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Little evidence that e-cigs are prompting young people to start smoking: researchers The pace of the fall in smoking prevalence
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The contradiction inherent in Australia’s decision to prop up smoking at the expense of new nicotine products was aired on natio...
"Safer nicotine alternatives such as vaping allow smokers who cannot quit to have an enjoyable but much less harmful experience similar to smoking, while spending less money. "
The ATHRA.org.au response points out some rather misleading information supplied by the WA AMA .... #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction
AMA advice to MPs set to trigger more deaths from smoking
athra.org.au
The West Australian AMA (Australian Medical Association) recently distributed a letter about vaping to West Australian federal MPs. Although well intentioned, ATHRA believes this advice is misinformed and will lead to additional premature deaths among West Australian smokers unless it is corrected.“There’s no denying that the term e-cigarette leads many to an association with smoking, and this really is the issue here. We’re associating a far safer product with one that kills 7 million people a year,” said Charles Yates on behalf of the NNA, adding, “So, I ask all to drop the word e-cigarette, and start using vape or vaporiser, as it really seems to be the most logical alternative.” - New Nicotine Alliance Australia #vaping #vapers #tobaccoharmreduction
Why We Should Drop The Term “E-Cigarettes”
vapingpost.com
Tobacco Harm Reduction experts agree that the word ‘e-cigarette’ should be replaced with vape or vaporiser, in order to avoid that the product is associated with its deadly combustible counterpart.One argument against vaping is that it might be a gateway drug for smoking by getting youngsters hooked on nicotine and used to the physical actions associated with smoking. The argument strikes me as implausible....
Now comes a study showing that the advent of vaping is associated with a remarkable decline in smoking among young people. The study is by David Levy, a professor with the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C.
The study finds that the rate of decline in the use of cigarettes among students in the 10th through 12th grades tripled after e-cigarette use became more widespread in 2013. It also declined sharply among the entire population of those between the ages of 15-25. #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction
Youth smoking plummeted with advent of vaping
powerlineblog.com
I've written several posts about e-cigarettes -- i.e., vaping. I consider them the most effective response to the enormous public health problem posed by cigarette smoking — the leading cause of preventable death in this country. Vaping offers a relatively healthy alternative for smokers who want ...Some critical findings, that simply can't be explained away ....
Lead researcher Dr. Caitlin Notley said: "In the past a brief smoking lapse would almost always lead to a full relapse, and people would usually feel like a failure for slipping up. But this was before people started switching to vaping.
"The difference is that, for some vapers, the odd cigarette was thought of as being 'allowed'. For others, an unintentional cigarette made them even more determined to maintain abstinence in future.
"Either way, it didn't necessarily lead to a full relapse back into smoking" #vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccharmreduction #thevapers_org
Vapers can avoid relapsing to smoking, even after the odd cigarette
medicalxpress.com
Smokers who switch to vaping don't lapse for long—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.Philippine anti-tobacco lobby upset over government's tobacco tax increase, saying it "simply won't do" #tobaccoharmreduction #rpvapers
Anti-tobacco group says increase in tobacco tax not enough
news.mb.com.ph
The anti-tobacco use group New Vois Association of the Philippines (NVAP) has decried the meager tobacco tax increase imposed by the House of Representatives on tobacco products.