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[UK] North West MEPs to visit Blackburn e-cig firm

NORTH West MEPs Chris Davies and Jacqueline Foster will visit e-cigarette firm Totally Wicked in the wake of announced plans to class the products as ‘medicines’. A spokesman for Totally Wicked said the firm was concerned from the announcement by the Med
Blackburn, Darwen And Hyndburn Citizen (uk)
added Jun 18, 2013 15:29
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[UK] Tobacco industry looks to ecigarettes for growth ($$)

Demand for electronic cigarettes is booming - and big tobacco companies are hoping to get a piece of the fast growing $1bn market.
Financial Times (uk)
added Jun 18, 2013 13:37
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[UK] West's public health authorities invest £44m in tobacco

More than £44m has been invested in tobacco firms by local councils in the West, despite their new responsibility for promoting public health. Figures obtained by the BBC show that a pension fund administered by Somerset County Council has approved the b
BBC Online
added Jun 17, 2013 13:12
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[UK] Asbestos and cigarettes killed Hampshire man, inquest hears

I record a verdict of death due to industrial disease. He died due to non-small cell lung carcinoma due to exposure to asbestos and cigarette smoking.”
This is Hampshire.net (uk)
added Jun 15, 2013 18:19
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[UK] E-cigarette brands prepare to emphasise quality message

E-cigarette brands are preparing to ramp up efforts to communicate their quality positioning and reassure consumers in the face of tougher regulations that will see the devices regulated as medicines. From 2016, all nicotine containing devices must be r
Marketing Week (uk)
added Jun 15, 2013 16:31
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[UK] More evidence needed on claims made for e-cigarettes, says TUC

UC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: 'E-cigarettes may be a useful tool in helping smokers give up but we need proper evidence that this is actually the case, as well as more on their safety - not just statements from the companies which manufacture
Trades Union Congress (TUC) (uk)
added Jun 14, 2013 19:44
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[UK] MASTERS: Up in smoke: Can e-cigarettes really help you kick the habit?

So, in short you’ll be slightly richer and, according to e-cigarette manufacturers, healthier. And you probably won’t look like Nigel Farage. But does it take away the misery of giving up? No. In fact it may even prolong it as effectively you are replac
The Independent (uk)
added Jun 14, 2013 18:03
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[UK] Plan to classify e-cigs as medicines threatens East Lancashire jobs

Fraser Cropper, business development director of Totally Wicked, which has factories in Blackburn and Altham and sponsors the Bob Lord Stand at Burnley FC’s Turf Moor ground, attacked the plans. He said bringing in tough new regulation and testing of e-
Blackburn, Darwen And Hyndburn Citizen (uk)
added Jun 14, 2013 17:38
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[UK] ‘Tobacco packaging fight must continue’

non-smoking Shipley MP Philip Davies has added his voice to the campaign against the introduction plain packaging, which he claimed would be a case of ‘gesture politics’. Mike Ridgway, co-ordinator for a group of UK packaging companies including Weidenha
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (uk)
added Jun 14, 2013 09:52
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[UK, USA] BLAKEY: So how are tobacco firms going to advertise e-cigarettes?

Christmas may come early this year for some ad execs. Tobacco advertising is making an unexpected comeback. Not a misprint - ciggy firms are already plugging their wares on US television. It really is like going back in time.
New Statesman (uk)
added Jun 14, 2013 09:17
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