Report on the E-Cigarette Summit

[AgentAnia]

James Dunworth of the Ashtray Blog reports: Titans of the ECigarette Debate Clash: ECigarette Summit Review - See more at: http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/a...rette-summit-review.html#sthash.6dqBTxbj.dpuf

 

[Talyon]

Ty for sharing AA.

 

[r77r7r]

ECF organized this, not CASAA?

 

[Anjaffm]

wow, thank you for sharing!

 

[AgentAnia]

ECF organized this, not CASAA?

That is my understanding. It was held in the UK (London, I think).

 

[Anjaffm]

Woohooo! I just love Chris Snowden's take on this:

http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/e-cigarette-summit.html

The star of the show was Jeremy Mean of the MHRA. He constantly reminded me of Ronald Reagan's maxim that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help". He was as eager as a puppy dog to start regulating e-cigarettes as medicines and when he showed you his photos of the Athlete's Foot cream and skin lotions that are his usual stock-in-trade you could see why. Finally, he was going to get a chance to regulate something that isn't a medicine.

E-cigarettes are so obviously not medicines that I was impressed by Mean's ability to keep a straight face while claiming the contrary. He and Arnott are confident that the heavy hand of government regulation is just what is needed to bring innovation, excellence and efficiency to the e-cigarette industry.

I am sceptical about this claim to say the least, but it is a proposition that can be tested if, in five years time, medically regulated e-cigarettes have dominated the market at the expense of un-(medically)-regulated products.

The only way to carry out this test is to do what I see as the obvious solution: make companies go through medical regulation if they want to make medicinal claims (eg. "this is a proven smoking-cessation aid") and leave companies alone if they want to market their products as recreational devices.

He sure has a way with words And so true

Also, what the MHRA never mentions in their oh-so-concerned-about-public-health blather is that it costs a lot of money to get a product approved as a medicine. A lot of money that fills their - and thus the government's - coffers.

Hm... Honi soit qui mal y pense ( approx. = you would be a bad person indeed to think something bad about that)

 

[AgentAnia]

I'm glad you posted Snowden's blog, Anja. I had read that earlier this morning, before the brain was activated, and wanted to refer to it in my OP but couldn't remember where I saw it. Oh the joys of being a senior in the morning...

 

[Anjaffm]

I'm glad you posted Snowden's blog, Anja. I had read that earlier this morning, before the brain was activated, and wanted to refer to it in my OP but couldn't remember where I saw it. Oh the joys of being a senior in the morning...

Never mind, dear. The life experience of our generation is worth much more than being alert instantly in the morning.

 

[Bill Godshall]

E-cigarette Summit 2013 held on November 12 in London (UK)
http://e-cigarette-summit.com/