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Business Wire
7 days ago
- Health
- Business Wire
On ‘World No Tobacco Day,' Nicokick and Northerner Call for Enforcing Existing Regulations, Not Prohibition: 'Let's Talk About Choice'
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the global health community marks World No Tobacco Day on May 31, and two of the leading online retailers for nicotine pouches in the U.S, are urging public health leaders and policymakers to shift the narrative from prohibition to responsible choice. In response to this year's campaign theme by the World Health Organization (WHO) — 'Dark Intentions: Unmasking the Appeal of Nicotine Products' —Markus Lindblad, Head of External Affairs at and offers a bold call to action: Elevate individual responsibility, transparency, and education about the role of alternative nicotine products in reducing smoking-related deaths. Lindblad points to false narratives and inconsistent public health messaging as major roadblocks to reducing smoking-related deaths. More than 480,000 Americans die annually from smoking-related illness. The truth is that flavored alternatives have proven to be a strong contributor to helping millions of smokers ditch deadly combustible tobacco. 'Switching to nicotine pouches is not a fringe choice, it's a potentially lifesaving one,' said Lindblad. 'Consumers deserve access to the truth, not more fear-based messaging.' While flavored nicotine products are routinely criticized for appealing to youth, flavored alcoholic beverages are widely promoted and culturally glamorized, even as alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US are on the rise and the U.S. Surgeon General issued a warning on alcohol and cancer earlier this year. 'If flavors deserve scrutiny, that logic should apply to all industries, not just nicotine,' Lindblad said. 'To claim that all flavored products are marketing trickery that entices youth ignores key facts about adult consumer psychology. As responsible retailers, we know that compliant brands follow the very strict guidelines given by regulators, and that the real threats to the industry are illicit vendors and products flooding the market. It begs repeating: Flavors weren't made for kids—they were made for adults seeking an alternative to smoking. The real issue? Youth access. The solution? Enforcement.' Global Lessons: Sweden's Success vs. Australia's Prohibition Lindblad, who is based in Sweden where the company is headquartered, highlights the country's historic achievement in reaching 'smoke-free' status in 2024—defined as having an under 5% smoking prevalence—as a model of effective harm reduction. By contrast, countries with stricter nicotine bans, such as Australia and Norway, are seeing the rise of illicit markets and youth use of unregulated products. 'When regulators rely solely on bans, people adapt in sometimes riskier ways,' said Lindblad. 'Sweden's success came from consumer empowerment and access to modern oral alternatives, not punishment.' A Call for Evidence-Based Communications and Policy Northerner and Nicokick advocate for science-led regulation that protects youth and informs adults. The companies call for increased enforcement of existing regulations and better accountability from social platforms and content creators. 'We're not hiding behind marketing,' said Lindblad. 'Our so-called hidden agenda is compliance and consumer education. Let's stop vilifying alternatives and start enforcing the laws that already work.' WHO Has It Wrong: States Must Lead WHO's 2025 campaign is focused on the wrong enemy while their rhetoric continues to drive fear and erode years of research. Instead of condemning flavors, they should be calling for smarter and tighter regulations that keep products out of underage hands, not banning tools that help adults take steps towards a smoke-free lifestyle and improved well-being. Public health isn't advanced by moral panic. It's advanced by policy that works. About Nicokick Nicokick is a leading online retailer in the U.S. specializing in nicotine pouches. With a diverse inventory of over 200 unique products, the platform offers a wide selection of popular and emerging brands that provide consumers with modern oral smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes and other traditional tobacco products. As a responsible and compliant retailer, Nicokick is committed to a strict age verification process, with all products delivered directly to adult consumers' doorsteps or mailboxes. For more information, visit About Northerner Established in 1998, Northerner has grown to become one of the largest global online retailers of nicotine pouches. Northerner's US platform has an inventory of over 200 tobacco leaf-free nicotine products that help adult consumers transition from cigarettes. With a strong commitment to youth access prevention, Northerner's products are securely delivered to adult consumers' doorsteps or mailboxes, ensuring compliance with a rigorous age verification process. For more information, visit
The Journal
10-05-2025
- The Journal
Prominent journalist Aodhan O'Faolain dies aged 50
JOURNALIST AODHAN O'FAOLAIN, best known for his coverage of some of the most important cases to be heard from High Court, Appeal and Supreme Court level, died suddenly yesterday after a short but hard-fought battle against cancer. His tragic passing at the age of only 50 has left a void in the life of his wife, Janet and parents Micheal and Maura who were with him in St Vincent's University Private Hospital yesterday afternoon when he passed. Journalist Ray Managh, who worked with Aodhan for many years, wrote yesterday: 'His untimely death creates also a significant loss to the strength and camaraderie of the Press Corps at the Four Courts of Justice on Inns Quay, Dublin. 'Aodhan was especially trusted and admired for his professionalism and work ethic, his ever-present chirpy smile and his most casual of dress codes, a stand-out feature amid the austere garb of the judicial and legal eagles who deeply respected and admired him. 'Many judges, barristers, solicitors and court staff were among those who visited him in St Vincent's and at his home or passed on their deep feelings of friendship and active gratitude through his friends and colleagues. Advertisement 'Integrity is defined as moral uprightness, honesty, wholeness and soundness, a single word that describes Aodhan O'Faolain as the outstanding person he was in his personal and professional life. 'No other news reporter acknowledged better the importance and humanity of integrity in his caring court coverage of some of the saddest civil and criminal cases he had been called upon to cover. 'Aodhan brought from darkness into light the numerous cases particularly affecting minors who have been and still are daily abused mentally and physically, manipulated, maltreated, drug afflicted, suffering, forgotten children whose cases too often were ignored by the media behind the gagging effects of in camera hearings. 'Over years he fought for his right to be there in court for them and to report, and often by doing so expose, their plight and he did so never seeking to use any information that might in any way have identified any one of them while, at the same time, bringing to public notice some previously unknown shortcoming of a social or government agency. 'He often urged those elements of the media for whom he worked as a freelance agent to use and promote those non-sexy news articles about the care and protection of non-identifiable children and 'teens' as he often liked to refer to the older ones, teenagers in trouble or in need of care and protection of the courts. 'Aodhan was an avid supporter of the Irish rugby and soccer teams as well as Connaught rugby and Athlone soccer club for which he frequently acted in a public relations capacity.' Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said this morning, 'I was very sorry to hear of the death of Aodhan O'Faolain. He was an outstanding court reporter but, more importantly, an exceptionally decent man. He was also great company.' Aodhan has been published extensively in The Journal among other Irish publications – an archive of his work on The Journal is available here . Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Today in history: 1910, The Daily Appeal applauds a landslide by Republicans in Marysville council election
On March 21, 1910, voters in Marysville elected a mayor and four new members to the City Council in what The Daily Appeal characterized as a win for the efficiency of business men over the incumbent administration and its 'foolish and uncalled for expenditures.' On the day before the election, the Appeal encouraged Republicans to 'stand by their ticket'. 'There has never been a time in the history of the city of Marysville when the Republican party had more reason to stand by their entire ticket,' the newspaper asserted. 'They have presented clean, calm, business men to take over the affairs of our city and a a time when the city certainly needs such men. The Appeal cast much scorn on the outgoing mayor, Peter J. Delay, who was not seeking re-election, and predicted a unanimous victory for the Republicans over the Democratic ticket. 'The puerile, piffling, pestiferous articles that have appeared from time to time in the personal organ of Mayor Daley, 'The People's Cause,' have had due consideration and have by the voters been properly condemned.' On the day following the March 21 election, the Appeal ran the election results under a three-tiered headline: 'Republicans now on the inside looking out,' read the banner, with sub headlines that read, 'Democratic ticket is snowed under in Marysville election,' and 'The administration of Peter J. Delay is repudiated in this community by a large majority. 'It was a complete landslide, in favor of a good, clean government, and Democracy was buried so deep that it will hardly raise its head again in this community for some time to come.'
Telegraph
13-02-2025
- Telegraph
Man given wrongful rape conviction fears homelessness after compensation payout
A man who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit has said he fears becoming homeless after being awarded compensation. Andrew Malkinson, 59, was wrongly convicted in 2004 and chances to free him were repeatedly missed, leading to one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history. He received the first payment for the miscarriage of justice he suffered a year and a half after the Court of Appeal finally quashed his conviction. But, he may now lose access to social housing because the compensation payments are not exempted from the assessment for state support. 'Hasn't really sunk in' Mr Malkinson said on Thursday he fears being forced to leave his home as a result. He said: 'I am intensely relieved to finally be getting an interim payment. It still hasn't really quite sunk in. 'It is good news and the implications seem endless, and many are good, but I am really anxious about losing my home. 'I got a social housing flat to live in that has been my refuge – you might think it is small but after a prison cell it feels massive. 'I understand that in other compensation schemes, payments like this are not counted when they are assessing you for benefits – why should the scheme for people like me who have been effectively kidnapped by the state be any different? 'The Government can fix this, and I hope they do so before I am forced to leave my home, which is just one more thing to worry about.' 'Wrongful conviction' Emily Bolton from the legal charity Appeal, which represented Mr Malkinson in challenging his wrongful conviction, said he struggled to survive on benefits after he was freed from jail. Ms Bolton added: 'It is not just that he had to survive on benefits and handouts – many people face that struggle. 'It is that every interaction he has with the state reminds him of his wrongful conviction, even if it is just the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) demanding he attend a meeting or send in a document. 'Andy will never trust the state again – and who can blame him?' Toby Wilton, the lawyer who represented Mr Malkinson, told BBC Radio's Today programme on Thursday: 'There's another, I think, symptom of successive governments not really having applied their minds to the statutory scheme for miscarriage of justice or as we've seen with the CCRC (Criminal Cases Review Commission), to miscarriages of justice. 'And that is that unlike other compensation payments, for example, payments made to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, payments under the miscarriage justice scheme are not exempted when it comes to assessment for state support. 'Which means that just by virtue of having received this very happy news from me that he is has been awarded payments, Andy now faces prospects of losing the social housing that he waited a very long time to be given.' 'Unfairness is built into the current scheme' Mr Wilton also criticised the £1 million cap on compensation payouts, which was set by the government in 2008. He told BBC Radio's Today programme: 'In today's money, it would be broadly twice that, two million.' He later said: 'It is good news that the Lord Chancellor has agreed Andy is eligible for compensation under the statutory compensation scheme. 'However, unfairness is built into the current scheme, even on top of the arbitrary £1m cap on compensation.' Two of Mr Malkinson's applications to have his case reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2009 and 2020 were rejected, until the Appeal charity commissioned fresh DNA tests that eventually led to his release. It later emerged that he could have been freed a decade earlier if the similarities between his case and another wrongful conviction, that of a man called Victor Nealon, had been spotted and acted upon. Mr Malkinson said: 'It's been a battle getting this far, and I would not have lasted a month without the support of Appeal and of members of the public who helped me out since that day in 2023 at the court when my conviction was overturned.'
The Independent
13-02-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Wrongly convicted man ‘anxious about losing home' for receiving compensation
A man who served 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit has said he is 'really anxious' about losing his home as a result of receiving compensation. Andrew Malkinson, 59, was wrongly convicted of rape in 2004 and chances to free him were repeatedly missed, leading to one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK legal history. He received the first payment for the miscarriage of justice he suffered a year and a half after the Court of Appeal finally quashed his conviction but he may now lose access to social housing because the compensation payments are not exempted from the assessment for state support. Mr Malkinson told the PA news agency on Thursday he fears being forced to leave his home as a result. He said: 'I am intensely relieved to finally be getting an interim payment. It still hasn't really quite sunk in. 'It is good news and the implications seem endless, and many are good, but I am really anxious about losing my home. 'I got a social housing flat to live in that has been my refuge – you might think it is small but after a prison cell it feels massive.' He added: 'I understand that in other compensation schemes, payments like this are not counted when they are assessing you for benefits – why should the scheme for people like me who have been effectively kidnapped by the state be any different? 'The Government can fix this, and I hope they do so before I am forced to leave my home, which is just one more thing to worry about.' Andy will never trust the state again – and who can blame him? Emily Bolton from the Appeal legal charity Emily Bolton from the legal charity Appeal, which represented Mr Malkinson in challenging his wrongful conviction, said Mr Malkinson struggled to survive on benefits after he was freed from jail. Ms Bolton added: 'It is not just that he had to survive on benefits and handouts – many people face that struggle. 'It is that every interaction he has with the state reminds him of his wrongful conviction, even if it is just the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) demanding he attend a meeting or send in a document. 'Andy will never trust the state again – and who can blame him?' Lawyer Toby Wilton, who represented Mr Malkinson in his claims for compensation, told BBC Radio's Today programme on Thursday: 'There's another, I think, symptom of successive governments not really having applied their minds to the statutory scheme for miscarriage of justice or as we've seen with the CCRC (Criminal Cases Review Commission), to miscarriages of justice. 'And that is that unlike other compensation payments, for example, payments made to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, payments under the miscarriage justice scheme are not exempted when it comes to assessment for state support. 'Which means that just by virtue of having received this very happy news from me that he is has been awarded payments, Andy now faces prospects of losing the social housing that he waited a very long time to be given.' Mr Wilton also criticised the £1 million cap on compensation payouts, which was set by the government in 2008. He told BBC Radio's Today programme: 'In today's money, it would be broadly twice that, two million.' He further told the PA news agency: 'It is good news that the Lord Chancellor has agreed Andy is eligible for compensation under the statutory compensation scheme. 'However, unfairness is built into the current scheme, even on top of the arbitrary £1m cap on compensation.' Two of Mr Malkinson's applications to have his case reviewed by miscarriage of justice body the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2009 and 2020 were rejected, until the Appeal charity commissioned fresh DNA tests that eventually led to his release. It later emerged that he could have been freed a decade earlier if the similarities between his case and another wrongful conviction, that of a man called Victor Nealon, had been spotted and acted upon. Mr Malkinson said: 'It's been a battle getting this far, and I would not have lasted a month without the support of Appeal and of members of the public who helped me out since that day in 2023 at the Court when my conviction was overturned.'
