Vap'News offers you flash news about the e-cigarette for the 20 February 2019 Tuesday. (Update the news at 09h44)
EUROPE: FARSALINOS RESPONDS TO THE COMMISSION FOR VAPE DEFINED AS "A POISON"
"In addition, it generates confusing messages to smokers who need, deserve and should have the right to access less harmful products in an attempt to quit smoking." (See article)
USA: HEATED TOBACCO CAUSES CELL INFLAMMATION
Another alternative to smoking is being investigated for the potential damage to lung disease rates at a time of increasing concern about the health effects of electronic cigarettes. A recent study shows that the function of human airway cells is impaired when exposed to the vapors of heated tobacco products (HTP). (See article)
FRANCE: 80% OF CANCER OF BLADDER WOULD BE DUE TO TOBACCO
"80% of bladder cancers are linked to tobacco and to prolonged exposure to environmental toxic substances such as aromatic amines contained in paint for example", explains Dr Julien Deturmeny, urologist at the European hospital in Marseille. (See article)
KENYA: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CONCERNED ABOUT ANTI-TOBACCO LAW
In Kenya, the 2018 Tobacco Control Bill in Nairobi County is a concern for the local branch of the British American Tobacco (BAT). The regulation, tabled last December, wants to create a department in charge of health in the county that would grant licenses to tobacco distributors. (See article)
FRANCE: SKIN CANCER, SMOKERS REDUCE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL!
British researchers have found that people with melanoma - one of the most serious forms of skin cancer - could compromise their chances of survival if they smoke for a long time. (See article)
