Vap'brèves offers you your flash e-cigarette news for Friday 21 October 2016. (Update the news to 11h45).
FRANCE: RESPADD AND AP-HP SUPPORT VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO STOP TOBACCO.
Thanks to a strong mobilization of the tobacco industry and addictology professionals in Ile de France and an unprecedented support system, RESPADD in partnership with the Public Assistance Hospital of Paris (AP-HP) intends to accompany, throughout the In November, 400 smokers who are vulnerable and / or precarious to smoking cessation by the pleasure of smoking-free ego (s), a solidarity-based experience supported in part by the primary health insurance fund. (See the press release)
FRANCE: A WEBSITE FOR THE "MONTH OF VAPE" APPEARS
We are more than a million to have quit tobacco thanks to the electronic cigarette in France The objective of the month of the vape is to propose the electronic cigarette as an alternative to tobacco because vaping is not smoking. Submit your ideas, suggestions, to establish a list of concrete actions for the month of vaping. (See the official website)
FRANCE: THE NEWSPAPER "L'EXPRESS" CENSORS QUOTES FROM SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON VAPE
In a one-sided article, the Express says that no study has been able to prove that it [vaping] was effective in reducing nicotine addiction ”. In a comment, I wanted to draw their attention to the bias of this statement. (See article)
SWITZERLAND: THE SHOPS OF E-CIGARETTE OFFER NICOTINE TO THEIR CLIENTS
The first Swiss e-cigarette fair opens tomorrow in Montreux. A review of the practices, legislation and health aspects of vaping. (See article)
FRANCE: E-CIGARETTE, WHY SO HATE?
In Atlantico, Jacques Le Houezec declares: “Why so much hatred and above all, why oppose the obvious? When we know that in France, at the end of 2014, according to data from the European Commission, a million smokers had stopped smoking thanks to the personal vaporizer, and no less than 6 million in Europe! "(See article)
UNITED STATES: BAT / REYNOLDS: TOWARDS A GIANT FUSION AT BIG TOBACCO?
47 billion. This is the amount put on the table for the British tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT) to take control of the American Reynolds and become a leader in the United States and in e-cigarettes. BAT, which already holds a 42,2% stake in Reynolds, wants to acquire the remaining 57,8% through a cash and equity offer. (See article)
SWITZERLAND: THE E-CIGARETTE BATHS IN A CLOUD OF HYPOCRISIA
The smoke kills. The fact is hard to dispute, even if some tobacco companies still quibble. Nevertheless, a significant part of the population, especially among young people, continues to become informed. (See article)
