The Livery Newsletter and Gazette Issue 30 Spring 2019 | Page 22

how e-cigarettes are to be dealt with in our public
spaces, to help arrive at a solution which at least
starts from the evidence rather than misconceptions
about their health impacts.”
Says Martin: “These recommendations were accepted
by the Government, which is very good news. We’ve
also seen the Advertising Standards Authority
amending its rules so that health claims are no longer
banned from adverts for e-cigarettes. In the UK,
regulators are moving to a much more enlightened
approach to reduced harm products, and there’s
also been more enlightened regulation in countries
such as Canada and New Zealand. Wherever vaping
is accepted, smoking rates drop. Some states in
the USA ban vaping in public places while others
don’t; in the US states that ban it, you see far higher
smoking rates.”
Pro-choice, not anti-smoking
“But”, says Martin, “I’d like to stress that the NNA
is not an anti-smoking organisation. We believe
The lunch
deliciously
catered
by Mark
Grove
strongly
in was
freedom
of choice.
What
we want
to
and
his
team
at
Cook
&
Butler
and
we
cracked
see is the widest possible range of products so that
along at genuinely
a goodly have
pace. more
Our guests
people
choice. were
And admirably
while
introduced
by
Liveryman
Fran
Morrison
and as our
regulators often see reduced harm products
a
Principal
Guest,
Tim
Wonnacott
gave
a
generous
and
first step in quitting smoking, then quitting nicotine
very
humorous
reply
to
which
I
responded
initially
altogether, in the longer term we would like to see
by drenching use
poor
Tim in a accepted
glass of water
- he was
recreational
of nicotine
as something
very kind
about
(sorry
Tim!).
I was
very pleased
that’s
OK to
do. it Many
public
health
experts
are
to
show
off
the
newly
found
Livery
Grant
relaxed about this, but there’s undoubtedly of a Arms
way
and
Letters
Patent
which
have
been
missing
for
many
to go.”
years - our Clerk tenaciously sought them out, and
Meanwhile
the NNA Past
will Master,
keep up Chris
its work.
the new Immediate
Allen, You
and can
his
find
out
more
-
and
make
a
personal
donation
if
you
IPM, Mark Gower-Smith have funded a beautiful re-
like
- at its highly
informative
presentation
and they
are now website:
resplendent in frames
www.nnalliance.org
carved with tobacco leaves (or close to); Sandra also
located a huge banner not seen since 1985 and Angus
Fran Morrison
Menzies, Clerk to the Master Mariners and never shy
Liveryman
of a challenge saw to it that it was displayed on the
Quarterdeck.
Then and Now – Coming Full
Whilst Circle
all this was going on, apparently biblical-
style downpours were being had all over London
- oblivious to all that drama we ended our lunch
with the US TMA
and trooped back to the quarterdeck where Coffee,
By Christopher B. Greer, President & CEO of the US
TMA & The GTNF Trust
TMA was founded in 1915 as the
Tobacco Merchants Association
of the United States. In 1915
the tobacco industry faced
challenges that would not be
out of place in our own time:
intellectual property issues
stemming from trademark disputes (cigar names), an
informational void in the face of a new and disruptive
product (machine made cigarettes), and an increasingly
challenging regulatory and policy landscape (excise
taxes). TMA’s establishment was an attempt to create
an organization that could provide the information
and forums necessary for industry and stakeholders to
constructively address these issues.
Over a century later, now called simply by our
initials, TMA, the ethos of our founding still holds
true as TMA remains dedicated to providing
Cigars, and Cognac awaited us (I did mention that
our
Livery enjoyed
dining on forums
the High
information
and convening
that C’s..)
bring and
which
seemed
to
hit
the
mark
–
Liveryman
Jemma
people and ideas together. Our goal is to embrace
Freeman
had
kindly provided
the torpedo
all nicotine
stakeholders
and increase
the cigars
and
had had
them placed of
in global
souvenir
tubes issues.
with our
collective
understanding
nicotine
Crest
emblazoned
on
it.
Several
of
us
also
sported
Concurrently, with our long history of service, TMA
a sees
limited
Livery Smoking
hat - originally
itself edition
as the caretaker
of the industry’s
history to
conceived
as
a
sort
of
shooting
hat,
it
serves
ensure all stakeholders can learn from it. its
purpose so well as a “team” hat, that of the twenty
These institutional
imperatives
are close
not unlike
those
ordered,
but one remained
by the
of the day!
of
the
livery
movement
of
old:
bring
people
together
Thank you to the Master Mariners for allowing us the
to network
and do to good
for a the
constituencies
use
of the venue,
Tim works
for being
perfect
Principal
represented
by
your
liverymen
and
stakeholders
Guest, and for everyone attending and giving my
in society.
our institutions
face an increasingly
year
such a As
special
start.
complicated 21st century, cherishing tradition and
history while remaining of service to modern needs
is both a challenge and an opportunity that we, TMA
The Master
and the livery movement, share.
The nicotine industry is changing. Multi-nationals
are shifting emphasis to risk-reduced products
in the face of disruptive new entrants in terms of
both technology (vapor, heated and others) and
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