Vap'brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for Friday 07 October 2016. (Update the news to 10h50).
FRANCE: 3% OF FRENCH SPACE EVERY DAY
According to the latest BEH, the spread of e-cigarettes has slowed down in France. Its consumption is now mostly daily, and Bretons are the first vapers. (See article)
FRANCE: WITHOUT E-CIGARETTE, MARISOL TOURAINE TAKES RISK OF FAILURE
One could fear it, it is done. Launched today with great fanfare by Marisol Touraine, the operation “Moi (s) sans tabac” has all of the centralized self-celebration. It is “the first full-scale public health challenge ever organized in France”. It is still "a national operation of a new kind to fight against smoking". (See article)
FRANCE: TOTAL FAILURE OF GOVERNMENTAL TOBACCO PLAN
Sometimes pinch yourself. François Bourdillon is Director General of "Public Health France". He signs the editorial of the latest "Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin (BEH)" (his magazine) which, "once is not customary", is entirely devoted to smoking, the first cause of preventable premature mortality in France (more than 70 000 deaths per year). (See article)
CANADA: MONTREAL DOESN'T WANT ANY MORE INVESTMENT IN THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
Montreal elected officials are asking the City to take steps to ensure that municipal pension funds are not invested in the tobacco industry. "We do not want there to be a mixed message from the City, which [said] want to improve the health of citizens but who invested in tobacco," said Thursday the councilor of the Coalition Montreal. (See article)
