Vap'Brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for Wednesday 15 Mars 2017. (Update the news to 08h50).
EUROPE: 89,88% OF PEOPLE AGAINST VAPOTAGE TAXATION
Nearly nine out of ten against the anti-vaping tax. It is a plebiscite against the “Philip Morris” project of punitive taxes against vapers. From November to February, only in American language, the consultation of the European Commission (EC) on the taxation of "tobacco products" - including products without tobacco or combustion of vaping - received 7 responses. According to the EC document, 686% of respondents oppose any special taxation against vaping products. (See article)
UNITED KINGDOM: PRISONERS SOON AUTHORIZED TO USE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
On the Isle of Man, inmates may soon be allowed to use e-cigarettes inside prisons. (See article)
UNITED STATES: STATE OF NEW YORK REGISTERS IN 2016 LOWEST RATES OF YOUNG SMOKERS
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced that New York State's 2016 student smoking rate was the lowest on record (4,3%), down from 27,1% in 2000. (See article)
UNITED STATES: SMOKING AND SPRAYING PROHIBITION IN COLORADO PUBLIC TRANSPORT
As of today, a new ordinance is enforced in Colorado Springs that prohibits smoking and vape on city buses. (See article)
CANADA: THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY GUILTY OF HYPOCRISIA?
Has the Canadian tobacco industry benefited from the federal tax hike on cigarettes to increase its own share of profits? This is what the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control believes in a statement sent Monday by email. (See article)
