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In the News May 17th



Tuesdays News at a glance:



TPD-Day – CASAA Call to Action – Horizon: E-cigarettes: Miracle or Menace – Young people do not see e-cigarettes as smoking – Anti-E-Cig Dems Took Hundreds Of Thousands From Big Pharma – American Lung Association downplays the importance of smoking in preventing lung cancer – Smoking norms and the regulation of e-cigarettes – Article 20 vape ruling – Dr Michael Mosley on Jeremy Vine – e-Cigs Cut Tobacco Use in Patients With Serious Mental Illness – Thank you for not vaping – Smokefree Radio – The FDA’s war on e-cigarettes and vaping – Innokin responds to the FDA Deeming – Aspire responds to the FDA Deeming

The South West Trains - Network Rail Alliance Passenger Forum will be held at Waterloo station in London tomorrow, between 7am and 7pm. 

If you disagree with South West Train's vaping policy  and you are passing through Waterloo tomorrow this forum presents a good opportunity to discuss it with them.  "Managers from across the business will be on hand....."  

They should probably be made aware of the Royal College of Physicians' report (Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction):  doctors have endorsed vaping and this South West Train policy works against medical and public health opinion and penalises both vapers and smokers.     

Screenshot of the Forum page:


And this is their smoking policy:
"Smoking

For the comfort of all our customers, smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is not permitted on any part of our trains or stations.

You can smoke outside the station entrance or in our car parks."

Sorry for being dim!  

The Vape Collective Facebook group is really buzzing at the moment - if you use Facebook you could ask on there - if not then someone else could on your behalf (eg me) 

In the News May 12th

Thursdays News at a glance:

Viscount Ridley and Ecigs in the House of Lords – Brexit The Movie: Sort Of A Review – Swansea beauty spot Wales’ second smokefree beach – HIQA to achieve ‘world first’ on e-cigarettes – An Open Response to Heralds of the FDA’s Deeming Regulations – New Study on Asthma and Vaping: – Brexit: The Movie – How Will Vapers Vote in Brexit? – First Lawsuit Filed Challenging FDA – A Billion Lives has world première – France: National Committee Against Smoking – Why do some vapers use strengths greater than 20 mg? – Councils divert anti-smoking funds into political lobbying – R Street encouraged by legal challenge – E-cigarettes will save lives and should not be illegal in Australia – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest – Thursday, 12 May 2016

Thank you very much  I will pass your support back up the line to the very hardworking and dedicated vapers.org.uk team too

Here's a special post from vapers.org.uk from yesterday, a full on rant written by Chris Johnson:


Sorry in advance for the rant…But apparently you guys keep asking for them so here you go. It’s a doozy.I really hate to say it but the more time I spend on social media, the more time I want to find a way out of this industry and open a store doing something else… anything else. The ignorance and fighting amongst each other before AND even more so after the shit hit the fan when the deeming FDA regulations were published simply disgusts me. I think to myself… this is what we’re trying to protect?! I keep having to remind myself it represents only a mere fraction of “vapers”. The online “community” is a minority. People walking into vape shops looking for a way to quit or be healthy aren’t interested in ANY of this stupid shit. But to those online… it’s their ENTIRE life. It’s starting to sicken me. Literally..........  (visit the post to read it all)