Month: September 2015

Thursdays News at a glance: CJEU Court date set for the 1st October 2015 – In the interest of conflict – The Public Health U-Turn on E-Cigs – Pulling The CMO’s Strings – Why are Anti-Smoking Groups and Agencies Lying to the Public About E-Cigarettes: A Political History Explanation – Tobacco Control Research: A Tale of Two Delphi Groups – To help smokers quit, make them vapers – Having breakfast with the Minister – Syed Kamall’s liberal vision – Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may breathe fewer toxins – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Wednesdays News at a glance: Flawed e-cigarette formaldehyde paper should be retracted – Does This Study Prove That Vaping Is a Gateway to Smoking? – Ask the Dentist: The benefits of changing to e-cigs – City council approves vaping exemption for e-cig shops – How The FDA Is Helping Big Tobacco – Why Public Advocates Care More About Heroin Addicts Than Smokers – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Tuesdays News at a glance: Do Something – New study proves there is no second-hand vaping: e-cigarette aerosol contains less volatile compounds than normal exhaled breath – MSPs warned against ‘demonisation’ of e-cigarettes – Portugal adds public vaping ban to new TPD law – Electronic cigarettes: the key to reducing smoking? -Does New JAMA Pediatrics Study Show that E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Youth Smoking? – Expert reaction to new study on e-cigarette use in US adolescents – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Mondays News at a glance: Attacking ecigs to encourage continued smoking – Views of experienced electronic cigarette users – Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care)(Scotland) Bill – ASH Scotland Weekly Bulletin – The real challenge is to make e-cigarettes accessible for poor smokers – Public Health England’s evidence based confusion? – Public Health England, and common sense – An interview with Christopher Snowdon – California: attack an association of manufacturers of e-cigarettes – Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use – How ‘Big Pharma’ bamboozled Brussels – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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This is the week that was…. Once again a week dominated by the fall-out and propaganda from the highly significant PHE announcement, increasingly desperate attempts to discredit or give  counter-narratives appeared in many sources worldwide. Monday was a major holiday …

News Review 6th September Read More »

Fridays News at a glance: Tanks, tanks everywhere – Does being opposed to vaping drive you mad? – Friday Message – Scottish Health and Sport Committee – Center for Environmental Health pretends to have made a breakthrough discovery about e-cigarettes – Glantz confirms vaping will have a positive impact on public health – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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Thursdays News at a glance: Mad Stan clutching at straws (again) – Anatomy Of A Charlatan – PHE hits back at conflict of interest claims on e-cigs – As E-Cigarettes Re-Normalize Smoking, Adult Smoking Prevalence in 2015 Plummets – Taking the Pulse of …

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Wednesdays News at a glance: We Can Solve The Problem We Caused – Honest! – We Don’t Need ‘Decades of Research’ to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking – The New Way to Meet Your Neighbours – Ecigs. Our right not to smoke Tobacco – PHE hits back at conflict of interest claims on e-cigs – Pharmaceutical firms spend €40m a year for ‘privileged access’ to EU decision-makers – Anti-smoking lobby targets cafe smoking areas with new court case – E-cigs can help cut smoking MSPs told

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Tuesdays News at a glance: The Excrement of Science – 95% Backlash – The comparative risk of e-cigarettes — numbers, nonsense, and innumeracy – College Students Know E-cigarettes Aren’t Tobacco, Their Professors Are More Confused – Report from the Global Forum on Nicotine 2015 – Scottish Parliament Presentations – More on the ecig advocates’ descent toward junk science – E-cigarettes: the need for clear communication on relative risks – A British Lesson on Vaping for the CDC – 4 Reasons This Article About E-Cigarettes Is Bad – Anti-Smoking Groups’ Campaign of Deception is Working – Nicotine Science and Policy – Daily Digest

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