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[h=1]A Heartfelt Thank You – from the Danish Vapers[/h]

 

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[h=2]Wednesdays News at a glance:[/h] Carry On Nurse – E-cigarette hysteria is hazardous to your health – Risks of e-cigarette use exaggerated – Assembly survey finds slight majority against banning e-cigarettes in enclosed public and work spaces – ECITA give evidence to the Welsh Health and Social Care Committee – Premarket Study Positive for Proposed Snus Warning Label Changes – D.C.’s Electronic Cigarette Tax is an Insane Policy that Will Help Renormalize Smoking – Pending Federal Legislation on Tobacco Issues – Extras on Excise: Will Tobacco Buttlegging Contraband Broaden to E-Vapelegging? – Counterpoint: This sin tax is not about protecting kids – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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[h=2]Thursdays News at a glance:[/h] A Tale of Education – Public Health England Fight Back – Complaints about conflict of interest are designed to maximize conflict of interest – Physicians Continue to Make Unsupported Claims About E-Cigarettes – More Disinformation about E-Cigs – Vaping as a ‘gateway’ to smoking is still more hype than hazard – Opinion: public health, magical thinking and monsters under the bed – Smoking in numbers: Do e-cigarettes help Scots quit? – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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Article 20 Challenge Update: 64261
Collection ends 5pm Mon. 28th September. Handover 11am Tues 29th September


In the News 25th September
Fridays News at a glance:

European Court update – Totally Wicked Petition Handover – Vapers in Power – Call to Action – Leading the Way on Ecigs – Louise Ross, Stop Smoking Service Manager – Is “ecigs are a gateway” the new “addiction”? -Important New Study Documents that Dual Use is Not a Negative Consequence of E-Cigarette Use, But a Positive One – Philip Morris Device Criticized by Imperial Researcher – Proposed Pierce County vaping rules spark debate – DC Launches Anti-Smoking Campaign A Week Before Taxing Vape Shops Out Of Existence – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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Two offerings today

1. News Review 27th September
[h=2]This is the week that was….[/h] The recurring theme of the week was the gathering crescendo of support for the Totally Wicked(TW) Legal Challenge to Article 20 of the TPD(Tobacco Products Directive). Also Tobacco Industry reduced risk products and e-cig co. buyouts seemed to attract much debate.
A widely covered story of a 14 year-old schoolboy with an e-cigarette highlighted the grey areas of proxy-purchase and the paradox of under 18’s (prior smoking) e-cigarette usage, which will be further muddied with up-coming laws from October 1st.

2. Diversity in the Marketplace

My 66 year old, smoking aunt has watched nearly my entire family switch from smoking to vaping over the past 6 years. She never showed any interest – “too much fuss” she said, so we never pushed it. We even set up a smoking area, on our screen porch, for her when she moved in with us a few weeks ago......

 

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In the News 28th September

Mondays News at a glance:

The Final Countdown – Blackburn-based e-cigarette manufacturer set to fight ‘unfair’ ruling – Silly Sally And The Lancet – Dame Sally Davies interview: the chief medical officer on e-cigarettes, antibiotic resistance – Calling Welsh Vapers and E-Cig Retailers – No smoke without fire in this EU nightmare – Ecig consumer wants and “needs” – FDA’s Proposed Rule on Allowable E-Cigarette Claims – Saskatoon recommends vaping shops included in smoking ban – Will E-Cigs and Vaping End Smoking, or Just Create New Problems? – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Mon, 28 September 2015

 

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In the News 29th September

[h=2]Tuesdays News at a glance:[/h] Vaping petition in hands of DOH – Article 20 Challenge – Clive Bates – The Vaping Industry – The Good, the Bad and the Inappropriately Sexy – Saints sponsor blasts county council’s e-cig stance – Do e-cigarettes lead to cigarette smoking? – Largest NHS trust to become ‘smoke free’ next month – Prison smoking ban to begin in 2016 – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Tue, 29 September 2015

 

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In the News 30th September

Wednesdays News at a glance:

European Court of Justice (CJEU) and what will happen on the 1st October – October: Is it “Stoptober”, “Swaptober”, “Neither” or “Both”? – Lifestyle Choices – Vacation Vaper-Spotting With Simple Simon – I went to a vape conference to mock it—then the vapers changed my mind – Funny goings on in our own backyard…. – As Youth Smoking Rates Continue to Plummet, Anti-Smoking Advocates Continue to Claim E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Youth Smoking – Bee Harming Vaping Environment – How Will E-Cigarettes Affect Big Tobacco? – How new rules could kill the vaping boom – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Wed, 30 September 2015

 

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In the News 1st October

[h=2]Thursdays News at a glance:[/h] Totally Wicked at the Courts of Justice of the European Union – Costing a ban in Wales – UK e-cigarette firm fights EU vaping laws in European court – If people choose to smoke, vape or drink too much that should be up to them – New Study Violates Research Ethics – PHE is obliged to challenge false risk perceptions created by poor science and sensationalist communication – Hospitals are wrong to ban e-cigarette use – Smoking Bans are Killing People – How Public Health Policy May Be Hazardous to Your Health – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Thu, 1 October 2015

 

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In the News 2nd October

[h=2]Fridays News at a glance:[/h] Vapers in Power Call to Action – Expert says e-cigarettes are unattractive to non-smokers and those who try them don’t get hooked – Linda Bauld & John Britton give evidence to the Welsh HSCC (Part 1) – Public Health News – A Very Predictable Train Crash – An update on Totally Wicked’s TPD challenge – Alan Maryon-Davis gives evidence to the Welsh HSCC (Part 1) – SFATA October Newsletter – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Fri, 2 October 2015