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28 tobaccoasia Product & Industry Spotlight 业界焦点 Max Schlatterer GmbH & Co. KG Alt-Ulmer-Straße 89542 Herbrechtingen Germany Phone +49 (0) 73 24 /15-0 Fax +49 (0) 73 24 /15-2 80 info@esband.de www.esband.de Quality Service Research and Development Fit for Future Made in Germany ... endless reliability! The secrets of our success ... kbu.de The secrets of The secrets of our success The secrets of our success ... Quality Service 02_2013_Schlatterer_tobacco_asia_83x178.indd 1 18.01.2013 12:37:32 US-based think tank the Reason Foundation, is looking at Ontario's contraband tobacco markets and the fallout of taxes. Apart from the effect on children, the concern is that high taxes lead otherwise law-abiding citizens to buy cheap cigs on the black market. And, of course, the government loses tax revenue. Estimates say that figure could be as high as $2 billion each year in Ontario alone. US Tobacco Ads to Admit Deception? Tobacco companies in the US have reached an agreement with the Justice Department on publishing so called "correc- tive statements" confirming that companies had lied about the risks of smoking. The ad campaign was originally ordered in 2006 by a US District Court Judge, following a Department of Justice lawsuit against tobacco companies in 1999. The ruling was based on the judge's findings of fact regarding matters such as misleading marketing. The agreement requires the campaign to include online and full-page print ads in the top 35 US newspapers, plus one year's prime-time TV spots on the three main networks. Statements also must be attached to cigarette packets. The draft order, which allows for appeal by the tobacco companies, still needs to be ratified by the judge who made the original ruling. UK Advice: "Triple Tobacco Tax" The charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has called for a global increase of 200% on taxation of tobacco products. The demand came after scientists working with the organization claimed the measure will cut smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths by the end of the 21st century. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, said it was based on reviews of 63 research papers on tobacco use. Study leader Richard Peto, an epidemiologist at CRUK, claimed the increases would be especially effective in poorer and middle- income countries, because the cheaper cigarettes are relatively affordable. There was no mention in the report of a consequent increase in smuggling to fill the gap. US Lock up your e-cigs Sneaky vapors will need to think again with the coming of the Vapor X, a new e-cigarette device from Vapor Corp that has its own built in fingerprint scanner. "The next trend in alternative smoking devices is the personalized vaporizer that incorporates the technology we expect from our high-end tech devices," says Vapor Corp c.e.o. Kevin Frija. "By incorporating this biometric user identity technology into the Vapor X personal vaporizer, the door is opened to many customizable features. The finger- print lock security allows customers to protect their device from use by another individual and this same technology will lead to the development of additional features and controls," he said. "Much like the fitness mobile app technology we have seen gain recent popularity, vaporizer users will soon be able to download their vaping statistics through a corresponding mobile applica- tion in order to track exactly how often they use the device." The prototype was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and is expected to launch commercially in the second half of 2014.