UC Riverside "study" spreads; Phillip McAndrew "hit job" piece from Loyola Sch. Med. appears to be getting very little traction; more on the EU letter; possible softening of ALA stance (see OR US story). Shasta Co. CA US is now distributing "hit job" lit. to (who?). ANTZ in OR join those in other states in opposing minor bans on the grounds that they don't go far enough - but danger of "minor morph" in OR may be limited or even non-existent.
Coverage: EU; Italy; US States: MA; DC; NC, OH; KY; IN; IL; CO; OR; CA
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Spreading ...
Some of you may recall the hit job "study" - if it really can be called a "study" - in which two cheap all-in-ones were analyzed at UC Riverside discussed here: www . 10news . com/news/investigations/e-cigarettes-under-fire-by-critics-team-10-tests-the-vapor-01292014 [local SD CA US ABC affiliate] and also by Gary Cox on ECF InfoZOne: California study finds only healthful chemicals in e-cig vapor! - ECF InfoZone
This is now spreading to other ABC affiliates verbatim www . thedenverchannel . com/news/investigation-reveals-e-cigarette-smokers-may-inhale-metal-no-federal-regulation-of-vaping01312014 [Denver CO US ABC Affiliate]
And ending up in local papers: Investigation reveals e-cigarette smokers may inhale metal | VIDEO » Evansville Courier & Press [Evansville IN US Courier-Press local paper]
Plus national web:sites:http://www.examiner.com/article/e-c...-study-warns-of-secondhand-smoke-from-e-cigar[Nat'l Ind US web site owned by Anshultz which also owns Clarity]
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Spreading, but not much ...
The Phillip McAndrew hit job piece from Loyola Sch. of Med. isn't spreading as fast as I'd thought:
(Chicago IL US ind. radio station] storify . com/WBEZ/morning-shift-rockford-getting-a-boost-from-an-est [Very terse summary of interview is on this link; I can't find the audio version . ]
(Italian nat'l web site?) www . medimagazine . it/e-sigaretta-pericoli-noti-e-sconosciuti/ [I can read enough Italian to get the idea that this is likely to be a virtual translation of the original piece; but not much more. I can't even figure out who the publishers are.]
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(Ind. Pro-vaping European Web site) Scientific errors in the Tobacco Products Directive concerning e-cigarette [more commentary on the letter sent by scientests to the EU's Health Comm'n and the parliament cmte on env.]
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(WA Times, WA DC US quasi-nat'l paper) www . washingtontimes . com/news/2014/jan/31/letter-to-the-editor-on-petition-administration-is/ [pro-vaping letter to the ed. on Obama admin.s non-response to petitions requesting it to take a position on PVs; no junk]
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(Marion MA local web site) www . wanderer . com/news/marion-regulates-e-cigarette-sales/ [Junk-filled article about city's minor sales ban, which appears to have few consequences for adults, other than B&M licensing req.s. Apparently MA was the site of some fairly contentious activity last year see: CASAA: Call to Action! Massachusetts E-Cigarette Usage Ban -- HB 3726 (formerly HB 3639) (UPDATED) but I don't know what's been going on of late.]
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(Raleigh NC US ind. web site) www . newsobserver . com/2014/01/31/3581008/triangle-schools-businesses-deal.html [general article on how local schools and businesses in the NC Triangle area are dealing w/ vaping. Some junk re: minors; not particularly well-researched given that the author apparently doesn't know that the FDA has pushed its deadline back.]
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(Upper Arlington OH US Fox affiliate) www . myfox28columbus . com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wsyx_upper-arlington-vote-soon-ecigarette-ban-proposal-28977.shtml [Upper Arlington City Council to hear minor ban legislation on Feb 10. OH has no statewide legislation yet, so watch for the danger of this "morphing" into an ordinance that defines vaping as the same thing as tobacco smoking for purposes of clean air ordinances. Straight reporting, no junk]
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(Lex. KY US NBC affiliate) www . wave3 . com/story/24606563/kentucky-bill-would-ban-e-cigarette-sales-to-minors [general report on KY minor ban legislation. Straight reporting, no junk. KY has no statewide laws on PVs, last year an attempt to define vaping as smoking was defeated: CASAA: Kentucky Call to Action: Attempt to Include E-Cigarettes in Smoking Ban (DEFEATED) so keep an eye out for the "minor morph" and or re-introduction of SB190.]
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(Lewisville TX US City Council Site) www . cityoflewisville . com/index.aspx?page=33&recordid=513 [ban on sales to minors approved, ordinance doesn't appear to have any other effect other than banning vending machine sales]
(TX US newspaper conglomerate) starlocalmedia . com/lewisvilleleader/council-limits-sale-of-e-cigarettes/article_deb8972c-8ac1-11e3-ad25-0019bb2963f4 . html [similar content to above]
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(Convenience Store Trade E-zine, concerning Eskimo Hut in TX) www . csnews . com/top-story-special_features-c60-eskimo_hut_turns_up_the_heat_in_e_cigarettes_category-65226.html [100-fold increase in vaping supply sales; no junk this is a trade 'zine]
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(OR US PBS web site) www . opb . org/news/article/npr-oregon-considers-measure-to-limit-e-cigarette-access/ [review of legislation pending in OR, seems to imply that the proposed minor ban is unlikely to "morph" into more; also very interesting because of some unexpectedly mild statments from the ALA. We're also seeing the same thing that's been noted here: Minors, Money, and Misinformation - ECF InfoZone which is that ANTZ orgs are actually opposing simple minor bans (also see OH, NE, OK):
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(Shasta Co. CA US Co. web site) www . co . shasta.ca.us/HHSA/Professionals/ENDS.sflb.ashx [what's disturbing about this PDF is that it's a "hit job" produced by a gov't. I believe HHSA is a ref. to "Health and Human Services Agency," and there are several such local entities around the country. I strongly suspect this is the one in San Diego CA. This PDF appears to be in a pamphlet designed for distribution to (who?). Note that this link will fail without the "http://" portion.]
Coverage: EU; Italy; US States: MA; DC; NC, OH; KY; IN; IL; CO; OR; CA
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Spreading ...
Some of you may recall the hit job "study" - if it really can be called a "study" - in which two cheap all-in-ones were analyzed at UC Riverside discussed here: www . 10news . com/news/investigations/e-cigarettes-under-fire-by-critics-team-10-tests-the-vapor-01292014 [local SD CA US ABC affiliate] and also by Gary Cox on ECF InfoZOne: California study finds only healthful chemicals in e-cig vapor! - ECF InfoZone
This is now spreading to other ABC affiliates verbatim www . thedenverchannel . com/news/investigation-reveals-e-cigarette-smokers-may-inhale-metal-no-federal-regulation-of-vaping01312014 [Denver CO US ABC Affiliate]
And ending up in local papers: Investigation reveals e-cigarette smokers may inhale metal | VIDEO » Evansville Courier & Press [Evansville IN US Courier-Press local paper]
Plus national web:sites:http://www.examiner.com/article/e-c...-study-warns-of-secondhand-smoke-from-e-cigar[Nat'l Ind US web site owned by Anshultz which also owns Clarity]
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Spreading, but not much ...
The Phillip McAndrew hit job piece from Loyola Sch. of Med. isn't spreading as fast as I'd thought:
(Chicago IL US ind. radio station] storify . com/WBEZ/morning-shift-rockford-getting-a-boost-from-an-est [Very terse summary of interview is on this link; I can't find the audio version . ]
(Italian nat'l web site?) www . medimagazine . it/e-sigaretta-pericoli-noti-e-sconosciuti/ [I can read enough Italian to get the idea that this is likely to be a virtual translation of the original piece; but not much more. I can't even figure out who the publishers are.]
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(Ind. Pro-vaping European Web site) Scientific errors in the Tobacco Products Directive concerning e-cigarette [more commentary on the letter sent by scientests to the EU's Health Comm'n and the parliament cmte on env.]
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(WA Times, WA DC US quasi-nat'l paper) www . washingtontimes . com/news/2014/jan/31/letter-to-the-editor-on-petition-administration-is/ [pro-vaping letter to the ed. on Obama admin.s non-response to petitions requesting it to take a position on PVs; no junk]
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(Marion MA local web site) www . wanderer . com/news/marion-regulates-e-cigarette-sales/ [Junk-filled article about city's minor sales ban, which appears to have few consequences for adults, other than B&M licensing req.s. Apparently MA was the site of some fairly contentious activity last year see: CASAA: Call to Action! Massachusetts E-Cigarette Usage Ban -- HB 3726 (formerly HB 3639) (UPDATED) but I don't know what's been going on of late.]
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(Raleigh NC US ind. web site) www . newsobserver . com/2014/01/31/3581008/triangle-schools-businesses-deal.html [general article on how local schools and businesses in the NC Triangle area are dealing w/ vaping. Some junk re: minors; not particularly well-researched given that the author apparently doesn't know that the FDA has pushed its deadline back.]
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(Upper Arlington OH US Fox affiliate) www . myfox28columbus . com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wsyx_upper-arlington-vote-soon-ecigarette-ban-proposal-28977.shtml [Upper Arlington City Council to hear minor ban legislation on Feb 10. OH has no statewide legislation yet, so watch for the danger of this "morphing" into an ordinance that defines vaping as the same thing as tobacco smoking for purposes of clean air ordinances. Straight reporting, no junk]
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(Lex. KY US NBC affiliate) www . wave3 . com/story/24606563/kentucky-bill-would-ban-e-cigarette-sales-to-minors [general report on KY minor ban legislation. Straight reporting, no junk. KY has no statewide laws on PVs, last year an attempt to define vaping as smoking was defeated: CASAA: Kentucky Call to Action: Attempt to Include E-Cigarettes in Smoking Ban (DEFEATED) so keep an eye out for the "minor morph" and or re-introduction of SB190.]
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(Lewisville TX US City Council Site) www . cityoflewisville . com/index.aspx?page=33&recordid=513 [ban on sales to minors approved, ordinance doesn't appear to have any other effect other than banning vending machine sales]
(TX US newspaper conglomerate) starlocalmedia . com/lewisvilleleader/council-limits-sale-of-e-cigarettes/article_deb8972c-8ac1-11e3-ad25-0019bb2963f4 . html [similar content to above]
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(Convenience Store Trade E-zine, concerning Eskimo Hut in TX) www . csnews . com/top-story-special_features-c60-eskimo_hut_turns_up_the_heat_in_e_cigarettes_category-65226.html [100-fold increase in vaping supply sales; no junk this is a trade 'zine]
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(OR US PBS web site) www . opb . org/news/article/npr-oregon-considers-measure-to-limit-e-cigarette-access/ [review of legislation pending in OR, seems to imply that the proposed minor ban is unlikely to "morph" into more; also very interesting because of some unexpectedly mild statments from the ALA. We're also seeing the same thing that's been noted here: Minors, Money, and Misinformation - ECF InfoZone which is that ANTZ orgs are actually opposing simple minor bans (also see OH, NE, OK):
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(Shasta Co. CA US Co. web site) www . co . shasta.ca.us/HHSA/Professionals/ENDS.sflb.ashx [what's disturbing about this PDF is that it's a "hit job" produced by a gov't. I believe HHSA is a ref. to "Health and Human Services Agency," and there are several such local entities around the country. I strongly suspect this is the one in San Diego CA. This PDF appears to be in a pamphlet designed for distribution to (who?). Note that this link will fail without the "http://" portion.]
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