Vap'News offers you flash news around the e-cigarette for the 29 January 2019 Tuesday. (Update the news at 04h56.)
FRANCE: TOBACCO PRICE INCREASE COMPENSES SALES DECLINE
While it is true that a drop of almost 10% (8% nationally ?; 10 to 12% in the department) affects sales, in volume, the latest increases imposed on tobacco and cigarettes have, for many, reduces the scope of this shortfall. (See article)
UNITED STATES: AAP POLICY PROMOTES FOR REFORM OF VAPING LAWS
The American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Electronic Cigarettes summarizes the most recent data on adverse health effects and supports both pediatric-led clinical interventions and policy strategies to protect. young people of the epidemic of consumption of this product. (See article)
UNITED STATES: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SUPPORTS VAPE TAX IN VERMONT
"If passed, this tax can save lives and protect health," said Jennifer Costa, director of government relations of Vermont, American Cancer Society (ACS CAN). “Young people are starting to smoke electronic cigarettes, like Juul, in record numbers. As the governor pointed out, the consumption of electronic cigarettes among young people in Vermont has almost doubled. ". (See article)
FRANCE: SMOKERS STILL UNDERSTAND RISKS!
In 2019, no one can no longer ignore that tobacco, with its some 7000 chemicals (including 70 proven carcinogens), is a major risk factor for disease. A survey recently published by Public Health France confirms this: among 4000 people questioned, almost all know that smoking promotes cancer, and three quarters of smokers fear having cancer due to tobacco. (See article)
