshahab.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Modeling the Impact of Vaping: What We Need to Know and Which Methods to Use
Commentary by Lion Shahab
academic.oup.com/ntr/article/... @lionshahab.bsky.social
Commentary by Lion Shahab
academic.oup.com/ntr/article/... @lionshahab.bsky.social
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Compared to continued cigarette smoking, initiating dual use (of cigarettes and e-cigarettes) leads to reduced smoking and increased cigarette-free days, find Matthew Carpenter et al.
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
Evaluation of Dual Use: Real Time Reductions in Combustible Cigarette Smoking During Co-Occurring Use of E-Cigarettes A Secondary Analysis of a Naturalistic Randomized Clinical Trial
AbstractIntroduction. The pattern and trajectory of dual use are critical to differentiating it as a health benefit vs. harm.Methods. Based within a large,
academic.oup.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Compared to continued cigarette smoking, initiating dual use (of cigarettes and e-cigarettes) leads to reduced smoking and increased cigarette-free days, find Matthew Carpenter et al.
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
💬 Scientific studies show: The cancer risk from #ecigarettes is 99% lower compared to #smoking #tobacco
👉 Stevens et al., Tobacco Control 2017
👉 Stevens et al., Tobacco Control 2017
March 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
💬 Scientific studies show: The cancer risk from #ecigarettes is 99% lower compared to #smoking #tobacco
👉 Stevens et al., Tobacco Control 2017
👉 Stevens et al., Tobacco Control 2017
💬 #ecigarettes are at least 95% LESS HARMFUL than the #smoke from burned #tobacco 🚬
👉 McNeill et al., Public Health England 2015
👉 McNeill et al., Public Health England 2015
March 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
💬 #ecigarettes are at least 95% LESS HARMFUL than the #smoke from burned #tobacco 🚬
👉 McNeill et al., Public Health England 2015
👉 McNeill et al., Public Health England 2015
💬 #flavors in #ecigarettes such as fruits, menthol, mint or sweets INCREASE the chance of quitting #smoking successfully
👉 Mok et al., Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2023
👉 Mok et al., Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2023
March 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
💬 #flavors in #ecigarettes such as fruits, menthol, mint or sweets INCREASE the chance of quitting #smoking successfully
👉 Mok et al., Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2023
👉 Mok et al., Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2023
Good luck!
It is urgently necessary to strengthen customs enforcement, both in terms of personnel and with regard to authority and equipment. Only in this way can the growing #blackmarket – particularly in the area of illegal #vapes, but not limited to it – be effectively countered.
It is urgently necessary to strengthen customs enforcement, both in terms of personnel and with regard to authority and equipment. Only in this way can the growing #blackmarket – particularly in the area of illegal #vapes, but not limited to it – be effectively countered.
🥳 Herzlich Willkommen!
Über 400 Nachwuchskräfte haben am 01. März ihr duales Studium beim Zoll begonnen.
✋ Im feierlichen Rahmen wurden die Anwärterinnen und Anwärter an ihren Hauptzollämtern vereidigt.
💡 Wir wünschen für die kommende Zeit viel Erfolg!
#ZollKarriere
Über 400 Nachwuchskräfte haben am 01. März ihr duales Studium beim Zoll begonnen.
✋ Im feierlichen Rahmen wurden die Anwärterinnen und Anwärter an ihren Hauptzollämtern vereidigt.
💡 Wir wünschen für die kommende Zeit viel Erfolg!
#ZollKarriere
March 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Good luck!
It is urgently necessary to strengthen customs enforcement, both in terms of personnel and with regard to authority and equipment. Only in this way can the growing #blackmarket – particularly in the area of illegal #vapes, but not limited to it – be effectively countered.
It is urgently necessary to strengthen customs enforcement, both in terms of personnel and with regard to authority and equipment. Only in this way can the growing #blackmarket – particularly in the area of illegal #vapes, but not limited to it – be effectively countered.
👉 The #eCigarette debate keeps focusing on reducing #youth use - despite it being banned for years.
👉 The issue isn’t lack of regulation but poor enforcement.
👉 Yet, new restrictions/bans are still discussed.
🚨 The priority should be reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths among adult #smokers.
👉 The issue isn’t lack of regulation but poor enforcement.
👉 Yet, new restrictions/bans are still discussed.
🚨 The priority should be reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths among adult #smokers.
March 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
👉 The #eCigarette debate keeps focusing on reducing #youth use - despite it being banned for years.
👉 The issue isn’t lack of regulation but poor enforcement.
👉 Yet, new restrictions/bans are still discussed.
🚨 The priority should be reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths among adult #smokers.
👉 The issue isn’t lack of regulation but poor enforcement.
👉 Yet, new restrictions/bans are still discussed.
🚨 The priority should be reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths among adult #smokers.
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clearingtheair.eu/en/post/rest... • Flavor bans lead to 3.1 to 4.4 additional daily smokers for every five fewer daily #vapers
• Bans on flavours thus ‘potentially offset’ any public health gains
• More than a 1/4 of U.S adults live in areas where flavours are restricted. #FlavorsMatter
• Bans on flavours thus ‘potentially offset’ any public health gains
• More than a 1/4 of U.S adults live in areas where flavours are restricted. #FlavorsMatter
Restricting vape flavours cuts vaping but increases smoking for young adults, study finds - Clearing the Air
Banning vape flavours leads to less young adults vaping but MORE smoking, a major new study has found.
clearingtheair.eu
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/rest... • Flavor bans lead to 3.1 to 4.4 additional daily smokers for every five fewer daily #vapers
• Bans on flavours thus ‘potentially offset’ any public health gains
• More than a 1/4 of U.S adults live in areas where flavours are restricted. #FlavorsMatter
• Bans on flavours thus ‘potentially offset’ any public health gains
• More than a 1/4 of U.S adults live in areas where flavours are restricted. #FlavorsMatter
Reposted by Horst Winkler
Reposted by Horst Winkler
Despite scientific consensus that #vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking, EU policymakers have been pushing excessive regulations and higher taxes, discouraging smokers from switching to safer alternatives. #RightToHealth #harmreduction www.vapingpost.com/2025/02/22/t...
The EU’s War on Vaping: How Over-Regulation Threatens Public Health
Despite scientific consensus that vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking, EU policymakers have been pushing excessive regulations and higher taxes, discouraging smokers from switching to saf...
www.vapingpost.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Despite scientific consensus that #vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking, EU policymakers have been pushing excessive regulations and higher taxes, discouraging smokers from switching to safer alternatives. #RightToHealth #harmreduction www.vapingpost.com/2025/02/22/t...
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Key Findings:
✅ 10 eligible studies reviewed, respiratory diagnoses, symptoms ✅ No evidence severe respiratory effects among never-smokers using vapes ✅ No statistically significant association EC use & resp disease ✅ Mild cough, wheeze seen only some cases
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✅ 10 eligible studies reviewed, respiratory diagnoses, symptoms ✅ No evidence severe respiratory effects among never-smokers using vapes ✅ No statistically significant association EC use & resp disease ✅ Mild cough, wheeze seen only some cases
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RESPIRATORY EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE IN INDIVIDUALS WHO NEVER SMOKED: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Current evidence on whether electronic cigarettes (ECs) pose respiratory risks is unclear, due to confounding by cigarette smoking; evidence among nev…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Key Findings:
✅ 10 eligible studies reviewed, respiratory diagnoses, symptoms ✅ No evidence severe respiratory effects among never-smokers using vapes ✅ No statistically significant association EC use & resp disease ✅ Mild cough, wheeze seen only some cases
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✅ 10 eligible studies reviewed, respiratory diagnoses, symptoms ✅ No evidence severe respiratory effects among never-smokers using vapes ✅ No statistically significant association EC use & resp disease ✅ Mild cough, wheeze seen only some cases
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Something we have known for years. More ppl accidentally quit smoking with #vaping than all other cessation methods. Something tobacco control narrators; ANTI-smoking NGOs continue to lie about. #RightToHealth #Right2Switch #harmreduction for ppl who smoke. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Readiness to stop smoking and subsequent switching away to electronic nicotine delivery systems among adults who smoke cigarettes
Background: Adults who smoke cigarettes (AWS) who switch to electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are likely to reduce their health risks.Objectives: To explore ENDS-users’ readiness to stop ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Something we have known for years. More ppl accidentally quit smoking with #vaping than all other cessation methods. Something tobacco control narrators; ANTI-smoking NGOs continue to lie about. #RightToHealth #Right2Switch #harmreduction for ppl who smoke. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Yes vaping nicotine much less risky than smoking deadly cigarettes. Cig smoke 7000 high concentration chemicals including 70 carcinogens, carbon monoxide. Vape aerosol ~100 low concentration chemicals, no CO. Globally: 8 million deaths/year smoking; ~0 deaths from vapes.
February 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Yes vaping nicotine much less risky than smoking deadly cigarettes. Cig smoke 7000 high concentration chemicals including 70 carcinogens, carbon monoxide. Vape aerosol ~100 low concentration chemicals, no CO. Globally: 8 million deaths/year smoking; ~0 deaths from vapes.
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Smoking cigs by US teens almost disappeared - substituted by vaping nicotine. No one talks about it. Same in some other countries. Huge victory for public health being ignored @jamomartin.bsky.social
@chancethegardener.bsky.social
@jgitchell.bsky.social
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@chancethegardener.bsky.social
@jgitchell.bsky.social
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February 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Smoking cigs by US teens almost disappeared - substituted by vaping nicotine. No one talks about it. Same in some other countries. Huge victory for public health being ignored @jamomartin.bsky.social
@chancethegardener.bsky.social
@jgitchell.bsky.social
www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/u...
@chancethegardener.bsky.social
@jgitchell.bsky.social
www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/u...
🚨Bulgaria has proposed a vape ban 🚨
👉 #Harmreduction alternatives, like #nicotine #vapes are treated the same as illegal substances.
👉 This #ecigarette ban helps no one but the expanding #blackmarket.
👉 The past has shown: #prohibition is not a solution.
🔗 eurovape.eu/bulgarias-pr...
👉 #Harmreduction alternatives, like #nicotine #vapes are treated the same as illegal substances.
👉 This #ecigarette ban helps no one but the expanding #blackmarket.
👉 The past has shown: #prohibition is not a solution.
🔗 eurovape.eu/bulgarias-pr...
Bulgaria’s Proposed Vaping Ban Threatens Public Health and Misconstrues Harm Reduction
Last week, the Bulgarian Parliament unanimously voted, in the first reading, to impose a complete ban on the marketing, sale, distribution, and advertising of both disposable and reusable electronic c...
eurovape.eu
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚨Bulgaria has proposed a vape ban 🚨
👉 #Harmreduction alternatives, like #nicotine #vapes are treated the same as illegal substances.
👉 This #ecigarette ban helps no one but the expanding #blackmarket.
👉 The past has shown: #prohibition is not a solution.
🔗 eurovape.eu/bulgarias-pr...
👉 #Harmreduction alternatives, like #nicotine #vapes are treated the same as illegal substances.
👉 This #ecigarette ban helps no one but the expanding #blackmarket.
👉 The past has shown: #prohibition is not a solution.
🔗 eurovape.eu/bulgarias-pr...
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New study: Young adults who vape are more likely to quit smoking, while those who use cannabis are less likely to quit. 🚬📉 #VapingFacts #HarmReduction
Vaping helps young adult smokers to quit, new study finds
Vaping increases the likelihood of young adults stopping smoking, a new study has found. The research, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, looked at whether inhaling cannabis or vaping…
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New study: Young adults who vape are more likely to quit smoking, while those who use cannabis are less likely to quit. 🚬📉 #VapingFacts #HarmReduction
👮♂️ Three years and three months in prison for 29-year-old for #TaxEvasion
🚨 Over 1,800 cartons of non-compliant #Vapes
💶 Nearly 1 million Euro #TaxLoss
💬 "This court decision sends a strong signal against the illegal trade of #eCigarettes."
🔗 vd-eh.de/drei-jahre-u...
🚨 Over 1,800 cartons of non-compliant #Vapes
💶 Nearly 1 million Euro #TaxLoss
💬 "This court decision sends a strong signal against the illegal trade of #eCigarettes."
🔗 vd-eh.de/drei-jahre-u...
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
👮♂️ Three years and three months in prison for 29-year-old for #TaxEvasion
🚨 Over 1,800 cartons of non-compliant #Vapes
💶 Nearly 1 million Euro #TaxLoss
💬 "This court decision sends a strong signal against the illegal trade of #eCigarettes."
🔗 vd-eh.de/drei-jahre-u...
🚨 Over 1,800 cartons of non-compliant #Vapes
💶 Nearly 1 million Euro #TaxLoss
💬 "This court decision sends a strong signal against the illegal trade of #eCigarettes."
🔗 vd-eh.de/drei-jahre-u...
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Smokers & Big Tobacco want to stay alive. They know that means switching from combustible cigarettes to smoke free options. Investors want that too. But bizarrely tobacco control wants to stop this transformation.1 billion smokers will die before end of this century from smoking related diseases
The challenge of nicotine addiction. Embracing #vaping will save lives lost to #smoking, by @maiasz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #HarmReduction
Opinion | Embracing Vaping Will Save Lives Lost from Smoking
The F.D.A. is making its biggest move yet to end smoking. It needs to be careful not to give rise to another public health crisis.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Smokers & Big Tobacco want to stay alive. They know that means switching from combustible cigarettes to smoke free options. Investors want that too. But bizarrely tobacco control wants to stop this transformation.1 billion smokers will die before end of this century from smoking related diseases
February 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM