Month: September 2022

DOPING SEMICONDUCTORS. "Today, the semiconductor industry annually spends billions of dollars in efforts to intentionally add impurities into semiconductor products ("doping"), which is a major step in the manufacturing of numerous electronic products, including computer chips, light emitting diodes and solar cells." https://lnkd.in/dh5dFCk View in LinkedIn

BIOINSPIRED NANOCOMPOSITES. "We also investigated silk fibroin fibers with strings-like morphology, bacteria with sphere and rod shapes, as well as butterfly wings, peacock feathers, and diatom frustules with ordered photonic crystal structures to integrate and enhance the functionalities of inorganic nanoparticles." https://lnkd.in/dhTvJv8 View in LinkedIn

NEW EUROPEAN TOBACCO DIRECTIVE. "After weeks of intense debates, pressure from the public health community and the resignation of the Health Commissioner, the European Commission has adopted its proposal to revise the Tobacco Product Directive. It is now for adoption/revision by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers." https://lnkd.in/d-en8Tx View in LinkedIn

DISRUPT, DELAY AND WEAKEN. "Firstly, the revision process attracted an unexpected high level of interest from stakeholders ... The consultation received the highest ever response in the EU's history (85,000) ... Only 2,320 submissions were openly linked to the tobacco industry." http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/EU_Tobacco_Products_Directive_Revision View in LinkedIn

NEW EU TOBACCO REGULATION: "The Tobacco Products Directive ... requires the tobacco industry to submit detailed reports to the Member States on the ingredients used in tobacco products; sets out safety and quality requirements for consumer electronic cigarettes." https://lnkd.in/drPD__q View in LinkedIn

NEW EU TOBACCO REGULATION: "sets out safety and quality requirements for consumer electronic cigarettes; allows Member States to prohibit internet sales of tobacco and related products; obliges manufacturers to notify novel tobacco products before placing them on the EU market." 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

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

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

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