“In an exercise of transparency, EUobserver filed a freedom of information request to get insights into an internal debate on e-cigarettes at the European Parliament. The issue revolves around the possibility of setting up specialised booths at parliament premises for MEPs who vape. Vaping is banned at the parliament, outside designated areas for cigarettes. Some MEPs are now demanding four new specialised booths for e-cigarette smokers in Brussels and in Strasbourg, an issue being debated among all the quaestors in charge of running day to day affairs. Although minutes of the debate are published online, Welle says any public exposure of the requested documents would “seriously undermine the institution’s decision-making process”. But one of the requested documents is a note, which the European Parliament appears to have already released. The draft notice released in January was written up by the parliament’s medical division. It states electronic cigarettes and vaping devices “cannot be considered safe”. And it highlights the newly-identified lung disease linked to vaping, known as Evali, as an emerging risk. It is unclear how the disclosure of this document in January is valid – yet then poses a “serious risk” a few months later.”
BILL TARLING — EVALI cases were associated with illegal THC products, they were caused by not E-liquid Vapor Products (EVP) with or without nicotine.
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