We’ve passed 2,500 – next goal is 5,000 – Portugal applies the TPD – Hertfordshire County Council backing e-cigarettes – Stop Smoking Services usage data continues downward trend – Wacky British Idea: Why Not Tell The Truth About E-Cigarettes? – Royal Stoke bosses may review ban on staff using e-cigarettes – 10 Outrageous E-Cig Exaggerations That Keep Smokers Smoking – Meet the e-cigarette regulation proposal by the Health Ministry of Finland – Deborah Arnott on This Morning – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
(I can't post In the News tomorrow - if anyone else could that would be really appreciated - if not then I'll do a catch up on Monday)
[h=2]Fridays News at a glance:[/h] Their Favourite Trick – Making mountains from molehills – On e-cigarette safety The Lancet has decided to shoot the messenger – Lancet editorial on PHE vaping report exposes malpractice – at The Lancet – ASH comment on Lancet editorial on e-cigarettes – Lancet editorial asks if e-cigarettes are a “smokescreen.” – Ecig efficacy? Who cares? – E-cigarettes not a path to smoking – Vaping – determining the “95% less harmful” figure -What is the only argument for criticizing Public Health England Report on e-cigarettes? Funding of 1 of the 185 cited studies – Vapers in Power Call to Action – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
[h=2]This is the week that was….[/h] The week was dominated with reaction to the previous week’s PHE (Public Health England) announcement over a 111 page Review, which was extensively reported upon Worldwide. The Daily reactions will be charted culminating in Friday’s shoddy Lancet journal Editorial which tried and spectacularly failed to discredit the groundbreaking and excellent Review.
[h=2]Wednesdays News at a glance:[/h] We Can Solve The Problem We Caused – Honest! – We Don’t Need ‘Decades of Research’ to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking – The New Way to Meet Your Neighbours – Ecigs. Our right not to smoke Tobacco – PHE hits back at conflict of interest claims on e-cigs – Pharmaceutical firms spend €40m a year for ‘privileged access’ to EU decision-makers – Anti-smoking lobby targets cafe smoking areas with new court case – E-cigs can help cut smoking MSPs told – Tobacco Harm Reduction Update – September 1st, 2015
Thursdays News at a glance:[/h] Mad Stan clutching at straws (again) – Anatomy Of A Charlatan – PHE hits back at conflict of interest claims on e-cigs – As E-Cigarettes Re-Normalize Smoking, Adult Smoking Prevalence in 2015 Plummets – Taking the Pulse of Maori public health, part 3 – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
[h=2]Fridays News at a glance:[/h] Tanks, tanks everywhere – Does being opposed to vaping drive you mad? – Friday Message – Scottish Health and Sport Committee – Center for Environmental Health pretends to have made a breakthrough discovery about e-cigarettes – Glantz confirms vaping will have a positive impact on public health – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
Attacking ecigs to encourage continued smoking – Views of experienced electronic cigarette users – Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care)(Scotland) Bill – ASH Scotland Weekly Bulletin – The real challenge is to make e-cigarettes accessible for poor smokers – Public Health England’s evidence based confusion? – Public Health England, and common sense – An interview with Christopher Snowdon – California: attack an association of manufacturers of e-cigarettes – Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use – How ‘Big Pharma’ bamboozled Brussels – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
Do Something – New study proves there is no second-hand vaping: e-cigarette aerosol contains less volatile compounds than normal exhaled breath – MSPs warned against ‘demonisation’ of e-cigarettes – Portugal adds public vaping ban to new TPD law – Electronic cigarettes: the key to reducing smoking? -Does New JAMA Pediatrics Study Show that E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Youth Smoking? – Expert reaction to new study on e-cigarette use in US adolescents – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
Flawed e-cigarette formaldehyde paper should be retracted – Does This Study Prove That Vaping Is a Gateway to Smoking? – Ask the Dentist: The benefits of changing to e-cigs – City council approves vaping exemption for e-cig shops – How The FDA Is Helping Big Tobacco – Why Public Advocates Care More About Heroin Addicts Than Smokers – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest
[h=2]Thursdays News at a glance:[/h] CJEU Court date set for the 1st October 2015 – In the interest of conflict – The Public Health U-Turn on E-Cigs – Pulling The CMO’s Strings – Why are Anti-Smoking Groups and Agencies Lying to the Public About E-Cigarettes: A Political History Explanation – Tobacco Control Research: A Tale of Two Delphi Groups – To help smokers quit, make them vapers – Having breakfast with the Minister – Syed Kamall’s liberal vision – Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may breathe fewer toxins – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest