England

Public Health England (PHE), the UK governmental body the equivalent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that its review of the evidence has found that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful to health than combustible cigarettes and they should be recommended for smoking cessation and harm reduction.<br />
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This is the opposite stance taken by anti-smoking activists who have morphed into anti-nicotine activists, and demand that cigarette smokers engage in &quot;abstinence only&quot; when it comes to nicotine, an approach that works with almost nothing. <br />
Public Health England (PHE), the UK governmental body the equivalent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that its review of the evidence has found that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful to health than combustible cigarettes and they should be recommended for smoking cessation and harm reduction.<br />
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Need we say more?<br type="_moz" />

Where can you smoke, drink, vape and eat in Europe

The Czech Republic or German is the place for you. <i>&ldquo;Britain is the third worst country in the EU for lifestyle freedoms. Only Finland and Sweden are worse places to be a drinker and nowhere is worse to be a smoker,&rdquo; said Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Thursday&quot;.</i><br />
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England seems to be okay with vaping.<br type="_moz" />

Big Brother Watchimg Your Twitter Account

The study was funded through the National Institutes of Health and the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program. The study can be found either at j.mp/vaperwatching or alternatively at j.mp/vapingstudy.<br />
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&quot;Based on this feasibility study we believe automated surveillance of e-cigs on Twitter is an important research direction that has tremendous application potential especially in the immediate future in the context of impending FDA initiated regulations,&quot; the study stated.<br />
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I don’t trust them, this is a violation of our First Amendment, freedom of speech! Nothing good will come of this.<br type="_moz" />

England-Wales

CONTROVERSIAL plans to ban &quot;vaping&quot; in public places in Wales were blocked at the last minute at the Senedd yesterday.<br />
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Again common sense prevails!<br type="_moz" />

Headline And Results Don’t Match

A recent Gallop poll take in December, 2015 found that &quot;that one in three said e-cigarettes are just as bad as tobacco cigarettes for someone’s health, but the majority either said e-cigarettes are less harmful to one’s health than tobacco cigarettes (48 percent) or are not harmful to personal health at all (11 percent).&quot;<br />
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Death by Polution

<i>Healthline News</i> reports that nearly one in four deaths worldwide can be linked to unhealthy environments.<br />
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The World Health Organization (WHO) made that conclusion in a report they released early today. The agency said an estimated 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of living or working near unhealthy places.<br />
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Factors included air, water, and soil pollution. WHO also pointed at secondhand smoke, chemical exposure, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation.<br />
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They had of course had to mention second hand smoke even though it has not been clinically proven to harm anyone.<br type="_moz" />

E-cigs have bad batteries

Batteries are made in China, without quality controls.&nbsp; Only 25 batteries have exploded with an estimated 4 million users it is a small number.&nbsp; However, vapers should demand that the batteries are safe and meet U.S. standards.<br type="_moz" />

Fergus Falls, MN

A ban on the use of e-cigarettes in local bars and restaurants is being considered by the Fergus Falls City Council.<br />
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If you live there time to speak up!<br type="_moz" />

Kalifornia raises the age to 21 to purchase cigs

Have we not been there and done that before?&nbsp; At 18, you can serve in the military, marry and have children.&nbsp; <br />
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During Viet Nam the laws were changed from 21 to 18 to vote, drink and buy cigarettes this country is just going backwards. <br type="_moz" />

E-cigarettes too "cool"

The House Human Services Committee voted 10-1 Thursday for a bill that would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in places where smoking is already prohibited, including workplaces, hotels and motor vehicles carrying children.<br />
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Their action means that the bill will come up for a vote in the House next week. It still has to be considered in the Senate. <br />
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Committee chair Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington) argued that allowing unrestricted use of e-cigarettes was creating a new path to smoking. &ldquo;It begins to make it attractive and cool.&rdquo;<br type="_moz" />