CASAA alert on La Mesa CA US total ban; Marathoner who vapes from ECFZone; ACS position softening, more evidence - see quote in story from NE.; Surgeon General's "youth-rated films" request(?) in newspaper ads; Tampa FL vaping convention Feb 21-2; possible "minor morph" in NE US; EU sales of patch and other NRT mechanisms dropping [unsourced].
Coverage: Europe, BC Ca., US States: NY; FL; IL; ND; NE; AZ; NM; CA. [All links broken except those from this site & related sources.]
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(ECF's Zone) Marathon Runner Vapes! - ECF InfoZone [Story on marathon runner who vaped "all the way"]
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(Vapenews, ind. web site) Electronic Cigarettes Affecting Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sales | E-Cigarette Reviews and Rankings [report on NRT sales in Europe]
(Caveat: I can't find the author's original source?)
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(CTV Vancouver BC Ca.) knlive . ctvnews . ca/booming-e-cigarette-industry-may-reverse-anti-smoking-gains-1.1658764 [generic "hit job" article full of junk]
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(Stanton Glantz's blog; not specifically applicable to vaping but may apply in the future) www . tobacco . ucsf.edu/blogs/sglantz [highlights Surgeon Gen'l's report request (?) for MPAA motion picture ratings change in newspaper ads sponsored by the usual suspects - see blog for link to ad:]
(Does this mean that Casablanca's rating should be changed from "PG" to "R?" What about Citizen Kane's "G" rating? It's hard to figure out what's meant by "Youth rated," althogh this phrase is often used to denote ratings of "G," "PG," or "PG13." The MPAA does not appear to recognize this term http://www.filmratings.com/downloads/rating_rules.pdf . It turns out that the quote comes from p.907 of the Surgeon General's report at www . surgeongeneral . gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/full-report.pdf which cites an article by Glantz and Polansky located here: tobaccocontrol . bmj . com/content/21/6/569 behind a paywall, which I didn't read. Fig 14.3B on p.810 of the SG's rpt. is taken from that article, and confused both me and a media rep. from SG's office, regarding the meaning of the term "youth rating" ... does it refer to a proper subset of "G," "PG," and "PG13" or to all three? In fact neither of us could figure out whether the SG is actually recommending such a change in policy by the MPAA. What seems clear, however, is that the term "youth rating" is probably Glantz & Polansky's construct. And given the MPAA's rating structure, it's hard to understand why anyone would recommend that a movie with one of the three ratings be re-rated to "R," while the very same movie with another of the ratings would not be.)
Update: as of 10p ET no one from the SG's ofc has called me back after 12 hr.s. Looks like they don't know either. But the ad is running, I believe.
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(WSJ US Nat'l) online . wsj . com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303759604579095461997304256 [40 State A/Gs urge FDA to regulate vaping & ban flavors; some junk mostly about children and "gateway" argument]
(FDA's deadline pusheed back from April to Oct? Note: if you see a pay wall prompt, clear your cookies and reopen your browser - you get one free WSJ article that way)
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(Disruptive Women in Health Care - US nat'l ind. site) www . disruptivewomen . net/2014/01/27/e-cigarettes-a-fork-in-the-road/ (relatively balanced general article on PVDs, but some junk)
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(Cancer Today, American Assn. for Cancer Research US Nat'l) www . cancertodaymag . org/Winter2013/Pages/Youth-E-cigarettes-Use-on-the-Rise.aspx [summarizes CDC report the Nat'l Youth Tobacco Survey, indicating that over 90% of minors who have tried PVDs had already tried analogs]
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(Long Island NY US News 12 cablevision) longisland . news12 . com/news/long-island-school-districts-eye-bans-on-e-cigarette-use-on-campuses-1.6888475 [more on extending "smoke free" restrictions on grounds of L.I. school districts to vaping; some junk]
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(Tampa FL US Vaping Convention announcement - Feb 21-2) https://www.facebook.com/events/587470167966102/
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(Sun-Times Blog, Chicago IL US local paper) voices . suntimes . com/business-2/e-cigarette-ban-tamps-vape-lounges/ [vaping lounges forced to close due to city ban, no junk]
(Chicao IL US ind. website) www . dnainfo . com/chicago/20140127/wicker-park/e-cig-shop-owners-say-indoor-ban-hampers-business-plans [same as above]
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(Edwardsville IL SIU campus Student paper) www . alestlelive . com/news/article_03313088-87b5-11e3-9b92-001a4bcf6878.html ["smoke free" policy applied to PVDs, but no campus-wide ban; some junk]
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(Bismark ND US local paper) bismarcktribune . com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bismarck-mulls-age-limits-on-e-cigarette-users/article_201fa2e8-87aa-11e3-9659-001a4bcf887a . html [city ord. proposed which would ban sales to minors; much junk; ND already applies "smoke free" laws to vaping]
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(Omaha NE US NBC affiliate) www . wowt . com/home/headlines/E-Cigarette-Legislation-Proposal--242363341.html [state legis. propoals to ban sales to minors; some junk; stage is set for statute to "morph" into a "vaping = tobacco burning" for purposes of "smoke free" restrictions on adults, NE has no such statute, CASAA supports law as currently proposed]
(Omaha NE US ABC affiliate) www . ketv . com/news/politics/lawmakers-focus-on-banning-ecigarette-sales-to-minors/-/9674400/24145572/-/nst3h3/-/index.html [same as above]
(Omaha NE US ind. web site) www . omaha . com/article/20140128/NEWS/140128672/1707 [retailers support ban on minor sales; see ACA quote below - no other junk]
(Lincoln NE US Journal Star local paper) journalstar . com/legislature/banning-e-cigarettes-from-minors-draws-little-opposition/article_437991f3-8d6e-582e-9e9f-ac7b727f4210 . html [similar to above - no junk]
(Sioux City NE US Journal local paper) siouxcityjournal . com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/banning-e-cigarettes-from-minors-in-nebraska-draws-little-opposition/article_f8ce9007-0b48-5e73-b7af-beb6af6ddb72 . html [similar to above]
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(The Oklahoman OK City OK US local paper) newsok . com/article/3927803 [this is an almost-verbatim rehash of a boilerplate junk-filled hit job article they ran last week]
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(Phoenix AZ US Business Journal, ind. website) www . bizjournals . com/phoenix/news/2014/01/27/some-phoenix-landlords-hesitant-to.html [some commercial landlords refuse to rent to vape stores; no serious junk that I can find]
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(Albuquerque NM US CNN/CBS radio station affiliate) krqe . com/2014/01/27/governor-backs-e-cig-restrictions/ [Gov . Martinez backs ban on sale to minors; little chance of the "minor morph" in NM since legis. already rejected redefinition of "tobacco product" in smoke-free laws and tax; no junk]
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(Porway SD CA US suburb local paper) www . pomeradonews . com/2014/01/27/poway-to-consider-banning-e-cigarettes/ [city ordinance to extend "smoke free" ordinance to vaping, including outside in public parks; much junk. Article implies incorrectly that PVDs are entirely banned in other CA cities - appears to refer to extension of "smoke free" ordinances.]
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(La Mesa SD CA US suburb local paper) lamesa . patch . com/groups/la-mesa-city-council/p/la-mesa-to-consider-ecigarette-ban-tuesday (TOTAL BAN under consideration see CASAA alert: CASAA: Local Alert: City of La Mesa, California - E-Cigarette Sales Ban )
Coverage: Europe, BC Ca., US States: NY; FL; IL; ND; NE; AZ; NM; CA. [All links broken except those from this site & related sources.]
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(ECF's Zone) Marathon Runner Vapes! - ECF InfoZone [Story on marathon runner who vaped "all the way"]
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(Vapenews, ind. web site) Electronic Cigarettes Affecting Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sales | E-Cigarette Reviews and Rankings [report on NRT sales in Europe]
(Caveat: I can't find the author's original source?)
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(CTV Vancouver BC Ca.) knlive . ctvnews . ca/booming-e-cigarette-industry-may-reverse-anti-smoking-gains-1.1658764 [generic "hit job" article full of junk]
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(Stanton Glantz's blog; not specifically applicable to vaping but may apply in the future) www . tobacco . ucsf.edu/blogs/sglantz [highlights Surgeon Gen'l's report request (?) for MPAA motion picture ratings change in newspaper ads sponsored by the usual suspects - see blog for link to ad:]
(Does this mean that Casablanca's rating should be changed from "PG" to "R?" What about Citizen Kane's "G" rating? It's hard to figure out what's meant by "Youth rated," althogh this phrase is often used to denote ratings of "G," "PG," or "PG13." The MPAA does not appear to recognize this term http://www.filmratings.com/downloads/rating_rules.pdf . It turns out that the quote comes from p.907 of the Surgeon General's report at www . surgeongeneral . gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/full-report.pdf which cites an article by Glantz and Polansky located here: tobaccocontrol . bmj . com/content/21/6/569 behind a paywall, which I didn't read. Fig 14.3B on p.810 of the SG's rpt. is taken from that article, and confused both me and a media rep. from SG's office, regarding the meaning of the term "youth rating" ... does it refer to a proper subset of "G," "PG," and "PG13" or to all three? In fact neither of us could figure out whether the SG is actually recommending such a change in policy by the MPAA. What seems clear, however, is that the term "youth rating" is probably Glantz & Polansky's construct. And given the MPAA's rating structure, it's hard to understand why anyone would recommend that a movie with one of the three ratings be re-rated to "R," while the very same movie with another of the ratings would not be.)
Update: as of 10p ET no one from the SG's ofc has called me back after 12 hr.s. Looks like they don't know either. But the ad is running, I believe.
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(WSJ US Nat'l) online . wsj . com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303759604579095461997304256 [40 State A/Gs urge FDA to regulate vaping & ban flavors; some junk mostly about children and "gateway" argument]
(FDA's deadline pusheed back from April to Oct? Note: if you see a pay wall prompt, clear your cookies and reopen your browser - you get one free WSJ article that way)
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(Disruptive Women in Health Care - US nat'l ind. site) www . disruptivewomen . net/2014/01/27/e-cigarettes-a-fork-in-the-road/ (relatively balanced general article on PVDs, but some junk)
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(Cancer Today, American Assn. for Cancer Research US Nat'l) www . cancertodaymag . org/Winter2013/Pages/Youth-E-cigarettes-Use-on-the-Rise.aspx [summarizes CDC report the Nat'l Youth Tobacco Survey, indicating that over 90% of minors who have tried PVDs had already tried analogs]
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(Long Island NY US News 12 cablevision) longisland . news12 . com/news/long-island-school-districts-eye-bans-on-e-cigarette-use-on-campuses-1.6888475 [more on extending "smoke free" restrictions on grounds of L.I. school districts to vaping; some junk]
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(Tampa FL US Vaping Convention announcement - Feb 21-2) https://www.facebook.com/events/587470167966102/
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(Sun-Times Blog, Chicago IL US local paper) voices . suntimes . com/business-2/e-cigarette-ban-tamps-vape-lounges/ [vaping lounges forced to close due to city ban, no junk]
(Chicao IL US ind. website) www . dnainfo . com/chicago/20140127/wicker-park/e-cig-shop-owners-say-indoor-ban-hampers-business-plans [same as above]
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(Edwardsville IL SIU campus Student paper) www . alestlelive . com/news/article_03313088-87b5-11e3-9b92-001a4bcf6878.html ["smoke free" policy applied to PVDs, but no campus-wide ban; some junk]
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(Bismark ND US local paper) bismarcktribune . com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bismarck-mulls-age-limits-on-e-cigarette-users/article_201fa2e8-87aa-11e3-9659-001a4bcf887a . html [city ord. proposed which would ban sales to minors; much junk; ND already applies "smoke free" laws to vaping]
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(Omaha NE US NBC affiliate) www . wowt . com/home/headlines/E-Cigarette-Legislation-Proposal--242363341.html [state legis. propoals to ban sales to minors; some junk; stage is set for statute to "morph" into a "vaping = tobacco burning" for purposes of "smoke free" restrictions on adults, NE has no such statute, CASAA supports law as currently proposed]
(ACS position changed, or did this spokesman not get the memo?)
(Omaha NE US ABC affiliate) www . ketv . com/news/politics/lawmakers-focus-on-banning-ecigarette-sales-to-minors/-/9674400/24145572/-/nst3h3/-/index.html [same as above]
(Omaha NE US ind. web site) www . omaha . com/article/20140128/NEWS/140128672/1707 [retailers support ban on minor sales; see ACA quote below - no other junk]
(Lincoln NE US Journal Star local paper) journalstar . com/legislature/banning-e-cigarettes-from-minors-draws-little-opposition/article_437991f3-8d6e-582e-9e9f-ac7b727f4210 . html [similar to above - no junk]
(Sioux City NE US Journal local paper) siouxcityjournal . com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/banning-e-cigarettes-from-minors-in-nebraska-draws-little-opposition/article_f8ce9007-0b48-5e73-b7af-beb6af6ddb72 . html [similar to above]
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(The Oklahoman OK City OK US local paper) newsok . com/article/3927803 [this is an almost-verbatim rehash of a boilerplate junk-filled hit job article they ran last week]
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(Phoenix AZ US Business Journal, ind. website) www . bizjournals . com/phoenix/news/2014/01/27/some-phoenix-landlords-hesitant-to.html [some commercial landlords refuse to rent to vape stores; no serious junk that I can find]
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(Albuquerque NM US CNN/CBS radio station affiliate) krqe . com/2014/01/27/governor-backs-e-cig-restrictions/ [Gov . Martinez backs ban on sale to minors; little chance of the "minor morph" in NM since legis. already rejected redefinition of "tobacco product" in smoke-free laws and tax; no junk]
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(Porway SD CA US suburb local paper) www . pomeradonews . com/2014/01/27/poway-to-consider-banning-e-cigarettes/ [city ordinance to extend "smoke free" ordinance to vaping, including outside in public parks; much junk. Article implies incorrectly that PVDs are entirely banned in other CA cities - appears to refer to extension of "smoke free" ordinances.]
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(La Mesa SD CA US suburb local paper) lamesa . patch . com/groups/la-mesa-city-council/p/la-mesa-to-consider-ecigarette-ban-tuesday (TOTAL BAN under consideration see CASAA alert: CASAA: Local Alert: City of La Mesa, California - E-Cigarette Sales Ban )
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