Year: 2015

New Years Eve News at a glance: Credulous or cynical? Updated – No, there’s still no evidence e-cigarettes are as harmful as smoking – The year’s last blitz on e-cigs – The risk assessment of real life – VapingTruth or VapingMyths – Advocacy, Opposition, and the Vaping Truth – Attack on E-Cigarettes as Gateway Products Draws from Same Old Playbook – Review of the year: the limitless stupidity of 2015 – Jewel Robbing In 2015 – ‘Un-Islamic’ vaping Catches fire in Malaysia amid government backlash – Not quite the time to extinguish debate on E-cigs – After the smoke clears: Inside vaping culture

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Wednesdays News at a glance: Scientist Debunks Latest Claim That E-Cigarettes Are As Dangerous As Tobacco – Credulous or cynical? Science journalists played yet again by e-cigarette pseudoscience and spin – Dangerous nonsense about vaping – Quack claims about vaping, smoking and pets – Peddler Of Absurd Health Claims Ridicules Absurd Health Claims – Government prepared to take action on e-cigarettes – Anti-smoking advocate calls for further price hikes – Getting the Vapors – CASAA comments on FDA proposed “intended use” regulation of ecigs – Amendment to Government Decree

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Tuesdays News at a glance: European Court Rules On Non-Existent Purpose – Five Scottish health boards review e-cigarette policy – Vapers Fight Back Against Chicago’s Anti-E-Cigarette Crusade – New Study Doesn’t Show E-Cigarettes Give You Cancer -New study shows e-cigs are safer than tobacco smoke… – Smokers: Will You Quit Smoking In 2016? – Utter innumeracy: six impossible claims about tobacco most “public health” people believe before breakfast – Xmas gift from Iowa for all the good little ecig fans – E-Cigarette Advertising Does Not Increase Appeal Of Tobacco To Children – Just mention ‘electronic cigarettes’ and watch the politicians go berserk – Basic electricity for e cig beginners – Charging Lithium-ion

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Wednesdays News at a glance: Totally Wicked Legal Challenge – As Thick As Thieves – The return of Darth Ridiculous? – Article 20 Challenge (IVVA) – Norwegian Union of Vapers meeting with the Ministry of Health and Care Services – A Nordic Noir Nightmare …

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Tuesdays News at a glance: To Squirt Or Not To Squirt, That Is The Question – Escaping the EU directive on e-cigarettes – Holland Attacks Evil Ecigs – E-Cigs’ Inconvenient Truth: It’s Much Safer to Vape – “SAEV” Us Please! – Vapers in Power End of Year Newsletter 2015 – ASH hit by 25 per cent cut in public funding – Mischaracterization of E-Cigarette Risks Skews Smokers’ Perceptions, Hurts Their Health – E-cigarettes should be promoted as a smoking cessation – Anti-Vaping Advocate Testifies that E-Cigarette Aerosol is More Toxic than Secondhand Smoke – E-cigarette flavors needed to keep vapers from returning to smoking – GOP Congressman Defends Right to Vape – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Tue, 22 December 2015

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Mondays News at a glance: The End Game: Collaboration – How the E-cig Community Set Up Philip Morris’ Social Media Fail – You Can Quit Smoking With An E-Cigarette, Just Ignore The Lies – A Billion Lives – The e-cig dilemma? – TPD Proposals for UK Law Confirmed – CASAA analysis of what will really happen under ecig deeming – #M.O.V.E Vaping the Truth – What happens January 1st, 2016 in Ontario Electronic Cigarette Act 2015 (Bill 45) – Glimmer of Hope? – Ontario delays vaping regulations – E-Cigarette Tax To Discourage ‘Vaping’ -CDC exposed as private corporation colluding with Big Pharma – Don’t ban e-cigarettes in Hong Kong – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Mon, 21 December 2015

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Fridays News at a glance: Think of the Children! (Reprise) – Smoking cessation services will not be bound by e-cigarette advertising restrictions – UK’s David Cameron Gives E-Cigarettes Ringing Endorsement – They Work for You – New Laws for Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco – Information for e cig beginners – Tobacco Harm Reduction Update – Boston raises tobacco-buying age to 21 – Karl Erik Lund – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Fri, 18 December 2015

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Thursdays News at a glance: It’s A Scandal! – The Tobacco Products Directive: worst. sequel. ever – Bristol Stop Smoking Service – Educational Sessions – Looking Back on 2015 – Smoking in cars with children banned from new year – What is behind the Grandfather Date? – France: The National Assembly – Bill 45 delayed – Gateway to Smoking? Most Teen Vapers Don’t Even Use Nicotine – Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids – The Life Cycle of a Public Health Revolution – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Thu, 17 December 2015

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Wednesdays News at a glance: Breaking News: UK Chief Medical Officer Tried To Hinder E-Cig Evidence Review Claims Blogger – David Cameron reveals that he’s tried to quit smoking several times – Misguided health advice could be killing us – Copy & Paste? – Communication with Molly Scott Cato MEP on Article 20 – The Vaping Advocate’s Rules For Campaigning – The end of e-cigarette in Hungary? – E-cig Tax Suspended and Sent to the Constitutional Court – Opinion Journal: Save E-Cigarettes! – E-Cigarette Industry Faces Prohibition – New National Survey Refutes CDC Claim – Ontario delaying ban on using e-cigarettes in public – Voter Backlash – AMA Position Statement on Tobacco Smoking and E-Cigarettes 2015 – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Wed, 16 December 2015

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Tuesdays News at a glance: Conversation Stopper – Vapers aren’t paranoid – they ARE out to get us -Sense breaks out in Glasgow NHS – To vape, is to be a criminal – Do harsh new anti-vaping laws in Canada foreshadow the TPD? – Will 2016 be the year that the high street vape shop runs out of puff? – Nicotine – from villainous to valuable? – Media Bias Exposed: ‘Popcorn Lung’ Chemical 750 Times Greater In Tobacco Vs. E-Cigarettes – When reality goes arse over tit – What Revolving Door? – ‘Popcorn Lung’ disease claim linked to vaping exaggerated, says cardiologist – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest – Tue, 15 December 2015

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