Vap'brèves offers you your e-cigarette flash update for Thursday 06 October 2016. (Update the news to 11h20).
BELGIUM: "THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY TRIED TO BUY ME"
Luk Joossens, the Belgian specialist in the fight against tobacco and contraband, is retiring after 40 years of career. The name of Luk Joossens is not always known to the general public. And yet, this expert in tobacco prevention - who admits to having tried cigarettes at the age of 13 without joining and the cigar at around 20 - worked for 40 years to ban the advertising of major brands of cigarettes, in favor of the ban. to smoke in public places ... (See article)
NEW ZEALAND: PHILIP MORRIS CALLS FOR "LIGHT" REGULATIONS ON E-CIGARETTE
Philip Morris is said to have said: "We envision a smoke-free world in which a wide range of safer alternatives to cigarettes would fully meet the continued demand for tobacco and nicotine products" (See article)
HUNGARY: THE COST OF NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE VAPE UNVEILS
In Hungary, the notification cost for vaping products has been disclosed. It will take 1500 Euros per product and about 1000 Euros per modification. (See article)
CANADA: A LOWER NUMBER OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS IN QUEBEC
The results of the vast Quebec Population Health Survey 2014-2015 reveal that the use of tobacco is down 5% among Quebecers. More specifically, according to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, 19% of the population over 15 years of age regularly smoke cigarettes. This percentage is the result of a survey carried out in 2014-2015 among more than 45 Quebecers. (See article)
FRANCE: PRESS RELEASE BY M.TOURAINE FOR THE “TOBACCO-FREE MONTH”
Marisol Touraine, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, today launches the first phase of "Me (s) without tobacco", a national operation of a new kind to fight against smoking. The principle is simple: to encourage a maximum number of smokers to quit smoking for at least 30 days, starting from 1er next November. (See the press release)
