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Not only a significant piece from Professor Sweanor, but one in which many could learn from. Keep sharing .... #ecigarettes #vaping #tobaccoharmreductionShahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Prof. David Sweanor, Advisory Committee Chair, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics Ad...
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"Easier access to electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is highly likely to lead to health gains and cost savings in the health sector, researchers from Australia and New Zealand find." #ecigarettes #THR #vaping
Can easier access to e-cigarettes boost health? - Futurity
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Making electronic cigarettes easier to get could help boost health in Australia and New Zealand, researchers say.Why is vaping so threatening to the tobacco control movement? Is it threatening because it is extremely dangerous -- basically as harmful as smoking -- and therefore is is harming the health of the nation's 11 million adult vapers?
No - it's precisely the opposite. It is threatening to us because it is not as harmful as smoking. We simply cannot tolerate the fact that there are millions of adults who are deriving pleasure from, and improving their health because of, the use of a much safer form of nicotine delivery. The problem with vaping is that it is not killing anyone, so there is no punishment for the vice of being addicted to nicotine. And that's something that the tobacco control movement can simply not tolerate. #tobnaccoharmreduction #ecigarettes
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My colleagues and I in the tobacco control movement have based our entire careers on the principle that it is wrong to lie to the public. Th...Federal data reveals important information, however, that conflicts with the FDA announcement and the perception that teen vaping is a pervasive problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that only about 12 percent of American high school students used e-cigarettes in the past month. Even if the CDC’s observation – based on unpublished data – is correct about a vaping increase in 2018, it doesn’t confirm an epidemic. Nearly 70 percent of the students who vape – but do not smoke – used e-cigarettes five days or less during that 30-day period, a pattern called “party” or “weekend” vaping, not regular, daily consumption.
Another federal survey, dubbed “Monitoring the Future,” reveals more critical teen epidemics: alcohol and marijuana use. Thirty percent of high school seniors use alcohol and 18 percent report being drunk in the past month. Similarly, 22 percent of students report using marijuana – a level that’s remained steady since 1995. In contrast to vaping, considered to be 95 percent safer than smoking and not impacting judgment or inhibitions, teens too often die from accidents related to marijuana and alcohol consumption. #ecigarettes #thr
FDA's Vaping 'Epidemic' Doesn't Hold Up to Inspection | RealClearPolitics
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Prior to announcing his resignation last week, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb had made ending teen vaping a central goal of his tenure. Determined to eliminate what he frequently termed an...The AHA's report comes the same day the FDA announced that it is going ahead with plans to make it tougher for minors to buy e-cigarettes—especially flavored versions—in stores or online.
"The tobacco endgame is within sight," said Dr. John Warner, past president of the American Heart Association (AHA). #vapers #usvapers #thr #thevapers.
Keep e-cigs away from youth to win war against tobacco
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(HealthDay)—Making sure electronic cigarettes don't get into the hands of youngsters is the key to beating tobacco use and nicotine addiction in the United States, a new American Heart Association policy statement says.