Category: Uncategorized

REGULATION BY LITIGATION. "As a result of the Sottera lawsuit, on April 25, 2011, the FDA announced it would regulate almost all e-cigarettes as tobacco products. At present, there is no federal oversight of e-cigarettes." https://lnkd.in/dDUvh59 View in LinkedIn

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION letter to FDA about the madate to FDA to regulate tobacco, including for e-cigarettes: "Childproof containers for e-cigarettes, including disposables, e-liquids, and other refillable devices; No toxins in e-liquids other than nicotine; No carcinogens or harmful or potentially harmful constituents; "No flavors." https://lnkd.in/dDUvh59 View in LinkedIn

"BAT and its subsidiaries can play a pivotal role in the innovation of less harmful nicotine products, which are affordable and accessible to adult smokers. Through this public commitment to tobacco harm reduction, the Group makes itself accountable to its consumers and society." And profits, of course. http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Nicoventures View in LinkedIn

REGULATORY PUSH IN USA. "As a measure of concern about the lack of manufacturing requirements and sales and marketing restrictions on e-cigarettes, forty-one Attorneys General sent the FDA a letter in September 2013, urging the agency to regulate e-cigarettes to safeguard minors from nicotine addiction and other potential health effects of e-cigarettes." https://lnkd.in/dr9nXzy View in LinkedIn

"REDUCED RISK PRODUCTS" and "Next Generation Products" are BAT's names for medical nicotine markets, but do not like the concept of "patients". http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Nicoventures View in LinkedIn

US e-CIG REGS IN FLUX. "While the federal government recently began the process of exercising its regulatory authority over e-cigarettes through the issuance of a proposed deeming regulation, the regulation in its current form would not provide a comprehensive regulatory structure." https://lnkd.in/dr9nXzy View in LinkedIn

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE. "Nicoventures has been promoted as "a stand-alone company" within BAT, providing "a range of alternative products... without the real and serious health risks of smoking" - as such "a natural extension of BAT's approach to tobacco harm reduction". http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Nicoventures View in LinkedIn

e-CIG AND PUBLIC HEALTH"Many public health organizations and policymakers are concerned about their safety and impact on public health due, in part, to the lack of manufacturing standards and ingredient disclosure requirements." https://lnkd.in/dr9nXzy View in LinkedIn

NICOVENTURES EXPLORING THE HARM REDUCTION MARKET. "In 2012, the company set up a medical education plan called Smoking Harm Reduction Education Programme (SHARE). Events held so far include a Pharmacy Forum in June 2012, a GP Forum in November 2012 and a Stop Smoking Advisor Forum February 2013." (Subsidiary of BAT). http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Nicoventures View in LinkedIn

WHITEWASH. "Despite some manufacturers’ claims that electronic cigarettes are harmless there is also evidence that electronic cigarettes contain toxic substances, including small amounts of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, which are carcinogenic to humans ... in some cases ... contains traces of carcinogenic nitrosamines ... cadmium, nickel and lead." https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311887/Ecigarettes_report.pdf View in LinkedIn