Busy news day, in part because the release of the US CDC's Int'l tobacco Control Evaluation Project study generated an Associated Press story which I've found syndicated "as is" or in "knockoff" form in at least five places world-wide - and I'm sure we'll see more to come. Gary Cox in ECF's own InfoZone congratulates Mt. Prospect IL for being the first US jurisdiction to explictly treat vaping as different from analog smoking.
Critical: CASAA local alert in Paris TX; Adams MA to ban vaping in public parks; possible UK ban on tobacco smoking in cars w/ minors in them (will it be extended to vaping?).
Coverage: India, UK, US states: NY, PA, IN, CO, CA [+ AP story "knockoffs" in UAE and NZ]
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CASAA: Local Alert! Paris, Texas, E-Cigarette Usage Ban [CASAA alert on Paris TX proposed PV usage ban]
CASAA: Call to Action! SUPPORT Wisconsin SB 440 EXEMPTING E-cigarettes from public use bans! [CASAA call on WI SB440 which would exempt vaping from WI's Clean Indoor Air Act]
Also see: Adams MA US story below - vaping to be banned in public parks.
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(ECF's own InfoZone) Bravo Mt. Prospect - ECF InfoZone [Gary Cox lauds Mt. Prospect IL US, a Chicago suburb, for being the first jurisdiction in the US to explicitly recognize vaping as something other than smoking tobacco. Vapers are also working in two other states, UT (see yesterday's post about Davis Co.) as well as in Alabama (statewide legislation); also see above CASAA alert on WI SB440]
(C.V. Phillips) CVS and cigarettes, an embarrassing Rorschach test | Anti-THR Lies and related topics [On the ANTZ reaction to CVS's decision]
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(Int'ly-syndicated AP story variation #1) gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/experts-increasingly-contemplate-end-of-smoking-1
.1288723 [I chose another link to this AP story, since a different link to another outlet has already been already been posted in Media. You will see this headline "Experts Increasingly Contemplate End of Smoking" in many places, since the story is syndicated by the Assoc'd Press. (What you see here is the int'l version, customized for the UAE, which converts USD into Dirhams.) Since the story has been put out by a reputable wire service, it contains essentially no junk. It's surprisingly pro-vaping to the extent that it argues that PVs can help to minimize analog smoking rates in a way that no other alternative can.
(Int'ly-syndicated AP story variation #2) www.nzherald
.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11198991 and www.yakimaherald
.com/news/latestnational/1911844-8/health-officials-pushing-for-tobacco-free-america www.enca
.com/life/experts-increasingly-contemplate-end-smoking www.paducahsun
.com/business/020914_PS_sunbiz-Med-End-of-Smoking [once you've read the first variation, you'll be able to spot the second fairly easily, although the titles vary. Look for titles like "end of smoking" or "smoke-free your_country_name_here" etc.]
***
(India Ind. web site based in Delhi/Mumbai) www.firstpost
.com/fwire/e-cigarette-smoke-raises-health-ministrys-ire-1380487.html [More on the flap over AI's inflight mag. ad. for a PV; WHO reco.s cited. For similar content from a similar source, see: www.dnaindia
.com/health/report-health-ministry-fumes-as-air-india-lights-e-cigarettes-1960115 ]
***
(UK nat'l paper) www.theguardian
.com/society/2014/feb/09/david-cameron-car-smoking-ban [Gov't divided over proposed ban on smoking in cars that also contain minors. Article doesn't mention vaping, but I'm listing it here because the issue will almost certainly come up, since the UK has not yet (?) passed vaping = smoking legislation. Another report on this from ind. EU web site: frenchtribune.com/teneur/1421786-urgent-need-ban-smoking-cars-carrying-children-say-health-experts ]
(UK vaping industry site) Approx. 40,625 smokers are switching to e-cigarettes each month. | Save e-cigs [Interesting graph and projection analysis based on both linear and polynomial (looks like a quadratic to me) trend lines about the number of smokers who have switched to vaping. Caveat lector about their data source, I'm a little uncertain.]
***
(US Nat'l paper) www.csmonitor
.com/World/Europe/2014/0209/Why-can-t-the-French-stop-smoking [junk-free article on smoking in France and the possibility of increased rates of French vaping]
***
(Adams MA US ind. web site) www.iberkshires
.com/story/45710/Adams-May-Snuff-Out-Public-Smoking-by-March-1.html?source=most_read [City Council meets Feb 12 to consider ord. that would ban vaping in public parks, i.e. regulate vaping as smoking.]
***
(NYC local paper) nypost.com/2014/02/09/e-cigs-startups-on-fire-as-tobacco-companies-prepare-to-buy/ [business-oriented article on BT's interest in PV startups]
***
(NYC local paper) www.bxtimes
.com/stories/2014/6/06_vape_2014_02_07_bx.html [short piece on vape store owner's irritation at NY state's proposed legislation to tax vaping supplies like tobacco. A similar bill was tabled last year. Also see: 100percentbronx.blogspot
.com/2014/01/dinowitz-proposes-legislation-to.html ]
***
(Bucks Co. PA local paper) www.theintell
.com/opinion/letters/definition-of-tobacco-products-should-include-e-cigarettes/article_eb73b3cb-e994-50b1-882d-ce1da299e17c.html [Editorial urging readers to back ACS' call to ammend SB 1055 from a simple ban on sales to minors to a broader vaping = smoking bill.]
***
(Indianapolis IN US local paper) www.indystar
.com/story/news/local/hendricks-county/2014/02/09/hendricks-county-vapor-shop-pitches-e-cigarettes-as-tobacco-alternative/5288149/ [Simple vape shop article, what's notable is that there's only a short "We don't know what's in the vapor" quote from a local ANTZ. This is the same paper that published a dreadful hit job opinion piece very recently.]
(Muncie IN US local paper, owned by Indy Star) www.thestarpress
.com/article/20140209/OPINION/302090015/Richard-Feldman-e-cigarettes-smoking-vaping?nclick_check=1 [Hit job opinion done by IN's former health comm'r, cites '09 FDA study and other junk. Facebook comments allowed, vapers are already stepping in.]
***
(IA City IA US Local paper) www.press-citizen
.com/article/20140208/OPINION03/302080024/Our-View-State-should-wait-till-feds-weigh-e-cigarettes [surprisingly balanced editorial suggesting that the IA legis. should wait for FDA regulations before settling the dispute between local ANTZ orgs who want a vaping = smoking bill, such as IA's A/G Miller-R, and who therefore oppose a simple ban on sales to minors, versus vapers who prefer the latter. The IA legislative situation is fluid, see the legislation forum. Also see: This is what local public health looks like, Iowa edition | Anti-THR Lies and related topics and Will Iowa Be Next To Ban Use of E-cigarettes in Public Places? | Opinion - Conservative ]
***
(Pueblo CO US local paper) www.chieftain
.com/life/health/2254419-120/tobacco-nicotine-cigarettes-health [despicable badly-written 100% junk story by local ANTZ urging readers not to try vaping as a cessation/THR method. No comments by vapers yet in comments section.]
***
(Scacramento CA US local paper) www.sacbee
.com/2014/02/09/6138463/dan-morain-a-striking-shift-in.html [article discusses BT funding of CA politicians, conflates vaping with smoking. SacBee readers will not be surprised.]
Critical: CASAA local alert in Paris TX; Adams MA to ban vaping in public parks; possible UK ban on tobacco smoking in cars w/ minors in them (will it be extended to vaping?).
Coverage: India, UK, US states: NY, PA, IN, CO, CA [+ AP story "knockoffs" in UAE and NZ]
***
CASAA: Local Alert! Paris, Texas, E-Cigarette Usage Ban [CASAA alert on Paris TX proposed PV usage ban]
CASAA: Call to Action! SUPPORT Wisconsin SB 440 EXEMPTING E-cigarettes from public use bans! [CASAA call on WI SB440 which would exempt vaping from WI's Clean Indoor Air Act]
Also see: Adams MA US story below - vaping to be banned in public parks.
***
(ECF's own InfoZone) Bravo Mt. Prospect - ECF InfoZone [Gary Cox lauds Mt. Prospect IL US, a Chicago suburb, for being the first jurisdiction in the US to explicitly recognize vaping as something other than smoking tobacco. Vapers are also working in two other states, UT (see yesterday's post about Davis Co.) as well as in Alabama (statewide legislation); also see above CASAA alert on WI SB440]
(C.V. Phillips) CVS and cigarettes, an embarrassing Rorschach test | Anti-THR Lies and related topics [On the ANTZ reaction to CVS's decision]
***
(Int'ly-syndicated AP story variation #1) gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/experts-increasingly-contemplate-end-of-smoking-1
.1288723 [I chose another link to this AP story, since a different link to another outlet has already been already been posted in Media. You will see this headline "Experts Increasingly Contemplate End of Smoking" in many places, since the story is syndicated by the Assoc'd Press. (What you see here is the int'l version, customized for the UAE, which converts USD into Dirhams.) Since the story has been put out by a reputable wire service, it contains essentially no junk. It's surprisingly pro-vaping to the extent that it argues that PVs can help to minimize analog smoking rates in a way that no other alternative can.
(Int'ly-syndicated AP story variation #2) www.nzherald
.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11198991 and www.yakimaherald
.com/news/latestnational/1911844-8/health-officials-pushing-for-tobacco-free-america www.enca
.com/life/experts-increasingly-contemplate-end-smoking www.paducahsun
.com/business/020914_PS_sunbiz-Med-End-of-Smoking [once you've read the first variation, you'll be able to spot the second fairly easily, although the titles vary. Look for titles like "end of smoking" or "smoke-free your_country_name_here" etc.]
***
(India Ind. web site based in Delhi/Mumbai) www.firstpost
.com/fwire/e-cigarette-smoke-raises-health-ministrys-ire-1380487.html [More on the flap over AI's inflight mag. ad. for a PV; WHO reco.s cited. For similar content from a similar source, see: www.dnaindia
.com/health/report-health-ministry-fumes-as-air-india-lights-e-cigarettes-1960115 ]
***
(UK nat'l paper) www.theguardian
.com/society/2014/feb/09/david-cameron-car-smoking-ban [Gov't divided over proposed ban on smoking in cars that also contain minors. Article doesn't mention vaping, but I'm listing it here because the issue will almost certainly come up, since the UK has not yet (?) passed vaping = smoking legislation. Another report on this from ind. EU web site: frenchtribune.com/teneur/1421786-urgent-need-ban-smoking-cars-carrying-children-say-health-experts ]
(UK vaping industry site) Approx. 40,625 smokers are switching to e-cigarettes each month. | Save e-cigs [Interesting graph and projection analysis based on both linear and polynomial (looks like a quadratic to me) trend lines about the number of smokers who have switched to vaping. Caveat lector about their data source, I'm a little uncertain.]
***
(US Nat'l paper) www.csmonitor
.com/World/Europe/2014/0209/Why-can-t-the-French-stop-smoking [junk-free article on smoking in France and the possibility of increased rates of French vaping]
***
(Adams MA US ind. web site) www.iberkshires
.com/story/45710/Adams-May-Snuff-Out-Public-Smoking-by-March-1.html?source=most_read [City Council meets Feb 12 to consider ord. that would ban vaping in public parks, i.e. regulate vaping as smoking.]
***
(NYC local paper) nypost.com/2014/02/09/e-cigs-startups-on-fire-as-tobacco-companies-prepare-to-buy/ [business-oriented article on BT's interest in PV startups]
***
(NYC local paper) www.bxtimes
.com/stories/2014/6/06_vape_2014_02_07_bx.html [short piece on vape store owner's irritation at NY state's proposed legislation to tax vaping supplies like tobacco. A similar bill was tabled last year. Also see: 100percentbronx.blogspot
.com/2014/01/dinowitz-proposes-legislation-to.html ]
***
(Bucks Co. PA local paper) www.theintell
.com/opinion/letters/definition-of-tobacco-products-should-include-e-cigarettes/article_eb73b3cb-e994-50b1-882d-ce1da299e17c.html [Editorial urging readers to back ACS' call to ammend SB 1055 from a simple ban on sales to minors to a broader vaping = smoking bill.]
***
(Indianapolis IN US local paper) www.indystar
.com/story/news/local/hendricks-county/2014/02/09/hendricks-county-vapor-shop-pitches-e-cigarettes-as-tobacco-alternative/5288149/ [Simple vape shop article, what's notable is that there's only a short "We don't know what's in the vapor" quote from a local ANTZ. This is the same paper that published a dreadful hit job opinion piece very recently.]
(Muncie IN US local paper, owned by Indy Star) www.thestarpress
.com/article/20140209/OPINION/302090015/Richard-Feldman-e-cigarettes-smoking-vaping?nclick_check=1 [Hit job opinion done by IN's former health comm'r, cites '09 FDA study and other junk. Facebook comments allowed, vapers are already stepping in.]
***
(IA City IA US Local paper) www.press-citizen
.com/article/20140208/OPINION03/302080024/Our-View-State-should-wait-till-feds-weigh-e-cigarettes [surprisingly balanced editorial suggesting that the IA legis. should wait for FDA regulations before settling the dispute between local ANTZ orgs who want a vaping = smoking bill, such as IA's A/G Miller-R, and who therefore oppose a simple ban on sales to minors, versus vapers who prefer the latter. The IA legislative situation is fluid, see the legislation forum. Also see: This is what local public health looks like, Iowa edition | Anti-THR Lies and related topics and Will Iowa Be Next To Ban Use of E-cigarettes in Public Places? | Opinion - Conservative ]
***
(Pueblo CO US local paper) www.chieftain
.com/life/health/2254419-120/tobacco-nicotine-cigarettes-health [despicable badly-written 100% junk story by local ANTZ urging readers not to try vaping as a cessation/THR method. No comments by vapers yet in comments section.]
***
(Scacramento CA US local paper) www.sacbee
.com/2014/02/09/6138463/dan-morain-a-striking-shift-in.html [article discusses BT funding of CA politicians, conflates vaping with smoking. SacBee readers will not be surprised.]
