Nothing About Us. Without Us. (Title Edited)

[Jessica99]

Mondays News at a glance:
Simple Is As Simple Does – E-cigarettes and the EU: a user’s guide – tobacco Products Directive – what next and what can be done? – Pork chop at a bar mitzvah – reflections on GTNF 2015 – British Study Examines Cost-Benefit Ratio of Electronic Cigarettes – Drakeford’s “evidence” in relation to the Public Health (Wales) Bill – The week at PHE: online highlights – Without Integrity. tobacco Harm Reduction In The U.S.A – E-cig policy needs implementation -E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus – vaping’s benefits being hyped by smoking lobby, academics claim – Electronic Cigarette debate has field experts divided – Doctors, industry insiders locked in vape debate over youth use – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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Tuesdays News at a glance:

The UK Government Will Not Stand Up To Brussels – Are you TRULY surprised at the treatment of vapers? The real cause. – Think on that for a moment vapers.. – Prof Linda Bauld and Andy Morrison on BBC Radio Scotland – Toward beneficial and practical standards for e-cigarettes – Electronic Cigarettes are Not Renormalizing Smoking, Anti-Tobacco Groups Are – Nominee for FDA Commissioner Has Massive Conflicts of Interest – Evidence about nicotine toxicity and the dry puff phenomenon – Time to address e-cigarette confusion – U.S. Government Task Force to Smokers: Quit or Die – Fighting for Vaping Rights with Pamela Gorman of NJOY – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

 

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A Heartfelt Thank You – from the Danish Vapers

 

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Wednesdays News at a glance:
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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Thursdays News at a glance:
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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In the News 25th September

Article 20 Challenge Update: 64261

Collection ends 5pm Mon. 28th September. Handover 11am Tues 29th 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

 

[Jessica99]

Two posts from today - enjoy!

1. News Review 27th September

This is the week that was….

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 - from Kristin Noll-Marsh, CASAA

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.....

 

[Jessica99]

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

Tuesdays News at a glance:


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

Thursdays News at a glance:


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

Fridays News at a glance:
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

 

[Jessica99]

News Review 4th October

This is the week that was….

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”.

 

[Jessica99]

In the News 5th October

Mondays News at a glance:

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

 

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In the News 6th October

Tuesdays News at a glance:

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

 

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In the News 7th October

Wednesdays News at a glance:

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

 

[Jessica99]

In the News 8th October

Thursdays News at a glance:

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

 

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In the News 9th October

Fridays News at a glance:

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

 

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News Review 11th October

This is the week that was…

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).

 

[Jessica99]

In the News 12 October

Mondays News at a glance:

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