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Nova Scotia vaping=smoking (?) legislation to be introduced; Gary Cox on EU's response to letter from scientests; CASSA Call to support NM's simple minor sales ban.
Coverage: India, Canada (NS), US States: PA,FL,GA,OH,ND,OK,AZ,OR
Not Covered: Release of 2014 American E-Cigarette Etiquette Survey (see separate post today here in Media)
Not Covered: Dr. Siegal's blog post on the significance of reduced analog use among vapers - response to Glantz (see separate post today in Media).
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(CASAA Call to ACTION NM) CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments [*Support* HB15 but *oppose* any ammendments: simple minor sales ban]
(Gary Cox/ECF InfoZone) EU Commission Misunderstands Scientists - ECF InfoZone [About the EU's reply to the letter sent by a group of 15 scientests last month]
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(India nat'l news web site) www.dnaindia
.com/mumbai/report-how-will-fda-crack-down-on-online-e-cigarette-sellers-1960905 [Report on the availability of vaping supplies in Mumbai, esp. in paan shops (paan is a uniquely-S. Asian and widely-available mild chewed stimulent often associated with tobacco use. Paan shops are S. Asia's equivalent of western dedicated tobacco shops. vaping is completely unregulated in India.]
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(Boston MA US based Web site - re: NS Ca) www.globalpost
.com/dispatch/news/the-canadian-press/140210/nova-scotia-eyes-ban-e-cigarettes-public-places-amid-debate [NS's health minister says that NS will move foward with legislation to define vaping as smoking. Article contains feedback from the vaping industry and Ca's relatively mild non-smoker's rights org (mild by comparison w/ the American equivelant, that is), and concludes with their spokeswoman's "better safe than sorry" minor gateway argument.]
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(US Nat'l Web site for life ins. sales) www.lifehealthpro
.com/2014/02/10/e-cigarettes-tobacco-product-or-drug-delivery-devi?ref=hp-carousel [Junk-free article advises life ins. co.s/professionals to treat vapers as smokers. "However, one cannot currently distinguish an e-cig user from a tobacco smoker via routine cotinine screening. From that standpoint, considering e-cigarette users as smokers would seem prudent for underwriting, at least for now."]
(US Nat'l H/C provider web site - appears to be directed towards everyone besides MDs) www.news-line
.com/blog/2014/02/10/findings-of-2-e-cigarette-studies-presented-at-srnt-meeting/ [verbatim copy of Roswell Park Cancer Inst. press release regarding the two studies released at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco meeting in Seattle WA, reported in this space a couple of days ago. So far this appears to be only the second reference to the junk 'THS' ("third hand smoke") vaping study; it has not yet spread to the mainstream media.]
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(Philadelphia PA US ind. web site) www.philly
.com/philly/blogs/public_health/Electronic-Nicotine-Inhalers-aka-e-cigarettes-Worth-a-try.html [article by health management prof at Drexel U begins by surveying the various positions taken by vapers, the industry and the ANTZ (in a fairly objective way, IMO). Goes on to handle the "fires" issue rather well, too. But then closes with cites to "be afraid, be very afraid" links. The author, James Buehler, is a colleague of the first author in the "Drexel U. Study" that one hears a good deal about (Igor Burstyn): CASAA: New study confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes pose minimal health risk ]
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_kepler_vaping.html [Continuation of yesterday's story. Astonishingly junk-free interview w/ man who quit smoking and is opening local vape shop. Some discussion of vaping etiquette. However this is a week-long series, and so it may be the ANTZ turn tomorrow. Yesterday, the paper invited comments from readers: "Throughout the week, we invite readers to weigh in and share their thoughts on e-cigarettes. Should they be banned from public places and workspaces? Should they be regulated - even taxed - like tobacco products? Are their concerns that they may lure kids into smoking or emit harmful chemicals, not yet known?" PA's simple minor sales ban, SB1055 hasn't yet passed the st. senate.]
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(Orlando FL US Cox affiliate) www.wftv
.com/news/news/local/seminole-school-leaders-ban-e-cigarettes-campuses/ndKBg/ [Seminole schools ban PVs for everyone - including adults - on grounds, at events, etc. Contains alarmist CDC minor junk. FL has a simple minor sales ban in the legislature right now, but nothing more.]
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(Columbus GA CBS affiliate) www.wrbl
.com/story/24686859/mcsd-warns-students-parents-about-dangers-of-e-cigarettes [Muscogee bans PVs for everyone - including adults - on grounds, at events, etc. Claims students are "having siezuers" from contents. GA has two simple minor sales bans, which haven't passed either house and are now currently in committeed (h/t to NorthofAtlanta for the update).]
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(Cleveland OH US Fox affiliate) fox8.com/2014/02/10/officials-warn-parents-of-e-cig-risks-for-minors/ [Story about minors, contains some junky gateway and drug speculation but generally not as much junk as one might anticipate in a story of this sort. OH's simple minor sales ban - HB144 - has passed the house and is sitting in a sen. cmte. CASAA supports.]
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(Wahpeton, ND US local paper) www.wahpetondailynews
.com/news/article_2055b402-9117-11e3-8f2b-001a4bcf887a.html [Report on local "Tobacco Prevention Coordinator's" efforts to "get youth tobacco ordinances in place, which add e-cigarettes to the definitions of tobacco products." (Which seems a bit odd, since ND is tied w/ NJ for the toughest anti-vaping legislation in the country, and also has a ban on sales to minors and possession.)]
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(OK City OK US Local Paper) journalrecord.com/2014/02/10/editorial-e-cigs-have-not-been-proven-safe-opinion/ [Editorial argues that PVs have not been "proven safe," and cites junk studies about toxic compounds. It's not clear what's being advocated. OK's simple minor sales ban HB2097 has been languishing since last May, no record of any action this year that I can find. Last year, a much more onerous bill failed in OK.]
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(Phoenix AZ US ind. TV) www.azfamily
.com/news/Vaping-for-weight-loss-244825491.html [Bizzare story on woman who vapes to lose "baby weight." Local MD (cardiologist?) quoted saying not to use stimulents for weight loss, but mysteriously refrains from citing junk, as does the writer.]
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(Assoc. Press article on OR US legislation) www.kansascity
.com/2014/02/10/4813424/oregon-to-consider-bills-restricting.html [Simple report concerning the 2 OR bills, doesn't mention that 4115 appears to be unlikely to pass - the other is 4073, the simple minor sales ban. This AP story is reproduced in other places - http://koin.com/
2014/02/10/ore-considers-bills-restricting-e-cigs/
www.bendbulletin
.com/home/1777277-151/lawmakers-to-consider-e-cigarette-restrictions
(Eugene/Springfield OR US local paper) www.registerguard
.com/rg/opinion/31109712-78/cigarettes-public-ban-devices-tobacco.html.csp (Editorial advocates passage of 4115, the vaping = smoking bill. Cites junk studies re:contaminents including FDA '09, and argues that the loss of a "haze-free" environment will reverse "progress" made on smoking, plus analog smokers will "might seek to reassert their right to puff away in indoor spaces."]
Nova Scotia vaping=smoking (?) legislation to be introduced; Gary Cox on EU's response to letter from scientests; CASSA Call to support NM's simple minor sales ban.
Coverage: India, Canada (NS), US States: PA,FL,GA,OH,ND,OK,AZ,OR
Not Covered: Release of 2014 American E-Cigarette Etiquette Survey (see separate post today here in Media)
Not Covered: Dr. Siegal's blog post on the significance of reduced analog use among vapers - response to Glantz (see separate post today in Media).
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(CASAA Call to ACTION NM) CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments [*Support* HB15 but *oppose* any ammendments: simple minor sales ban]
(Gary Cox/ECF InfoZone) EU Commission Misunderstands Scientists - ECF InfoZone [About the EU's reply to the letter sent by a group of 15 scientests last month]
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(India nat'l news web site) www.dnaindia
.com/mumbai/report-how-will-fda-crack-down-on-online-e-cigarette-sellers-1960905 [Report on the availability of vaping supplies in Mumbai, esp. in paan shops (paan is a uniquely-S. Asian and widely-available mild chewed stimulent often associated with tobacco use. Paan shops are S. Asia's equivalent of western dedicated tobacco shops. vaping is completely unregulated in India.]
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(Boston MA US based Web site - re: NS Ca) www.globalpost
.com/dispatch/news/the-canadian-press/140210/nova-scotia-eyes-ban-e-cigarettes-public-places-amid-debate [NS's health minister says that NS will move foward with legislation to define vaping as smoking. Article contains feedback from the vaping industry and Ca's relatively mild non-smoker's rights org (mild by comparison w/ the American equivelant, that is), and concludes with their spokeswoman's "better safe than sorry" minor gateway argument.]
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(US Nat'l Web site for life ins. sales) www.lifehealthpro
.com/2014/02/10/e-cigarettes-tobacco-product-or-drug-delivery-devi?ref=hp-carousel [Junk-free article advises life ins. co.s/professionals to treat vapers as smokers. "However, one cannot currently distinguish an e-cig user from a tobacco smoker via routine cotinine screening. From that standpoint, considering e-cigarette users as smokers would seem prudent for underwriting, at least for now."]
(US Nat'l H/C provider web site - appears to be directed towards everyone besides MDs) www.news-line
.com/blog/2014/02/10/findings-of-2-e-cigarette-studies-presented-at-srnt-meeting/ [verbatim copy of Roswell Park Cancer Inst. press release regarding the two studies released at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco meeting in Seattle WA, reported in this space a couple of days ago. So far this appears to be only the second reference to the junk 'THS' ("third hand smoke") vaping study; it has not yet spread to the mainstream media.]
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(Philadelphia PA US ind. web site) www.philly
.com/philly/blogs/public_health/Electronic-Nicotine-Inhalers-aka-e-cigarettes-Worth-a-try.html [article by health management prof at Drexel U begins by surveying the various positions taken by vapers, the industry and the ANTZ (in a fairly objective way, IMO). Goes on to handle the "fires" issue rather well, too. But then closes with cites to "be afraid, be very afraid" links. The author, James Buehler, is a colleague of the first author in the "Drexel U. Study" that one hears a good deal about (Igor Burstyn): CASAA: New study confirms that chemicals in electronic cigarettes pose minimal health risk ]
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_kepler_vaping.html [Continuation of yesterday's story. Astonishingly junk-free interview w/ man who quit smoking and is opening local vape shop. Some discussion of vaping etiquette. However this is a week-long series, and so it may be the ANTZ turn tomorrow. Yesterday, the paper invited comments from readers: "Throughout the week, we invite readers to weigh in and share their thoughts on e-cigarettes. Should they be banned from public places and workspaces? Should they be regulated - even taxed - like tobacco products? Are their concerns that they may lure kids into smoking or emit harmful chemicals, not yet known?" PA's simple minor sales ban, SB1055 hasn't yet passed the st. senate.]
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(Orlando FL US Cox affiliate) www.wftv
.com/news/news/local/seminole-school-leaders-ban-e-cigarettes-campuses/ndKBg/ [Seminole schools ban PVs for everyone - including adults - on grounds, at events, etc. Contains alarmist CDC minor junk. FL has a simple minor sales ban in the legislature right now, but nothing more.]
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(Columbus GA CBS affiliate) www.wrbl
.com/story/24686859/mcsd-warns-students-parents-about-dangers-of-e-cigarettes [Muscogee bans PVs for everyone - including adults - on grounds, at events, etc. Claims students are "having siezuers" from contents. GA has two simple minor sales bans, which haven't passed either house and are now currently in committeed (h/t to NorthofAtlanta for the update).]
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(Cleveland OH US Fox affiliate) fox8.com/2014/02/10/officials-warn-parents-of-e-cig-risks-for-minors/ [Story about minors, contains some junky gateway and drug speculation but generally not as much junk as one might anticipate in a story of this sort. OH's simple minor sales ban - HB144 - has passed the house and is sitting in a sen. cmte. CASAA supports.]
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(Wahpeton, ND US local paper) www.wahpetondailynews
.com/news/article_2055b402-9117-11e3-8f2b-001a4bcf887a.html [Report on local "Tobacco Prevention Coordinator's" efforts to "get youth tobacco ordinances in place, which add e-cigarettes to the definitions of tobacco products." (Which seems a bit odd, since ND is tied w/ NJ for the toughest anti-vaping legislation in the country, and also has a ban on sales to minors and possession.)]
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(OK City OK US Local Paper) journalrecord.com/2014/02/10/editorial-e-cigs-have-not-been-proven-safe-opinion/ [Editorial argues that PVs have not been "proven safe," and cites junk studies about toxic compounds. It's not clear what's being advocated. OK's simple minor sales ban HB2097 has been languishing since last May, no record of any action this year that I can find. Last year, a much more onerous bill failed in OK.]
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(Phoenix AZ US ind. TV) www.azfamily
.com/news/Vaping-for-weight-loss-244825491.html [Bizzare story on woman who vapes to lose "baby weight." Local MD (cardiologist?) quoted saying not to use stimulents for weight loss, but mysteriously refrains from citing junk, as does the writer.]
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(Assoc. Press article on OR US legislation) www.kansascity
.com/2014/02/10/4813424/oregon-to-consider-bills-restricting.html [Simple report concerning the 2 OR bills, doesn't mention that 4115 appears to be unlikely to pass - the other is 4073, the simple minor sales ban. This AP story is reproduced in other places - http://koin.com/
2014/02/10/ore-considers-bills-restricting-e-cigs/
www.bendbulletin
.com/home/1777277-151/lawmakers-to-consider-e-cigarette-restrictions
(Eugene/Springfield OR US local paper) www.registerguard
.com/rg/opinion/31109712-78/cigarettes-public-ban-devices-tobacco.html.csp (Editorial advocates passage of 4115, the vaping = smoking bill. Cites junk studies re:contaminents including FDA '09, and argues that the loss of a "haze-free" environment will reverse "progress" made on smoking, plus analog smokers will "might seek to reassert their right to puff away in indoor spaces."]
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