The Government of the UK’s Public Health England has released a land-mark study on the risks and benefits of electronic nicotine delivery.
e-cigarettes have the potential to help smokers quit smoking, and the evidence indicates they carry a fraction of the risk of smoking cigarettes but are not risk free
PHE’s ambition is to secure a tobacco-free generation by 2025. Based on the evidence, we believe e-cigarettes have the potential to make a significant contribution to the endgame for tobacco.
provide the public with clear and accurate information on the relative harm of nicotine, e-cigarettes and smoked tobacco. Nearly half the population don’t realise e-cigarettes are safer than smoking, and studies have shown that some smokers have avoided switching in the belief that e-cigarettes are too dangerous
What does this tell me? It tells me that everyone wanting to restrict my access to these now proven and UK accredited devices is trying to kill me.
Key findings of the review include:
– the current best estimate is that e-cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than smoking
– nearly half the population (44.8%) don’t realise e-cigarettes are much less harmful than smoking
– there is no evidence so far that e-cigarettes are acting as a route into smoking for children or non-smokers
It tells me that this is just a prelude to the UK banning tobacco outright.
What does this tell me? It tells me that the government is far more interested in tax collection than the health of its people.
“studies have shown that some smokers have avoided switching in the belief that e-cigarettes are too dangerous”
This just proves that some people are too stupid and lazy to do a bit of research and investigate the makeup of e-cigarettes. Propylene glycol, one of the main ingredients of so-called e-liquid is used in asthma inhalers and has been erroneously (or perhaps intentionally) equated with antifreeze which has ethylene glycol as a main ingredient. Another ingredient, vegetable glycerine is completely harmless. Then, of course, there’s nicotine which, while obviously addictive is far from harmful. Many researchers compare the toxidity of nicotine to that of caffeine.
I haven’t had a cigarette since April 1 and prior to that I was going through a couple of packs a day. Vaping made this possible. Does food taste better? No. Am I able to breathe more freely without coughing? Yes. Do I have a lot more cash in my wallet? Definitely yes.
The use of e-cigarettes or vaping is a long way from becoming acceptable behaviour. The industry must do battle with Big Tobacco and Big Pharma both which stand to lose billions if vaping becomes the norm and replaces both tobacco and the totally useless quit smoking aids now available.
As with anything in life, follow the money.
You forgot Big Government – which makes far more money (in taxes) on cigarette sales than the actual tobacco companies do.
The justification for those taxes was public interest – i.e., protecting people from the dangers of tobacco – but now that they stand to lose revenue, you can bet they’re more interested in protecting their money than their people.
Bingo Steve, we are talking “real” money here.
// Many researchers compare the toxidity of nicotine to that of caffeine. //
The LD50 Oral for pure caffeine is 192mg per kilogram in a rat and 50mg per kg of pure nicotine. So yeah, uncut nicotine is almost 4 times more poisonous as uncut caffeine, but as Paracelsus was fond of saying, the poison is in the dosage.
At maximum DIYers are handling 100mg per ml nic base, or 10% nicotine in a carrier fluid. That’s then cut down to the .6 to 3.6 % that we vape. In comparison, the average amount of caffeine in an 8 oz cup of coffee is around 135 mg.
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// there is no evidence so far that e-cigarettes are acting as a route into smoking for children or non-smokers //
That’s what has to be watched.
That’s what has to be watched.
No, not interested in watching that.
If parents want to stop their kids from e-cigs then good on ’em. Not interested in banning kids from drinking coffee either.
Yeah, vaping has saved me a ton of money. I can get my 30ml bottles for $10 +shipping and HST. One bottle can last a week to two weeks. Where I was going through a carton of cigarettes in under two weeks at $70 a pop. Mind you I have spent almost $200 on equipment over the past year, not to mention heating elements. Over all it’s still far cheaper and much healthier then the alternative.
Shit!, you beat me to it, just about what I wuz gonna say.
What makes you think I want to give up nicotine?
// e-cigs & kids //
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The Audio review interview canvasses various questions —
Featured Topic
Electronic Cigarettes and Children
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/journal.aspx
Yup, and my son in law agrees. He had no intention of quitting smoking but has not had a cigarette since Feb of this year. He loves vaping and has no intention of quitting. Very affordable, no second hand smoke and he says it keeps him happy and out of the junk food. He has stocked up a huge supply on the premise that the government will screw with it to compensate for the money they are losing in tobacco related taxes. He equates vaping to $11 for a carton of cigarettes. It was your input that made me look into vaping in the first place and that gamble I took in buying him the first starter kit after some critical research has certainly paid off. Thank you. Still owe you lunch if we ever meet.
Jeez, even aljazeera has put their 2 cents in, but then again it’s been a Muslim thing for centuries already.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/uk-approves-cigarettes-healthier-alternative-150820020828463.html
One thing that I think is being overlooked is that hatred of smoking and smokers (which dates back to the Germany of the 1930s; see Robert N. Proctor’s “The Nazi War on Cancer” (1997), and has been promoted by indoctrinating “awareness” and “education” campaigns over the past 50 years), involves the demonization of anything that even *looks* like smoking, even were it to prove to have positive health effects on the society. The tax issue may influence some people, but you cannot underestimate the visceral, irrational hatred of even the image of smoking among the Puritans and Health Fascists, and add to that the possibility that some people might make money by supplying a product that enables what they see as a moral and cultural defect enrages this group still further.
Good point. Which also leads to asking why anyone would start to smoke in the first place ? The answer is simply because certain segments of society say they are not allowed to. It’s the rebel factor in most teens. From then on it turns into a pissing contest between those that care or pretend to care and those that want to do their own appraisal on what they may or may not enjoy. So it is with almost everything teens would be better off avoiding including booze,drugs, speeding,s*x and a endless list of things not approved by controlling adults. They don’t listen for the same reason we didn’t at that age. After all, at 14 they know everything and who cares what happens 20 years from now ? From a logical perspective, shining a big government spotlight on the evils of smoking is probably counter productive as teens see countless older adults in real time and on film and in print dating back generations that seem to be enjoying the habit. It also gives a early rise to suspicion that anything the government tells you should be viewed with certain scepticism. That suspicion will be confirmed later in life if they still have a mind of their own. Kinda like SDA bloggers. You rebels you. The sheeple are over at Rabble.ca and CBC…..except for John 🙂
I smoked cigarettes for 15 years. I tried quitting numerous times, with no success until last year when I started vaping. Since then I have been tapering off on nicotine. I am at the point where I no longer crave cigarettes and only vape once a day after work! I think ecigs are a great way to quit, but only if you have that goal in mind.