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** 21 June 2021
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** UK
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** NHS England reveals who will sit on ICS boards (#1)
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** International
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** Mission Winnow removes logo from Ferrari formula one car, citing ''mistrust'' in tobacco industry (#2)
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** Nigeria: Calls for better regulation of smoking on screen (#3)
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** Opinion - the case for not banning flavoured e-cigarettes in the EU (#4)
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** UK
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** NHS England published guidance on Wednesday 16th June on who will be required to be on the NHS board of each integrated care system (ICS). The guidance, published ahead of draft legislation due in coming weeks, states that the minimum required board members are 4 executives (the chief executive, nursing, and medical directors), 3 independent non-executives (a chair and at least 2 others), and 3 ''partner members’’ (1 from a local NHS trust or foundation trust, 1 from a general practice, and 1 from a local authority).
Beyond this, the rules for ICSs are quite flexible, with systems able to add more ICS NHS body board members as suits. However, boards should be an ''appropriate size’’ for ''effective decision making’’. The guidance stresses that decisions should be reached by ''consensus’’ with a vote ''a last resort’’ and the chair able to make decisions when there is disagreement.
The guidance states that formal ''designate’’ ICS chairs and chief executives must be in place by the end of September 2021 but does not say how they will be appointed and it remains unclear how much say the health and social care secretary has over appointments and which roles will be openly recruited. The guidance also states that by the end of 2021 the other executive board roles must be confirmed and ICS NHS bodies and ICS partnerships must be ready to operate in shadow form.
There is also guidance concerning ICS partnership boards, which must have a chair jointly selected by the ICS NHS body and local authorities. Partnership boards will operate like a ''forum’’ and require consensual decision-making.
Source: HSJ, 16 June 2021
See also: Tobacco Tactics - Motorsport Sponsorship ([link removed])
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** International
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** Philip Morris has decided to remove its Mission Winnow logo from Ferrari cars competing in Formula One’s series of races taking place in the EU, citing concerns with ''mistrust and abundance of skepticism towards our industry’’. The Mission Winnow logo, which advertises the vaping wing of Philip Morris’ business, had previously appeared at races this season, including at several races in the European Union, but will now not feature on Ferrari cars racing in the EU.
Philip Morris likely wish to avoid any potential legal challenge to its advertising, with Australia already requiring Ferrari to remove Mission Winnow sponsorships for races taking place there in line with Australian advertising laws, similar to those in place across Europe.
The Mission Winnow sponsorship was only reinstated this year after it was absent for a number of races in 2019 and did not appear at all during the shortened 2020 campaign.
Source: Jalopnik, 20 June 2021
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** Participants at a summit on Smoking in Movies in Lagos have called for the immediate enforcement of the ban on Tobacco Advertising Promotion as included in the National Tobacco Control Act 2015 and the NTC Regulations 2019. They also urged the creation of a Code of Practice for the media and entertainment industry regarding smoking in movies.
The summit, convened on Thursday 17th June by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), included participants from the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), National Orientation Agency (NOA), Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Nigeria Police, among others.
Participants also called for monitoring of smoking in media for children such as cartoons, and the establishment of a Tobacco Control Desk in all enforcement agencies at national and state levels.
Source: Premium Times, 20 June 2021
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Following Netherlands’ decision to ban e-cigarette flavours, the European Scientist examines the evidence, concluding that the evidence does not support a ban.
Research shows that smokers who transitioned to flavoured e-cigarettes are significantly more likely to quit smoking than those using tobacco-flavoured alternatives. European Scientist also note Public Health England’s review of e-cigarettes which found that vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking and that flavours are an important part of the appeal of vaping. The Dutch public is also concerned by such a ban, according to European Scientist, with a consultation generating the largest ever response in the country’s history with over 1,100 responses, of which 98% were against the ban. One recent report has found that the ban could drive as many as 260,000 Dutch vapers back to smoking.
Some commentators are concerned that the Dutch decision will cause a domino effect of similar legislation throughout the EU. According to European Scientist, the EU has already made a number of ''missteps’’ as its communications have repeatedly failed to distinguish between the divergent risk profiles of e-cigarettes and combustible tobacco products. Worryingly, surveys have indicated that nearly 60% of Europeans incorrectly believe that vaping is as dangerous as smoking.
According to the European Scientist, accepting flavoured vapes as a reduced-risk option is essential if the EU is to meet its target of driving smoking rates below 5% of all citizens by 2040.
Source: European Scientist, 21 June 2021
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