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I went to the protest on Friday. Not many people there (less than 20) but Chris Choi was there and interviews were filmed with a couple of people. I'm not sure what programme he was filming for. It got a mention in the Guardian too, right at the bottom of this Guardian article:
New laws in UK ‘stifling vaping’s success’ in curbing smoking

Vapers Digest 18th May
Thursday’s News at a glance:

Joined-Up Lobbying – Farsalinos In Pinoy Plea – E-cigs causing bladder cancer based on non-specific biomarkers – Charlie, Cheeseman, Debrett’s and me – Advice for Antivape Activists – E-Cigarette Competitors Fund Critics’ Research – San Francisco – Stop the Flavor Ban! – Tobacco company charged over importing prohibited product – Action On IQOS Demonstrates Urgent Need for Reform – FDA urged to kill Obama’s e-cig regs – Statewide e-cigarette bill

Vapers Digest 16th May
Tuesday’s News at a glance:

The United States must act quickly to control the use of e-cigarettes – The huff and puff surrounding e-cigarette regulation in South Africa – City of Regina poised to ban smoking on patios, playgrounds – Dr. Gottlieb’s First Remarks to FDA Staff – Help or – in the long term – hindrance? – Promote Health by Not Defending the E-Cigarette Ban – Rethinking Nicotine Addiction – A Nod to Harm Reduction – Still Blowing Lies

Vapers Digest 12th May

Friday’s News at a glance:



E-Cigarette Summit USA. Where was vape? – Vaping continues to be a public health success in the UK – Scott Gottlieb confirmed as FDA Commissioner – Gottlieb Can Save E-Cigarettes and Lives – Smoking ban should include all public areas – No vaping, please: – County Legislature bans smoking – New smokeless cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

Vapers Digest 10th May

Wednesday’s News at a glance:



Government Testing of Another Vape Shop Reveals No Cause for Concern about Secondhand Vaping – Electronic Vaping Coalition of America – Vape Shops Want to Do Good, but Fear F.D.A. Won’t Let Them Do Well – Nanny State Index 2017 – Use of moist oral snuff (snus) and pancreatic cancer: Pooled analysis of nine prospective observational studies. – Fierce debates dominate D.C.’s first E-Cigarette Summit – Smokers’ days enjoying a fag and a pint outside may be numbered amid calls to extend ban – Snap Election – Who gets the Vaper’s Vote?

Vapers Digest 8th May

Monday’s News at a glance:



The Staggering Hypocrisy Of ASH – ASH survey, an early indication of the harm of the TPD – U.S. E-cigarette Summit Survival Guide – FDA e-cig ban under fire from all sides – Puffing fresh smoke rings on vaping – Judicial Watch Sues over Records – An open letter to the New York Times – John Britton speaks in Canada – Iceland’s Own Vaporware – E-cigarettes get help from Trump – Cole-Bishop HR 1136 Update – Tobacco giant ‘selling illegally’ online – ASA blows smokes on Twisp vaping claim – Vaping In The News – Nicotine in the News – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

Vapers Digest 4th May

Thursday’s News at a glance:



NNA snus ban challenge – update May 2017 – the legal case – Snus and the right to health – Sticking to the Facts On E-Cigarettes & Nicotine Medicines – Air Sampling confirms secondhand vapor is harmless – Support the EVCA – FDA Delays Rules That Would Cripple E-Cigarette Industry – Trump administration delays e-cig guidelines – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest