Vap'brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for the day of Thursday, June 23, 2016. (News update at 20:46 a.m.)
| FRANCE |
THE E-CIG WAS NOSE BUT REJUVENED THE FUNCTION OF THE LUNGS. |
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 New attack on electronic cigarettes. This time it's a publication from the American Journal of Physiology: “E-cigarette use results in suppression of immune and inflammatory-response genes in nasal epithelial cells similar to cigarette smoke”. (See the article by JY Nau) |
| GREECE |
TOWARDS A TAXATION OF VAPE PRODUCTS? |
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 The Greek government is preparing to unveil a very restrictive transposition of the European directive against the personal vaporizer. (See article) |
| EUROPE |
INTERVIEW WITH TWO FOUNDERS OF ECIV |
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 The French Vocational Interprofessional Federation (FIVAPE) and the British Association of Independent Professionals of the Vape (IBVTA) announced last June 16 the creation of an association bringing together European independent actors of the vape: the ECIV (European Coalition for Independent Vape). (See article) |
| ITALY |
STUDY: E-CIGARETTE OFFERS BETTER HEALTH RESPIRATORY TO SMOKERS |
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 An Italian study, partly led by Dr. Riccardo Polosa of the University of Catania, concluded that there was an improvement in respiratory health for smokers who no longer used tobacco and used the e-cigarette. (See article) |
| UNITED STATES |
A LETTER DENOUNCES THE NEW MONOPOLY OF THE VAPE |
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 In a letter posted on Jconline.com which is a part of the "Usa Today" newspaper, the new monopoly created as a result of the passage of tobacco regulations is strongly criticized. The question is simple: Do we want to create monopolies for every industry? (See article) |
| UK |
DOCTORS DEMAND BAN ON VAPING IN BARS AND RESTAURANTS |
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 In the United Kingdom, some doctors request that e-cigarettes are banned in public places such as bars and restaurants due to the risks of "passive vaping" (See article) |
| BELGIUM |
THE PHARMA INDUSTRY WANTS TO PLAY TRANSPARENCY |
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 For the first time, amounts granted by pharmaceutical companies belonging to Pharma.be to doctors, nurses, pharmacists or organizations and associations relating to health will be made public and therefore accessible to all. This Wednesday, in fact, are now published on www.betransparent.be what are called “transfers of values” for the year 2015. (See article) |
| FRANCE |
THE VAPOTITHEQUE, THE FIRST BAR FOR VAPOTEUR A ARRAS |
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 Would the e-cigarette market have collapsed? Would trade extended to tobacconists cause the closure of many specialty shops? It is in this context that just opened an unusual café, the only one in Arras elsewhere, place Wetz-d'Amain: a steam bar. (See article) |
| FRANCE |
CROSSED OFFERS BETWEEN VAPOTEURS.NET AND THE VAPELIER |
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 You will have access to all the news available on Vapoteurs.net directly from the website of Vapelier, while in parallel we will give you direct access to evaluations, flash tests, and exclusives of Vapeliersystem. (See article) |
