Vap'Brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for the day of Thursday 9 February 2017. (Update the news to 10h40).
FRANCE: WHO WILL ELECT CIGARETTE THE NEW PATRON OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTIONS?
It is timely and its political action will be decorticated: Dr. Nicolas Prisse was appointed, this February 8 and Cabinet, President of the Interministerial Mission against drugs and addictive behaviors (Mildeca). (See article)
UNITED STATES: TOXIC METALS IN E-CIGARETTE LIQUIDS
A new study shows that liquids from popular brands of electronic cigarettes contain large amounts of toxic metals that are potentially bad for health. (See article)
BELGIUM: VAPE BOUTIQUES CONFRONT NEW REGULATIONS
For two years now, the electronic cigarette has appeared in our country. In parallel, e-cigarette shops have sprung up everywhere. In the federal government, the Minister of Health, Maggy De Block has been keen to regulate this trade. (See article)
LUXEMBOURG: 1000 DEATH AND COST OF 130 MILLIONS FOR TOBACCO
The price of cigarettes is expected to increase shortly following the government's decision to review the amount of excise duty on tobacco. If manufacturers decide to keep the same margin, packages will cost an average of six cents more. (See article)
SENEGAL: FIGHTING TOBACCO IS NOT JUST MAKING LAWS
Taking part yesterday in the press conference of the Ministry of Health and Social Action on the delay in the delivery of radiotherapy devices, Prof. Abdou Aziz Kassé stressed that on the fight against cancer, prevention remains a necessity. "30% of cancers are associated with smoking, so fighting against tobacco allows us to very significantly reduce the risk of cancer", underlined the President of the Senegalese League for the fight against tobacco. (See article)
