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Linda McAvan’s proposed TPD amendments regarding electronic cigarettes: clearly well-intentioned, but ill-informed and impractical.
Destroying the appeal of a product to its current and potential users might as well be a ban…. by Tom Pruen and Katherine Devlin As the debate on e-cigs has moved on, it is clear that Linda McAvan, MEP, Rapporteur … Continue reading
DKFZ – German Cancer Research Center
Analysis from Tom Pruen Although not presented at the Workshop for the ENVI Committee, the German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, has compiled a large document on electronic cigarettes, and made a presentation to MEPs a few weeks ago. Unlike many … Continue reading
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The European Society of Cardiology presentation at ENVI workshop – ignorance presented as evidence, or a deliberate attempt to deceive?
Analysis from ECITA’s Tom Pruen As before, slides are skipped when content or comment free. Hmm…. The European Society of Cardiology’s (ESC) website says: Unless Dr Pisinger is an unpaid volunteer, representing an organisation which receives funding from every major … Continue reading
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The European Respiratory Society: Experts in respiratory medicine; amateurs in electronic cigarette science
More analysis from Tom Pruen, Chief Scientific Officer of ECITA As in previous presentation commentary, slides are skipped where comment is not needed or content is lacking. The full version can be found here. The irony of a public health … Continue reading
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Why the WHO is not qualified to attempt to educate people about electronic cigarettes
Analysis from ECITA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Tom Pruen The World Health Organisation recently gave a presentation at the EU parliament, at a workshop intended to educate MEPs about electronic cigarettes. Sadly, the WHO demonstrated that they themselves are woefully ill-informed … Continue reading
JURI Opinion Sounds the Death Knell for Medicinal Reclassification of Electronic Cigarettes…
… and offers the hope of saving millions of lives across the EU. Just for a change, I don’t want to say too much on this subject, but I was driven to share with you the almost poetic beauty of … Continue reading
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European Parliament Workshop on Electronic Cigarettes 7 May 2013
Another very interesting week in Politicoville… While the ENVI Committee has arranged its workshop for 7th May with a distinctly biased panel of ‘experts’, neatly lined up to make a case for the reclassification of electronic cigarettes as medicinal products, … Continue reading
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MEPs See Sense on Electronic Cigarettes
Brussels, 25 April 2013 – Members of the European Parliament have rallied against the European Commission’s proposed ban on electronic cigarettes, insisting that they save lives. A number of Members of the European Parliament have rallied behind electronic cigarettes as … Continue reading
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Special Report #4: ECITA’s Position Statement on the Proposed Revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive Concerning Electronic Cigarette Products
ECITA (EU) is the leading regulatory body for the Electronic Cigarette Industry in the EU. We support our members and offer advice to non-members from the industry, to help them achieve full compliance with all the statutory regulations which currently … Continue reading
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ECITA Position Statement for European Parliament
We have today submitted our Position Statement together with supporting documents to the European Parliament, ahead of next week’s meeting in Brussels. For your information, these documents have been made available on our website: http://www.ecita.org.uk/ecita%20position%20statement%20march%202013.pdf http://www.ecita.org.uk/summary%20of%20ecita%20ise%20regulatory%20instruments.pdf http://www.ecita.org.uk/summary%20of%20case%20precedents%20and%20legal%20rulings%20march%202013.pdf We trust that … Continue reading
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