For the second week, the recurring theme was the Article 20 Legal Challenge with the handover to the Department of Health on the 29th September. This coincided with a large NHS trust going ‘smokefree’ and the proposals for a prison smoking ban.
Rounding off the week was the launch of the ‘Stoptober’ campaign that strangely coincided with the release of “low nic cigarettes” research and how e-cigarettes could affect “Big Tobacco”.
The Article 20 court hearing – ASH Can’t Bite The Hand That Feeds Over E-Cigs – Traders who sell e-cigarettes to under 18s face fines of up to £2,500 – New “public health” panic: Ecig users practice freedom of association without proper supervision! – EU officials kept tobacco meetings under wraps – Anti-Tobacco Groups Publicly Lie About the Effects of Low-Nicotine Cigarettes – To regulate or kill? – E-Cig Manufacturers Take Fight Against ‘Disproportionate’ Legislation to Luxembourg Court – Incoming vaping laws re-spark debate – Bid to stub out all smoking – Can you help? Vape Manifest USA! – Restricting the Advertising of Electronic Cigarettes Would be an Major Own Goal for Public Health – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Mon, 5 October 2015
A “War” On 80% Of The Public – Up in Vapor: The Real Story Behind the Formaldehyde-Cancer Link – How Vapers Can Help Smokers Quit – EU ignoring the science over electronic cigarettes – Smoking Champions Study Day – Wheaton council OKs rules for e-cigarettes – E-cigs are a godsend for reluctant smokers – Veracity behind the vape – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Tue, 6 October 2015
Press statement – Totally Wicked Takes on EU in Historic European Court Hearing – On Vapers Helping Smokers Quit – Welsh Assembly & EU efforts to mislead on vaping – Significant Flaw in Study Claiming That Decreasing Nicotine Content of Cigarettes Reduced Smoking – Bias in Anti-Tobacco Movement is Laid Bare – Yet More Mindless Attacks On E-Cigarettes – Regulation without representation – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Wed, 7 October 2015
The tobacco endgame – a critical review of the policy ideas – Blackburn firm Totally Wicked fights for its e-cigs – Vaping discussed on BBC Radio 5 Live – Benefits if You Cut Down Using Low-Nicotine Cigarettes, But Not if You Use E-Cigarettes – Tom Steyer spending for California cigarette tax – Nicotine delivery, retention, and pharmacokinetics – Drivers should be held criminally responsible for smokers – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Thu, 8 October 2015
Poxy Proxy – Harms or highs? Regulating narcotics, alcohol and nicotine – Welsh Gov E-Cig Gateway Theory Destroyed By Its Own Evidence – New data reveals the rise and rise of box mods – The EU’s attack on e-cigarettes will bring a golden age of vaping to an end – For public health’s sake, leave vaping alone – Evidence about electronic cigarettes: a foundation built on rock or sand? – NZ Vaping Alliance Launched – Campaign to stub out smoking in Scotland – Cumbria welcomes changes to e-cigs law – Bill to restrict “vaping” moves closer to becoming law in Prince George’s – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Fri, 9 October 2015
A relatively quiet news week with no major breaking stories, a few news articles appeared following the release of further studies into Very Low Nicotine Content cigarettes (VLNC), which have been widely ridiculed as impractical, and a thorough waste of research money.
The Welsh Government(WG) released study data clearly demonstrating no Gateway effect in Wales, amusingly, their own data was ignored by a WG ‘spokesperson’ quoting an obscure USA study instead(with very limited numbers) as proof.
Finally of significance, a very interesting study from Dr Christopher Russell was published with a good analysis made by the ever excellent Sally Satel,highlighting how Vapers could help and encourage smokers in their transition, ie a formal ‘buddy’ system( one that haphazardly exists already).
Crappy Gilmore – Remote Control Begging – What is a ‘throat hit’? Reframing smoking as a sensory practice – E-cigarettes and teenagers on BBC Radio 4 ‘You & Yours’ – A new study reports that e-cigarettes emit toxins to the environment but the authors did not really find any – SA pubs want e-cigarettes banned in non-smoking areas – As vaping gains popularity, group calls for regulation – E-Cigarette Ban to Take Effect – UAE may ease the ban on sale of e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Mon, 12 October 2015
Aussie Tobacco Control Worse Than North Korea – Battle of Ideas 2015 – Let us repeat that. The most recent Welsh Health Survey failed to find a single vaper who said they had never smoked before. – Swansea Mulls Outdoor E-Cig Ban – Drop in number of NHS anti-smoking products handed out – Italy escalates the war on tobacco – Stop Vape censorship on FaceBook – iSmokeSmart wins case against the DKFZ – New Article Demonstrates Severe Bias by Anti-Tobacco Researchers – The CDC Buries the Lead – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Tue, 13 October 2015
E-cigarettes: What We Know – Welsh Committee Debates Ecig Legislation – CDC Continues to Mislead the Public – Nicotine nazis hate one thing: pleasure – Ecigs, Water Vapour and The Lungs: Should You Be Concerned? – Acrylamide exposure from smokeless tobacco dwarfed by dietary exposure or smoking – Hypocritical “Save Lives” Coalition Proposes Tax On Life-Saving Tobacco Alternative – Electronic cigarette imports to be regulated – Tougher controls urged for e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest - Wed, 14 October 2015
