$20M VAPE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
SMOKING BAN “TRANSFORMED
BRITISH PUBS”
California governor Gavin Newsom has earmarked
$20m for a public awareness campaign warning about
the dangers of illegal vape products.
He also wants new warnings on vape products and
accessories to highlight “the hazards of vaping” with
similar warnings displayed in vape retail outlets.
Newsom said: “We’ve seen a skyrocket increase in the
use of these flavored products by our children. As a
father of four, this has been an issue that’s been brought
to the forefront of my consciousness.”
The Vaping Technology Association said it supported
preventing youth access to e-cigarettes but warned
that “legal and responsible vape small business owners”
must be allowed to serve the adult vape market.
When the smoking ban was introduced to pubs in England
12 years ago, critics said it would kill off the traditional
British boozer.
However the latest edition of the Good Pub Guide has
praised the ban for the transformational effect it has had
on the industry.
It says: “Bars full of fug and male chat quickly became a
thing of the past.”
Editor Fiona Stapley, said: “Pubs were transformed from
smoky and grimy domains of beer-swilling men, serving
only scampi and chips, to being family and female friendly,
serving excellent wines, craft gins and truly delicious
home-cooked food.”
VAPING SAVES LIVES JUUL SALES BLOW
Protesters gathered outside Spain’s Health Ministry in Madrid
to voice their concern about the country’s latest anti-tobacco
campaign.
They accuse the government of putting lives at risk by failing
to make the distinction between smoking and vaping.
Demonstrators said medical offi cials were “misleading
society by equating electronic cigarettes with tobacco” and
they chanted slogans including “Vaping saves lives” and
“Healthcare, tell the truth,” at the demo last month.
The new government campaign encourages Spaniards to quit
smoking and vaping which, it says, are ‘the main preventable
public health problems in developed countries.’ Sales of Juul products have been abruptly halted in
China…just days after the US-based company entered
the world’s biggest tobacco market.
It is unclear exactly why the Juul pods and refi lls are
no longer on sale and Chinese websites JD.com and
Alibaba’s Tmall have not offered any explanation for the
move.
A spokesperson for Juul Labs said: “While JUUL
products are not currently available on e-commerce
websites in China, we look forward to continued
dialogue with stakeholders so that we can make our
products available again.”
The company has been aggressively expanding into
international markets and no date has been given when
Juul sales could resume in China.
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