Vap'brèves offers you your e-cigarette flash news for Monday 16 January 2017. (Update the news to 04h57).
BELGIUM: MANIFESTATION OF VAPOTEURS BEFORE THE HOME OF THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Yesterday in Belgium, about sixty vapers demonstrated in front of the home of Health Minister Maggie De Block, in Merchtem (Flemish Brabant), against the legislation on e-cigarettes that will come into force on Tuesday. (See article)
PORTUGAL: A REDUCTION IN THE E-CIGARETTE TAX
While vaping with nicotine will be subject to the same bans as smoking in public places, the tax on nicotine liquids in Portugal is halved in 2017. It drops to 30 cents per milliliter of nicotine liquid instead of 60 cents per ml. This tax was introduced last year in the name of respect for competitive “parity” between cigarettes and vaping. By exploding their prices, the tax led to the virtual disappearance of already nicotine liquids from Portuguese stores in 2016. (See article)
MALAYSIA: THE ARRIVAL OF THE VAPE HAS CAUSED HOT DEBATES
With the arrival of vaping in Malaysia, a lot of heated debate has taken hold. There are those who argue that the e-cigarette is an alternative for smokers to reduce the adverse health effects of smoking and others. (See article)
CANADA: TOBACCO KILLED 5000 QUEBECERS LAST YEAR
More than 5000 Quebecers died of lung cancer caused by smoking in 2016 - or about 14 patients per day - which is equivalent to "the Lac-Mégantic tragedy every three days", illustrated the president of the Association. hematologists and oncologists from Quebec, Dr. Martin A. Champagne. (See article)
