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TOBACCO policy is at a critical junction with global trade talks between the U.S. and Asia ("TTP") and Europe ("TTIP"). The issues of tobacco and food are critical issues in these talks, and essentially will set the game rules for much of the rest of the world, except China and Russia. Obama and Cameron are today discussing TTIP, and boosting it. View in LinkedIn

FOOD, TOBACCO, TOXIC CHEMICALS have been topics of interest in this blog for a while, and it is timely that the TTIP talks are back in the news, which is where all this blog background was leading. Most people do not know about TTIP and TTP, but their outcomes are of immense importance for cultural heritages and differing values. View in LinkedIn

CANADIAN E-CIGS. "Electronic cigarettes that do not contain nicotine are legal and readily available, in many places to minors as well, as long as they make no health claim." https://lnkd.in/dDe8XGS View in LinkedIn

TTIP HARMONIZATION TALKS BETWEEN US AND EU. "Trade agreements have a profound influence on how regulations to protect public health and how we produce food ... U.S. and EU food safety regulations in the U.S. and the EU often set the bar for such standards around the world." Food, toxic chemicals, and tobacco. https://lnkd.in/dMW_Zsn View in LinkedIn

E-CIGS AND YOUTH. "In Canada there has been a significant rise in the use of e-cigarettes by young people, and a recent survey found e-cigarettes have surpassed regular smoking by U.S. teens. In Canada, however, there are no e-cigarettes with nicotine that are legally approved for sale." https://lnkd.in/dDe8XGS View in LinkedIn

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY. "TTIP is really the economic arm of NATO and is clearly aimed at containing Russia; the TTP, on the other hand, is obviously a very strong attempt to contain China, and to create an opposite economic bloc in Asia." One aspect. https://lnkd.in/dSfqa6N View in LinkedIn

IMPACT STUDY ON NEW EU TOBACCO REGS, "which establishes maximum tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide (TNCO) yields for cigarettes, specifies the labelling provisions, bans the use of misleading descriptors – such as ‘mild’, ‘light’ and so on, and bans the marketing of oral tobacco in the EU (except in Sweden)." A very thorough text. http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/products/revision/index_en.htm View in LinkedIn

PARALELL TRACK TRADE TALKS. "In parallel to the EU-US trade deal currently under way, the US is negotiating a similar agreement with 11 countries of the Asia Pacific: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)." https://lnkd.in/dSfqa6N View in LinkedIn

2014 EU E-CIG RULES do "not ban e-cigarettes, nor was there ever a plan to ban such products ... aim at harmonising the quality and safety requirements of the products for the benefit of consumers. In addition, rules on packaging and labelling will ensure that consumers are better informed. The Directive only covers e-cigarettes which contain nicotine." https://lnkd.in/drPD__q View in LinkedIn

FLAVORED TOBACCO FORBIDDEN IN EU by "the prohibition of characterising flavours. Together with the prohibition of 'lipstick-style' packs and of misleading elements on the packs, these measures put an end to products which entice children and teenagers into starting to smoke in the European Union." http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-30_en.htm View in LinkedIn