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Media Release: E-Cigarettes Confiscated From UK Tourists to India - NNA Writes to UK Government Advising Update to Travel Advice

LONDON, February 18th, 2020: UK visitors to India who use e-cigarettes to improve their health on the advice of British health organisations are having their devices confiscated at airports. The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) has become aware of five travellers who have suffered hard-line and unsanctioned action, but those affected could stretch to tens of thousands more UK citizens who have chosen vaping as a way of stopping smoking. Regular UK traveller to Goa, Fiona Hodge, reported that UK vapers are having their property confiscated both on the way in and out of India. “I had to leave £60 worth of my property behind despite possession of e-cigarettes not being an offence under the law. UK tourists are being harassed at airports, which will surely be a threat to India’s tourism industry. I certainly won’t be going back if the attitude towards vapers carries the hallmark of being designed specifically to maintain, and even increase, the number of smokers in India.”

2020-02-20
nnalliance.org

ENDS 2020 – Dedicated to the Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Industry

Europe’s leading e-cigarette conference looking at scientific, commercial and regulatory aspects, will this year be held in Brussels on the 13th and 14th of May. Dedicated to the e-cig industry, the conference covers all topics related to scientific, commercial and regulatory matters pertaining ENDS, such as the latest regulations (including TPD) and research to testing methods, concerns and standards, product design, potential harm reduction and more. Besides delegates from the vaping industry, attending the conference there will be interested parties from other industries such as testing companies, Big Tobacco, regulatory and legislative bodies, law firms and more. This creates an opportunity and a platform for dialogue and exchange of information.

2020-02-20
vapingpost.com

Smoking Rates in Japan Blamed on Lack of Images on Cigarette Pack Warnings and Partial Smoke-Free Laws

The tobacco control policies of Japan, the world's ninth largest cigarette market and host of the 2020 Olympics, are not working, according to new studies from researchers at the University of Waterloo. The two studies were part of the Waterloo-based International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC) and involved a survey of 3,800 smokers in Japan. Waterloo researchers collaborated with researchers in Japan on both studies, which are the first national-level evaluations of Japan's efforts to reduce smoking. The first study, led by Janet Chung-Hall of the ITC project, found that only 30 percent of Japanese smokers (...)

2020-02-20
medicalxpress.com

Vaping Vindicated! Vitamin E Acetate “Strongly Linked” to Vaping Outbreak Says CDC

In September, the CDC released a blanket statement warning against the dangers of all vaping products. Even though it was suggested by other sources that nicotine vaping was not the culprit, the CDC and other news sources brought fear to all nicotine vaping individuals. As early as September 19th, 2019 we reported that the vaping lung breakout was very likely a result of Vitamin E acetate, and had nothing to do with traditional nicotine e-liquid vaping products. 5 months later, the CDC finally agrees. Unfortunately, the major news outlets across North America ran with the original story, lumping in nicotine vapes such as these with illicit THC infused vapes being sold on the street or on the black market.

2020-02-20
canadavapes.com

Study Researches Whether Nicotine Patch Can Help People With Memory Loss

Researchers are studying whether a nicotine patch can also help people suffering with memory loss. The research is part of a clinical trial at Georgetown University Medical Center in D.C. Dr. R. Scott Turner, the director of the memory disorders program at Georgetown, is enrolling more volunteers for the research. A small pilot study in 2012 showed promise, which is why the research is being expanded to track more people over a longer period of time with higher doses of nicotine. Turner hopes the research will one day be part of the strategy to fight Alzheimer's disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans.

2020-02-20
nbcnewyork.com

Retraction to: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health

After becoming aware that the study in the above‐referenced article did not fully account for certain information in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health [PATH] Wave 1 survey, the editors of Journal of the American Heart Association reviewed the peer review process. During peer review, the reviewers identified the important question of whether the myocardial infarctions occurred before or after the respondents initiated e‐cigarette use, and requested that the authors use additional data in the PATH codebook (age of first MI and age of first e‐cigarettes use) to address this concern. While the authors did provide some additional analysis, the reviewers and editors did not confirm that the authors had both understood and complied with the request prior to acceptance of the article for publication.

2020-02-20
ahajournals.org

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