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News Review 13th September

This is the week that was….Three main topics will be highlighted this week ‘In the News’ with one common narrative of the vastly different levels of participation or support.........

[beedee]

Jan 13, 2015 22:29:23 GMT @kopiert said:

jessica An excellent website - thanks.

There is also a link the the insightful essay by Joe Jackson (yes the Joe Jackson) memberdata.s3.amazonaws.com/jo/joejackson/files/3765647615810.pdf "Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State"

Thanks for highlighting this - a brilliant debunking of the 'public health' priesthhood...

[jessica]

In the News 14th September




Mondays News at a glance:

Simple Simon squirms – Thoughts from the Dungeon Dimension – And Now We See Through a Glass, Darkly pt 1 & 2 – Supporting smokers to quit – the role of e-cigarettes – Should employees be permitted to use e-cigarettes in the workplace? – Should e-cigarettes be banned in enclosed public spaces? – Health chief wants to BAN smoking in parks – California smoking age raise, e-cigarette regulations stall – National Park Service bans electronic smoking devices in nation’s parks – Vaping Could Save the World, but Toxic Masculinity Is Holding It Back – E-cigarette Smokers Less Exposed to Carbon Monoxide – Commerce Ministry bans e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

Tuesdays News at a glance:

To vape or not to vape? – Evidence about electronic cigarettes – Forbes Calls Out the CDC for Double Standards and Hypocrisy in Ecig Policies – California lawsuit alleges cancer risk in Vuse electronic cigarette – Smoking should be personal choice, not campus policy – The Future of Vaping – Chinese E-cigarette Makers Shift to Domestic Markets – California lawmakers fail to act on several anti-tobacco bills – State Tobacco Research Board Working to Reduce Disease in Crops – Estimating community tobacco use by analysing waste water – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Wednesdays News at a glance:

E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus – Scientists and health officials at war over safety of e-cigarettes – British Medical Journal vaping report questions ‘flimsy’ public health e-cigs study – Evidence about electronic cigarettes: a foundation built on rock or sand? – Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Touts Major Victory: Camel Crush Bold Taken Off the Market – Smoke Clears on Real Reason for Chicago E-Cig Tax – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

Thursdays News at a glance:

NNA News – Watching Your Choices, From Cradle To Grave – Evidence about electronic cigarettes: a foundation built on rock or sand? – The evidence isn’t perfect but the interpretation depends on ideology not the quality of evidence – Irish Cancer Society welcomes restrictions on e-cigarette ads – New restrictions on gambling and e-cigarette adverts announced – Portland university formaldehyde scandal update: an email from a consumer – Special issue from Nicotine & Tobacco Research – FDA Says Some Cigarettes are Safer than Others – National Park Service Bans Vaping Despite One-Tenth Nicotine Content – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Fridays News at a glance:

Pet Journalism – What we have from the denialist outliers is a refusal to communicate – Honesty And Consistency In Short Supply At The BMJ – Evidence about electronic cigarettes: a foundation built on rock or sand? – E-cigarettes: a public health response – Anti-Tobacco Researcher Criticizes Vape Shops for Trying to Get Smokers to Quit – Vapers in Power – Call to Action – Smoking cessation aids and the primary care nurse – Bill Godshall Update – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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News Review 20th SeptemberThis is the week that was….A week once again dominated by the landmark PH England announcement from Aug 19th ,and the attempted kickback by a marginalised fringe, which received press coverage following BMJ and Lancet articles attempting to discredit.....

[jessica]

Mondays News at a glance:

Simple Is As Simple Does – E-cigarettes and the EU: a user’s guide – Tobacco Products Directive – what next and what can be done? – Pork chop at a bar mitzvah – reflections on GTNF 2015 – British Study Examines Cost-Benefit Ratio of Electronic Cigarettes – Drakeford’s “evidence” in relation to the Public Health (Wales) Bill – The week at PHE: online highlights – Without Integrity. Tobacco Harm Reduction In The U.S.A – E-cig policy needs implementation -E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus – Vaping’s benefits being hyped by smoking lobby, academics claim – Electronic Cigarette debate has field experts divided – Doctors, industry insiders locked in vape debate over youth use – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

Tuesdays News at a glance:

The UK Government Will Not Stand Up To Brussels – Are you TRULY surprised at the treatment of vapers? The real cause. – Think on that for a moment vapers.. – Prof Linda Bauld and Andy Morrison on BBC Radio Scotland – Toward beneficial and practical standards for e-cigarettes – Electronic Cigarettes are Not Renormalizing Smoking, Anti-Tobacco Groups Are – Nominee for FDA Commissioner Has Massive Conflicts of Interest – Evidence about nicotine toxicity and the dry puff phenomenon – Time to address e-cigarette confusion – U.S. Government Task Force to Smokers: Quit or Die – Fighting for Vaping Rights with Pamela Gorman of NJOY – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

A Heartfelt Thank You – from the Danish Vapers

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Wednesdays News at a glance:

Carry On Nurse – E-cigarette hysteria is hazardous to your health – Risks of e-cigarette use exaggerated – Assembly survey finds slight majority against banning e-cigarettes in enclosed public and work spaces – ECITA give evidence to the Welsh Health and Social Care Committee – Premarket Study Positive for Proposed Snus Warning Label Changes – D.C.’s Electronic Cigarette Tax is an Insane Policy that Will Help Renormalize Smoking – Pending Federal Legislation on Tobacco Issues – Extras on Excise: Will Tobacco Buttlegging Contraband Broaden to E-Vapelegging? – Counterpoint: This sin tax is not about protecting kids – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

Thursdays News at a glance:

A Tale of Education – Public Health England Fight Back – Complaints about conflict of interest are designed to maximize conflict of interest – Physicians Continue to Make Unsupported Claims About E-Cigarettes – More Disinformation about E-Cigs – Vaping as a ‘gateway’ to smoking is still more hype than hazard – Opinion: public health, magical thinking and monsters under the bed – Smoking in numbers: Do e-cigarettes help Scots quit? – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

In the News 25th September

Article 20 Challenge Update: 64261

Collection ends 5pm Mon. 28th September. Handover 11am Tues 29th September


Fridays News at a glance:

European Court update – Totally Wicked Petition Handover – Vapers in Power – Call to Action – Leading the Way on Ecigs – Louise Ross, Stop Smoking Service Manager – Is “ecigs are a gateway” the new “addiction”? -Important New Study Documents that Dual Use is Not a Negative Consequence of E-Cigarette Use, But a Positive One – Philip Morris Device Criticized by Imperial Researcher – Proposed Pierce County vaping rules spark debate – DC Launches Anti-Smoking Campaign A Week Before Taxing Vape Shops Out Of Existence – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

[jessica]

Double bubble today - the News Review and a post from Kristin Noll-Marsh of CASAA


1.  News Review 27th September

This is the week that was….

The recurring theme of the week was the gathering crescendo of support for the Totally Wicked(TW) Legal Challenge to Article 20 of the TPD(Tobacco Products Directive). Also Tobacco Industry reduced risk products and e-cig co. buyouts seemed to attract much debate.

A widely covered story of a 14 year-old schoolboy with an e-cigarette highlighted the grey areas of proxy-purchase and the paradox of under 18’s (prior smoking) e-cigarette usage, which will be further muddied with up-coming laws from October 1st.


2.  Diversity in the Marketplace

My 66 year old, smoking aunt has watched nearly my entire family switch from smoking to vaping over the past 6 years. She never showed any interest – “too much fuss” she said, so we never pushed it. We even set up a smoking area, on our screen porch, for her when she moved in with us a few weeks ago.....