Vap'brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for the day of Wednesday June 15, 2016. (News update at 23:17 a.m.)
FRANCE |
THE BAN ON VAPING APPLIES IN A CLOSED INDIVIDUAL OFFICE |
Article 28 of the law of January 26, 2016, known as the "modernization of our health system", states that it is now prohibited to use an electronic cigarette in "closed and covered workplaces, for collective ”. In practice, can vaping employees working alone in an office where they never receive their colleagues hope to benefit from a tolerance from their employer? It's a safe bet that the latter will on the contrary be tempted to be inflexible, insofar as he is subject to an obligation of security of result in terms of smoking, even passive (See article) |
FRANCE |
THE LINKS BETWEEN THE FORMER HEALTH COMMISSIONER AND PHILIP MORRIS ARE CLEARING. |
Alfred Mifsud, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Malta, was paid by Philip Morris to influence John Dalli, a former health commissioner with responsibility for tobacco legislation. (See article) |
UNITED STATES |
E-CIGARETTE: A MARKER OF THE RISK OF TOBACCO PASSAGE? |
The gateway effect to smoking is undoubtedly the most feared effect of e-cigarettes among young people, the majority of whom are still non-smokers. This study finds that adolescents who have experimented with e-cigarettes are more likely to experience real cigarettes a few months later. However, the study does not show any cause and effect relationship. On the other hand, its data presented in the journal Pediatrics, suggest a new and interesting lead: the e-cigarette is or could be, in young people, a marker of risky behavior and therefore a marker of the risk of subsequent smoking. (See article) |
FRANCE |
ALFALIQUID: THE MAN WHO MAKES YOU STOP SMOKING! |
Archi-known to vapers thanks to its Alfaliquid brand, the company Gaïatrend based in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is about to arrive on the Chinese market and is currently testing an electronic cigarette that is even more connected than the others. Behind this success, a man: Didier Martzel, who brought his whole family with him to transform his project which no one initially believed into an economic success. (See article) |
FRANCE |
THE TIK TAK JUICE BRAND BECOMES "LEMON ORANGE JUICE" |
FERRERO Spa and FERRERO FRANCE COMMERCIALE have banned the use of the name “Tik Tak Juice” but also that of “Mik Mak Juice”, the brand has therefore fallen back on an English-speaking name and becomes “ Lemon Orange Juice " (See article) |
SWITZERLAND |
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM THE "HELVETIC VAPE" ASSOCIATION |
The association Helvetic Vape welcomes the decision of the Council of States (EC) to follow the recommendations of its Commission on Social Security and Public Health (CSSS-E) with regard to vaping products. (See article) |