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US Surgeon General's "30-year report" on smoking cesssation methods show studies that support the public-health benefit of e-cigarettes continue to be overlooked. The message is not mixed. Ignored yes. #ecigarettes #thr #thevapers_org
U.S. Surgeon General update has mixed message on e-cigarette effectiveness
The U.S. Surgeon General released Thursday a 30-year update on smoking-cessation efforts that provided a mixed message on the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes."In countries where vaping is available such as the US and UK, combustible sales volumes and smoking rates are falling faster than ever. Vaping is now the most popular quitting aid globally and the most effective quitting method, twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches and gums." - Colin Mendelsohn #athra #tobaccoharmreduction #ecigarettes
How opponents of vaping aid and abet Big Tobacco | The Spectator Australia
Many opponents of vaping think the practice is a big tobacco conspiracy to keep people smoking and hook more kids. The reality is that vaping is a huge and disruptive threat to the tobacco industry.“Millions of people should not be denied access to products that can help them avoid poor quality of life, disease, and premature death. Preventing access to these products denies people their right to health as enshrined in many international health conventions.Where safer nicotine products are accessible and well regulated, the evidence is clear. People quit combustible tobacco in huge numbers and switch to these products – making the choice to improve their own health, at almost no cost to governments and taxpayers.” #thevapers #ecigs #tobaccoharmreduction
Tobacco harm reduction and the right to health
Knowledge•Action•Change releases its new briefing paper, “Tobacco harm reduction and the right to health”Indian public health researcher Dr Sree says evidence shows ENDS are an effective harm reduction tool and asks the government to enable access to them to mitigate the health effects caused by tobacco consumption. #ecigarettes #vaping
According to findings published (mid December 2019) in the New England Journal of Medicine, nearly 95 percent of the 51 patients tested so far have had vitamin E acetate - an oily form of the vitamin used as a thickening agent in many products, including skin creams - in their lungs, compared to none in a matched control group. A similar percentage also tested positive or reported using cannabis or THC vaping products. No other likely toxic chemicals were found in these patients.#vaping #ecigarettes
Vitamin E Blamed For 'Vast Majority' Of Vaping Illness Cases, US Officials Say
U.S. federal health officials are finally confident enough to single out a primary culprit for the wave of acute lung illnesses linked to vaping: an additive called vitamin E acetate often found in unregulated THC products....