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Illegal shisha bars shut down in Manchester after raids
Four illegal shisha bars have been shut down in Manchester and tobacco worth an estimated £10,000 has been seized.
Wanasah, Threesixty, Antalya and Dubai were running as shisha bars without the relevant planning permission, Manchester City Council said. The shisha bars in Rusholme, Manchester will face prosecution if they continue to trade, according to the authority. The city council said previous warnings to shut were ignored by the owners.
As well as seizing 338 shisha pipes, the city council said almost 100kg of shisha tobacco was confiscated by HM Revenue & Customs. During raids a number of fixed penalty notices were also handed out by the council for breaches of the Health Act 2006 which prohibits smoking indoors, including the smoking of shisha.
Source: BBC, 18 September 2019
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Recordings of children's voices will now be used outside the maternity ward at a hospital in Cornwall to encourage people not to smoke and promote the hospital's smokefree policy.
Children of maternity ward staff have recorded messages to be played outside the ward. The warning broadcasts are timed but there's also a button in the ward's admin office. Staff can press it to play the warnings when they notice anyone smoking outside.
Announcement's include messages such as: "Hi, I’m Aidan. Do you know that smoking in pregnancy leads to 2,200 babies being born too early and 500 babies dying in the UK each year? Please stop smoking here now.” and “Hi, I’m Sophia. If you smoke, I choke. Smoking is bad for babies and children. Please put out your cigarettes. We are a non-smoking hospital, thank you.”
Source: Cornwall Live, 17 September 2019
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New York became the second state in the US to ban flavoured e-cigarettes on Tuesday 17th September. The prohibition applies to all flavoured e-liquids with the exception of menthol. New York is the second state in the nation to introduce such a ban, after Michigan did so earlier this month.
The move comes following reports that around 400 people around the country have been affected with lung illness which are suspected to be vaping-related, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seven people have also now died.
Michael Frennier, president of the New York State Vapour Association, criticised the New York ban, saying the recent spike in deadly lung illnesses was tied to illicit vaping of the marijuana component THC, not use of flavoured nicotine. “It’s kind of like having a mayonnaise outbreak of E.coli and the politicians come forth and they say ‘We’re going to fix this to protect the people of our state and we’re going to ban peanut butter tomorrow morning,’” Frennier said.
Meanwhile, health officials have warned people against buying vaping products on the street or using marijuana-derived oil. They have said people should avoid inhaling vitamin E acetate, an ingredient found in some vaping products.
Source: Reuters, 18 September 2019
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A California resident has died from complications related to vaping e-cigarettes, marking the seventh known vaping-related death in the U.S. The individual, described only as older than 40 years of age, had a history of vaping and other “complicating health issues.” They were being treated by a doctor for a pulmonary respiratory illness for the last several weeks.
News of the death came hours after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday 17th September that it had activated its Emergency Operations Center in response to illnesses suspected to be related to vaping across the country.
All of the illnesses reported have involved people with a history of e-cigarette use. There is no consistent evidence of an infectious cause, leading health officials to suspect it’s caused by a chemical exposure, the CDC has said. The majority of those affected had used an illicit product containing THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana.
Source: HuffingtonPost, 17 September 2019
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