{"id":2516,"date":"2014-09-29T18:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T18:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2014-10-26T00:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T00:32:03","slug":"france-cracks-down-on-e-cigarettes-tobacco-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2516","title":{"rendered":"France cracks down on e-cigarettes, tobacco packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

France, which all but epitomizes European cool when it comes to cigarettes, is proposing\u00a0to impose strict new rules<\/a>\"E-cigarettes<\/a> on the public use of e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n

A bill has been introduced that would ban the use of e-cigs in public places.<\/p>\n

I loved this response from a French spokesman for tobacco products:<\/p>\n

The president of the French Tobacconists’ Confederation, Pascal Montredon, told the Guardian that Touraine was being unrealistic by modelling her reforms on “Anglo-saxon” countries such as Australia and Britain where the cigarette distribution network is completely different from France.<\/p>\n

“Tobacconists are fed up with being stigmatised at a time when instead the government should be doing something about the unemployment rate,” he said. The confederation is pressing for e-cigarettes to be sold solely in tobacconist stores, but the proposed legislation fails to address this, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Modeling reforms on “Anglo-Saxon” countries like Britain and Australia. Too funny. (Apparently, Australia has banned e-cig use in public according to this story).<\/p>\n

Don’t have a strong opinion one way or another on this, other than I think it highlights that people really don’t trust e-cigs and don’t trust that the steam coming out of them is \u00a0completely benign. A few cities in the U.S. have banned e-cigs in public places, I don’t believe any states have, though I’m sure bills have been introduced.<\/p>\n

This will be interesting to watch, because much of western Europe has imposed the same kind of strict anti-smoking measures seen in the U.S. (I have no idea how strictly they are enforced), which is a boon for the e-cig industry. Because people can’t smoke in bars anymore, now they can vape instead … except a lot of people aren’t comfortable with that nicotine-laced steam and don’t want to be around it.<\/p>\n

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In addition, France is also set to require plain packaging on cigarettes,<\/a> much as Australia has done. Again, French tobacco spokespeople are not happy:<\/p>\n

Celine Audibert, spokeswoman for French firm Seita, which is a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco, slammed the move as “completely incomprehensible”.<\/p>\n

“It’s based on the Australian experience which, more than a failure, was a complete fiasco,” added Audibert.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Australia forced all cigarettes to be sold in identical, olive-brown packets bearing the same typeface and largely covered with graphic health warnings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, boo hoo Celine. How was it a “fiasco?” Because Imperial Tobacco’s profits declined? No matter the culture or location, tobacco weasels all speak the same language.<\/p>\n

BTW, graphic warnings on cigarette packages was derailed on First Amendment grounds, but I found a really fascinating story about this that I will post later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France, which all but epitomizes European cool when it comes to cigarettes, is proposing\u00a0to impose strict new rules on the public use of e-cigarettes. A bill has been introduced that would ban the use of e-cigs in public places. I loved this response from a French spokesman for tobacco products: The president of the French … Continue reading France cracks down on e-cigarettes, tobacco packaging<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[252,21,22,247,346],"tags":[591,592,685,347],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cig-bans","category-e-cigarettes","category-e-cigs","category-europe","category-france","tag-e-cigarettes","tag-e-cigs","tag-france","tag-tobacco-packaging"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/E-cigarettes-regulation-011.jpg?fit=460%2C276&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-EA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3943,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3943","url_meta":{"origin":2516,"position":0},"title":"NPR report: French teens continue smoking despite government crackdown","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Heard a radio report on NPR last week \u00a0about how efforts to curb teen smoking in France are flagging, because smoking is still considered hip and suave among French youths. 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