THR Rendez-vous

Watch this video "Vaping demystified", while waiting for new rendez-vous :)

Vaping demystified, (32 minutes, sorry put the cursor back to the beginning as I was unable to do it). The video has been produced by Yorkshire Cancer Research. It was posted on youtube on March 2021: 1 million views. You can also find more videos I recommend here.

Why I stop (at least for now) to publish THR-rendezvous in English

I have decided to stop publishing (at least for now) THR-rendezvous in English because I think it is strategically more important for me to devote time to what in happening in France. To be part of the debate in France, French is the language to use. Voilà. Thank you for your attention and à bientôt. I'll eventually make exceptions to this new personal rule: c'est l'exception qui confirme la règle.

If there is only one video you have time for

Listen to Mark Slis's testimony on September 12, 2019 (posted on YouTube). I know it's a repeat from my previous post :)

Worth repeating.

You can read the transcript of the video below. Thank you again Mark.

I also suggest you read this May 2020 article about the lawsuit filed by Mark Slis against the flavor ban:  "It was my livelihood and the lives of my customers.”

Jean-Yves Nau, tireless French chronicler of the Vape Revolution died on November 8.

Jean-Yves Nau, who died on November 8, was an extraordinary French public health journalist. I assume he was largely unknown in the English only speaking/reading world as he essentially wrote in French about medicine and public health issues for many, many years for Le Monde (1980 to 2009), and then Slate.fr (2009) and other media and since 2011 via an amazing blog 'Journalisme et santé publique' ('Journalism and public health'). He was especially concerned with tobacco issues (that are so often ignored) and felt that vaping represented a magnificent opportunity to help smokers quit using combustible cigarettes and drastically reduce the risks to their health. He reported  via hundreds of posts about e-cigarettes and the -still ongoing- fight to have public health professionals and decision makers include them as an integral part of tobacco control policies. His persistent support for tobacco harm reduction will be terribly missed. I hope that all the posts he devoted to those issues, what he named "La révolution des volutes" (The Vape revolution) could be collected and published, a post-mortem tribute to a a great public health journalist and advocate. RIP dear Jean-Yves.

Rendez-vous #28 with Sébastien Béziau

Rendez-vous #28 with Sébastien Béziau
Sébastien Béziau is Editor of the Vap'you Magazine distributed twice a year in 422 French Vape Shops (scroll down to see the Google map); he also manages the weekly e-newsletter Vapnews, and a blog .

Rendez-vous #27 with John Oyston

Rendez-vous #27 with  John Oyston

I found out about John by reading several messages he posted on the nicotine policy google group, starting with one about the 10 minute video he posted on January 6 on YouTube titled 'The American Lung Association  is Lying about Vaping". He also produced another excellent video explaining how WHO failed vaping 101.

It's official: It's over in NJ for Vaping

I post the link to this video posted on YouTube by vape-shop owner and expert Jai Haze where he explains so eloquently and strongly all the negative consequences of a vape ban in New Jersey without any health benefits but many bad consequences :(

SHAME on those politicians, SHAME.

Rendez-vous #26 with Michelle Hughes

Rendez-vous #26 with Michelle Hughes

I found out about Michelle via twitter where she introduces herself that way: "Vaping saved my life after a COPD diagnosis. I'm an Author, Former Respiratory Therapist, Mother to Five, God Bless America!". You give more details about your journey to vaping on the message you posted on January 2nd on your site about the death of tobacco harm reduction. Maybe as a personal introduction you could explain how you came into vaping from a professional background as a respiratory therapist?

Ethan Nadelmann at the London's e-cig summit (required viewing) and all the other presentations

Here is the link to Ethan's video posted on Vimeo. View all the presentations starting here (Ethan was last). The link to the website of the e-cig summit 2019 is here. About Ethan here.

Is vaping the new drug war?  excellent interview with Matt Culley posted on YouTube, January 20, 2020.

Also the link to the panel discussion.

Mark Slis testifies in Lansing (Michigan) against the proposed ban of flavors

This testimony by Mark Slis is the best I have heard. I am sure it will get viral (the viewership is already picking up). What he says is badly needed as so many elected officials, state health officials, journalists are repeating without any serious independent thinking "ban, ban ,ban" :( 

Here a Seattle Times editorial or this article in The Guardian about California :(

You can read the transcript of Mark's testimony below.