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News Review 16th August


This is the week that was….

If you’ve had a busy week and wondering what’s been happening in the Vaping World then here’s your chance to catch up! Stand out highlights from the various days include these chosen links following the previous weekends’ Vapefest (the UK largest gathering of Vapers/Vendors)

 

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In the News 17th August

Mondays News at a glance: The Final Stab – Latest data finds no evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking for young people – expert reaction to survey on e-cigarette use among young people in the UK – Stanton Rants – Facebook vaping groups – a call to action – On the complete absence of ethical etc. thinking in tobacco control – Indiana Health Official Spreads Massive Lie Among Public, While Another Study Refutes the Gateway Hypothesis – Burdensome vaping regulation about revenue, not health – Bullying smokers won’t help them quit – Let’s ban those e-cigarettes… even though they’re no more dangerous than coffee – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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In the News 18th August

[h=2]Tuesdays News at a glance:[/h] The evils of Nick O’Teen – How to prove teens experiment – Vaping and the death of journalistic integrity – Young people and e-cigarettes: what we know so far – Lowering a Tobacco Tax to Save Lives – According to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, New Study Suggests E-Cigs are a Gateway to Smoking – Lowering a Tobacco Tax to Save Lives

 

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In the News 19th August

Wednesdays News at a glance:

E-cigarettes: an evidence update – Public Health England says truthful realistic things about e-cigarettes – Statement: E-cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS – E-cigarettes ‘95% less harmful than tobacco’ – If you can afford to smoke then you can afford to vape – New PHE review, divisive media reports – JAMA paper finds some adolescents experiment with stuff – so what? – Anti-vaping campaigners are a threat to public health – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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In the News 20th August

Thursdays News at a glance:

A Bad Day For Anti-Smoking Bigots – Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, I Despise the Englishman – MY future with vaping – E-cigarettes on the NHS? Not so fast – E-cigarette Manufacturing: The EU Standard – Officials call for faster medicinal licensing of ecigarettes – In Wales, E-cigs are treated like sticks of poison. – E-cigarette restrictions in Wales ‘not backed by evidence’ – Don’t turn e-cigarettes into another tool of the state health nannies – Enjoy vaping while you still can, warns Public Health – Vaping: does it have the potential to renormalise smoking? – E-cigs are positive for public health, says UK government body – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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In the News 21st August

Fridays News at a glance:

`Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice – Guardian of the Vape Galaxy -Vapers in Power Call to Action – Use of electronic cigarettes among children in Great Britain – ASH Scotland Weekly Bulletin – Around 3,300 people stopped smoking in Norfolk last year – Playing our own game, not theirs – Call for E-cigarette choice – Yearly increase of 20 per cent needed on tobacco excise tax – Bill Godshall Update – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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News Review 23rd August

[h=2]This is the week that was….[/h] This week produced a dazzling array of News articles that the ‘finders’ of the news articles and the editor struggled to keep pace with, literally many hundreds of articles or analysis could have been chosen. Once again this review is a personal reflection of what was considered the most important of that day:

 

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In the News 24th August

[h=2]Mondays News at a glance:
[/h] A letter to the Telegraph – Thoughts, Ramblings, Opinions, the Return – The EU Versus the People E-cigs fears are just a lot of hot air – – British Public Health Officials, Unlike Ours, Tell the Truth About E-Cigarettes – Condoms Vs. E-Cigs and The Public Health Double Standard – Sunday Science Lesson: So how would you estimate how many deaths are caused by smoking? – Ecig proponents need to learn lessons from other activists – Doctor lobbies for legal ‘life-saving’ via e-cigarettes – Is Nicotine ‘Addictive’ ? – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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In the News 25th August

[h=2]Tuesdays News at a glance:
[/h] Why an Anti-Smoking Crusader Would Embrace E-Cigarettes – What is the truth about vaping? – Highlights from Public Health England’s evidence update – What the US can learn from England’s new stance on e-cigarettes – E-cigs endorsement is a bit of a double-edged sword for us – WHO recommends regulation of tobacco company-owned e-cigarette industry – Young adults know e-cigarettes are not tobacco, academics are more confused – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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In the News 26th August

Wednesdays News at a glance:

Drafting A TPD2 Consultation Response – The great e-cigarette war – ASH Scotland Daily Bulletin: 26 August 2015 – Cumbria doctor says e-cigs could help quitting smoking – Women are more likely to give up cigarettes for vaping – The French associations fighting against addictions asking the government to follow the English example -British Government Backs E-Cigarettes for Smokers – New claims about burden of disease from smokeless tobacco are utter junk – Encourage smokers to shift to reduced-harm products – CSP Tobacco: Keep Up With Changes in Vaping – The New York Times —Still Denying Vaping’s Benefits? – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest