By Stan Shatenstein There are so many spoof sites on the Internet, you have to think carefully before sharing news of an airline that provides in-flight shisha lounges. But a Bluetooth e-cigarette that lets you receive calls and listen to music? Oh, that one’s for real. On the Dutch-based Supersmoker’s UK site, the Bluetooth e-cigarette […]
Month: February 2014
Will the UK government go ahead with standardised tobacco packaging or not?
Deborah Arnott Chief Executive, ASH UK It seems like a straightforward question, but as is often the case there isn’t a simple answer. The UK parliament has passed primary legislation which allows it to introduce standardised packaging by regulation, but the government hasn’t yet made a decision to go ahead. This primary legislation is […]
FDA moves to make e-cigarette research more difficult
Below we republish a post by Stan Glantz from the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Reserved & Education. At a time when e-cigarette marketing, sales and use appears to be escalating, “real world” independent research is urgently needed. The FDA appears to be shutting down this important investigative channel. Dilbert meets Kafka again: While FDA […]