New from Steve K's Vaping World:
I failed to mention this one yesterday, mostly because it was going on across Twitter, and that’s a little hard to quote. Over in England, there was a summit put together by the ECF featuring vaping advocates and industry types along with a handful of opposition types. Most notably was the head of the MHRA, Jeremy Mean who steadfastly insists medical licensing isn’t a big deal. My pals over at the Ashtray blog wrote a nice short summary about the event that’s worth a visit.
Titans of the ECigarette Debate Clash: ECigarette Summit Review
(Clive Bates, former director of ASH, who we interviewed here) replied that 1.2 million was an incredible success, especially when compared to NRT, and that success does not have to be 100% – different solutions suit different people. Continued innovation, he believes, would lead to more success in the future.)
Deborah and Jeremy Mean from the MHRA both argued that regulation was the answer to this, and Jeremy Mean believed regulation would lead to greater innovation. (Strange for the representative of a Conservative party to favour regulation over competition!)
If anything it’s good to see that the British are civil enough to get together with their adversaries to try and hash things out. Unfortunately, like the post points out, it doesn’t seem the regulation-types understand the difference between aspirin and eCigs
Originally posted: The UK’s eCig Summit – Aspirin, eCig, same thing, right?
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