News Electronic Cigarettes 2018

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE SCENARIO Messaggero Veneto - 27/05/2018 (attached) Illusion e-cig, does not eliminate the habit [...] In Friuli, as elsewhere, about 3 percent of the population has succumbed to the charm of this new frontier. But more and more (83.4 percent of users) are emerging dual consumers, ie those who smoke traditional cigarettes and at the same time e-cig, especially those containing nicotine. According to the Doxa research presented last year on behalf of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, those who used the electronic cigarette claim to have decreased their consumption of traditional cigarettes slightly (13.8 percent) or drastically (11.9 percent ), while 34.9 percent did not change the habit of smoking, 10.4 percent started smoking and 11.7 percent resumed the consumption of traditional cigarettes. Only in 14.4 percent of the cases the e-cig led to permanent cessation. In total users (habitual and occasional) are around 1.3 million, a slight decrease compared to 2016. 64 percent of e-cig consumers use those with nicotine. The top ups are bought in specialized shops (54.7 percent) or tobacconists (37, 3 percent).

According to experts, to think that the electronic cigarette is an effective tool to quit smoking is the most wrong there is, because it does not eliminate the dependence on gestures that is at the origin, along with nicotine, the desire to smoke. Indeed, it can be, especially for young people increasingly attracted by a product to which gadgets are associated, a gateway to the cigarette or the return to smoke. More and more multinational companies sell maxi packs of liquid with nicotine. And in this regard a US study published on Plos One, concluded that the benefits of e-cig are less than the damage that their use entails. Then there is another increasingly emerging fashion: the "cold smoke", that is, the tobacco heated and inhaled at 300 degrees centigrade. Also in this case the toxic substances are lower than normal cigarettes, but as for e-cig there are no detailed studies able to determine the long-term effects.   SigMagazine.it - ​​26/05/2018 The European public consultation on excise duties and e-cigarettes starts It started on 23 May and will close on 3 September the public consultation of the European Commission on excise duties applied to tobacco products and the possible taxation of new generation products, namely electronic cigarettes and tobacco heaters. In practice, the Commission wants to understand whether it is appropriate to refer to the Council Directive 2011/64 / EU, which defines the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco. And above all, if it is appropriate to include in this directive the heaters and vaping products, which also do not contain tobacco.
To this end, the Commission urges to express its opinion "all stakeholders on the current taxation of tobacco in the EU, as well as on new generation products (electronic cigarettes and products based on heated tobacco) ".

Individual citizens, economic operators, professional organizations, non-governmental organizations, consultative bodies and public administrations are invited to contribute to consultation.
The Commission will then also discuss with national tax authorities, experts and the other interested parties. Recall that Italy is one of the few Member States to have introduced a specific tax and therefore the form that will take the European decision could have negative or positive repercussions, even in our country. To participate in the public consultation simply connect to this link and select the preferred language in the drop-down menu at the top right. It is not necessary to answer all the questions, but there is a specific section on electronic cigarettes. [...] https://www.sigmagazine.it/2018/05/consultazione-pubblica-accise-e-sigarette-elettroniche/     SigMagazine.it - ​​25/05/2018 Thailand, even the e-cigarettes intervenes against electronic cigarettes The war against electronic cigarettes, conducted with aggressiveness and zeal worthy of the best cause, does not stop in Thailand. Yesterday, reports the site The Taiger (from which the photo is also taken), even intervened a team of the Fifth Division of infantry Royal Thai Royal Navy to operate a raid in the shop "JP Adventure" Wichit , in the province of Phuket.

The military seized 47 electronic cigarettes and 193 bottles of refill liquids. The owner of the shop, a 37-year-old woman named Sonklin Janmamuang, was arrested and taken to the police station. Now he will have to face a trial. We remember that