“Another Bay Area city is pushing a ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products. Cupertino city leaders will hear public comments on the proposal at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The Cupertino City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cupertino Community Hall, 10350 Torre Ave.”

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Cupertino Considers Ban on E-Cigarettes, Vaping Products

“A Senate committee Monday approved a proposal that seeks to let local governments decide if they want to ban smoking at their public parks. The state, rather than local governments, generally controls tobacco-related laws and regulations. Under constitutional amendments passed in 2002 and 2018, smoking tobacco and vaping are banned in enclosed indoor workplaces throughout the state. The 2018 amendment also allows local governments to adopt more-restrictive ordinances on vaping, which could include banning the use of electronic cigarettes in public parks. A House version of Debbie Mayfield, R-Rockledge, bill (HB 457) has not been heard in committees.”

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Florida Senators back stamping-out smoking in parks

“With the flavored vapor cartridge ban looming, NACS reminded convenience store retailers need to remove all cartridge-based electronic cigarette flavors, except menthol and tobacco, from the backbar by Feb. 6. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its new policy on unauthorized flavored cartridges and pod-based e-cigarettes and vapor products in early January. The new policy does not include e-liquids and disposable vapor products. According to NACS, the agency’s guidance only states that retailers cannot sell the products as of Feb. 6, and does not ban the possession of the products in stores. However, the association advises retailers to take steps to remove the banned products from their stores as soon as possible to prevent any inadvertent sales.”

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“The Ontario government is moving to ban most flavoured vaping products from convenience stores and gas stations and cap nicotine levels. Health Minister Christine Elliott will present proposed regulatory changes to provincial cabinet members in the coming days. The new rules won’t apply to specialty adult-only vape shops, which require proof of age to make a purchase, and sell only vaping products. Those stores will still be able to sell a variety of flavoured products and e-cigarettes with higher nicotine content.”

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Ford government to ban flavoured vaping products from being sold in convenience stores

“The authors say their findings suggest that today’s smokers who want to quit are using e-cigarettes as an aid whereas in the past quitters had to rely on other smoking cessation aids. And it appears that smokers find e-cigarettes a useful and effective quitting aid, as current users of e-cigarettes are more likely to be recent quitters than non-users, and some successful quitters then stop using e-cigarettes.”

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E-cigarette use high among recent quitters but rare among those who gave up longer ago

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Association between electronic cigarette use and smoking cessation in the European Union in 2017

“Attorney General Letitia James late Friday appealed a judge’s order that struck down New York’s emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes. James asked the appeals court to overturn the ruling by acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Cholakis, who in part said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and health officials exceeded their authority in approving the temporary ban last fall. It is the second time the appeals court in Albany has been asked to intervene in the case. In October, it temporarily halted enforcement of the ban just hours before it was to take effect. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are debating various legislation that would permanently ban flavors in vaping and tobacco products. Unlike the embattled emergency ban, the measures would include the prohibition of menthol flavors”

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NY AG appeals judge’s order that struck down emergency e-cigarette flavor ban

“Cigarette maker Imperial Brands Plc named Stefan Bomhard, CEO of car dealer Inchcape, as its new chief executive on Monday to steer the company through challenges in e-cigarettes and vaping and falling consumption of tobacco products. He faces the task of turning around Imperial’s vaping and other ‘next generation’ products, which were meant to be the future for Imperial Brands but growth has been slower than expected. Imperial makes 30% of its profits in the United States. Bomhard will also be seeking to boost sales of Imperial’s flagship blu e-cigarette brands, which Cooper admitted were not attracting consumer loyalty despite Imperial’s marketing efforts.”

BILL TARLING – The move from being a car dealer to Big Tobacco CEO also comes with a healthy pay rise for Bomhard, who made a £739,000 base salary at Inchcape. His new wage packet will be almost £1.3m, with a potential bonus of up to 200 per cent of his salary, plus incentive pay.

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Imperial Brands hires Inchcape’s Bomhard as CEO to revive e-cigarette sales

“With a certain major hurdle now negotiated, the Houses of Parliament have found themselves able to engage in other matters, including getting vaping and tobacco harm reduction back on the table. Baroness Redfern wanted to know how vaping has impacted upon the health of the public, Ranil Jayawardena continues to raise problematic questions and Gareth Johnson wondered if Brexit means the EU Tobacco Products Directive will be lifted.”

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Parliament Returns To Work

“The chasm grew even wider last week when the new WHO warnings promoted a strong reaction from public health experts in the United Kingdom, who argued that the WHO was spreading “blatant misinformation” about the potential risks and benefits of e-cigarettes. “There is no evidence that vaping is ‘highly addictive’,” Peter Hajek, director of the tobacco dependence research unit at London’s Queen Mary Hospital said. “Less than 1 per cent of non-smokers become regular vapers. Vaping does not lead young people to smoking – smoking among young people is at [an] all-time low. There is clear evidence that e-cigarettes help smokers quit,” he added. According to John Britton, director of the UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies and a consultant in respiratory medicine at the University of Nottingham, “WHO misrepresents the available scientific evidence”.”

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WHO’s unusual e-cigarettes press release was more PR than medical science

“Town is considering if tobacco, vape shops could then be converted to marijuana sales in future. Town is considering if tobacco, vape shops could then be converted to marijuana sales in future. New York state is currently considering legalizing recreational marijuana. The moratorium extension says there needs to be more discussion about options, considering that “vapor products cannot be considered separately from tobacco products” and “that the sale of marijuana products will be an easy transition for tobacco and vapor retailers.””

BILL TARLING – E-liquid Vapor Products have no relation to cigarettes, smoking, cannabis, or their markets. They’re entirely different industries and customer bases. To say that one industry should simply change its entire product and market to unrelated products and industries shows how ignorant the town board are about the products they’re even deciding to regulate or ban.

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Bethlehem extends vape shop moratorium