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Public Health England commissions lengthy report: “E-cigarettes, and evidence update” that objectively assesses the scientific evidence on vapor products (in sharp contrast to fear mongering lies and bans pushed by Obama’s DHHS, Big Pharma shills, JAMA, etc.)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...ort_commissioned_by_Public_Health_England.pdf
Public Health England report “E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence-based policy and practice” documents the health benefits of vaping in England, recommends new policies and practices to encourage more smokers to switch to vaping
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...on_for_evidence_based_policy_and_practice.pdf
excerpt
Safety and the perception of risks
It is important that the public be provided with balanced information on the risks of ecigarettes, so that smokers understand the potential benefits of switching and so non-smokers understand the risks that taking up e-cigarettes might entail:
when used as intended, e-cigarettes pose no risk of nicotine poisoning to users, but e-liquids should be in ‘childproof’ packaging. The accuracy of nicotine content labelling currently raises no major concerns
the conclusion of Professor John Britton’s 2014 review for PHE, that while vaping may not be 100% safe, most of the chemicals causing smoking-related disease are absent and the chemicals present pose limited danger, remains valid. The current best estimate is that e-cigarette use is around 95% less harmful to health than smoking
e-cigarettes release negligible levels of nicotine into ambient air with no identified health risks to bystanders
over the last year, there has been an overall shift among adults and youth towards the inaccurate perception of e-cigarettes as at least as harmful as cigarettes
Implications of the evidence for policy and practice
Based on the findings of the evidence review PHE also advises that:
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
e-cigarettes potentially offer a wide reach, low-cost intervention to reduce smoking in more deprived groups in society where smoking is elevated, and we want to see this potential fully realised
there is an opportunity for e-cigarettes to help tackle the high smoking rates among people with mental health problems, particularly in the context of creating smokefree mental health units the potential of e-cigarettes to help improve public health depends on the extent to which they can act as a route out of smoking for the country’s eight million tobacco users, without providing a route into smoking for children and non-smokers. Appropriate and proportionate regulation is essential if this goal is to be achieved E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence-based policy and practice
local stop smoking services provide smokers with the best chance of quitting successfully and we want to see them engaging actively with smokers who want to quit with the help of e-cigarettes
we want to see all health and social care professionals providing accurate advice on the relative risks of smoking and e-cigarette use, and providing effective referral routes into stop smoking services
the best thing smokers can do for their health is to quit smoking completely and to quit for good. PHE is committed to ensure that smokers have a range of evidence-based, effective tools to help them to quit. We encourage smokers who want to use e-cigarettes as an aid to quit smoking to seek the support of local stop smoking services
given the potential benefits as quitting aids, PHE looks forward to the arrival on the market of a choice of medicinally regulated products that can be made available to smokers by the NHS on prescription. This will provide assurance on the safety, quality and effectiveness to consumers who want to use these products as quitting aids
the latest evidence will be considered in the development of the next Tobacco Control Plan for England with a view to maximising the potential of e-cigarettes as a route out of smoking and minimising the risk of their acting as a route into smoking
Public Health England says “E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful to your health than normal cigarettes,” but provides no evidence e-cigs pose 5% of cigarette risks. Says “When supported by a smoking cessation service, they help most smokers to quit tobacco altogether,” but provides no evidence cessation services assist smokers switch to vaping.
E-cigarettes: an evidence update - Publications - GOV.UK
Also this week
ASH UK: Latest data finds no evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking for young people
http://www.ash.org.uk/media-room/pr...tes-are-a-gateway-to-smoking-for-young-people
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350615002693
Fears e-cigarettes lead children to smoke tobacco are unfounded, survey suggests - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent
E-cigarettes are NOT encouraging young people to smoke, Ash reveals | This is Money
E-cigarette use rising among British youths, campaign group study shows | Society | The Guardian
Young people are 'vaping' more and smoking less. We're still trying to work out why. | Irish Examiner
ASH UK fact sheet on the use of electronic cigarettes among children in Great Britain
http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_959.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...ort_commissioned_by_Public_Health_England.pdf
Public Health England report “E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence-based policy and practice” documents the health benefits of vaping in England, recommends new policies and practices to encourage more smokers to switch to vaping
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...on_for_evidence_based_policy_and_practice.pdf
excerpt
Safety and the perception of risks
It is important that the public be provided with balanced information on the risks of ecigarettes, so that smokers understand the potential benefits of switching and so non-smokers understand the risks that taking up e-cigarettes might entail:
when used as intended, e-cigarettes pose no risk of nicotine poisoning to users, but e-liquids should be in ‘childproof’ packaging. The accuracy of nicotine content labelling currently raises no major concerns
the conclusion of Professor John Britton’s 2014 review for PHE, that while vaping may not be 100% safe, most of the chemicals causing smoking-related disease are absent and the chemicals present pose limited danger, remains valid. The current best estimate is that e-cigarette use is around 95% less harmful to health than smoking
e-cigarettes release negligible levels of nicotine into ambient air with no identified health risks to bystanders
over the last year, there has been an overall shift among adults and youth towards the inaccurate perception of e-cigarettes as at least as harmful as cigarettes
Implications of the evidence for policy and practice
Based on the findings of the evidence review PHE also advises that:
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
e-cigarettes potentially offer a wide reach, low-cost intervention to reduce smoking in more deprived groups in society where smoking is elevated, and we want to see this potential fully realised
there is an opportunity for e-cigarettes to help tackle the high smoking rates among people with mental health problems, particularly in the context of creating smokefree mental health units the potential of e-cigarettes to help improve public health depends on the extent to which they can act as a route out of smoking for the country’s eight million tobacco users, without providing a route into smoking for children and non-smokers. Appropriate and proportionate regulation is essential if this goal is to be achieved E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence-based policy and practice
local stop smoking services provide smokers with the best chance of quitting successfully and we want to see them engaging actively with smokers who want to quit with the help of e-cigarettes
we want to see all health and social care professionals providing accurate advice on the relative risks of smoking and e-cigarette use, and providing effective referral routes into stop smoking services
the best thing smokers can do for their health is to quit smoking completely and to quit for good. PHE is committed to ensure that smokers have a range of evidence-based, effective tools to help them to quit. We encourage smokers who want to use e-cigarettes as an aid to quit smoking to seek the support of local stop smoking services
given the potential benefits as quitting aids, PHE looks forward to the arrival on the market of a choice of medicinally regulated products that can be made available to smokers by the NHS on prescription. This will provide assurance on the safety, quality and effectiveness to consumers who want to use these products as quitting aids
the latest evidence will be considered in the development of the next Tobacco Control Plan for England with a view to maximising the potential of e-cigarettes as a route out of smoking and minimising the risk of their acting as a route into smoking
Public Health England says “E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful to your health than normal cigarettes,” but provides no evidence e-cigs pose 5% of cigarette risks. Says “When supported by a smoking cessation service, they help most smokers to quit tobacco altogether,” but provides no evidence cessation services assist smokers switch to vaping.
E-cigarettes: an evidence update - Publications - GOV.UK
Also this week
ASH UK: Latest data finds no evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking for young people
http://www.ash.org.uk/media-room/pr...tes-are-a-gateway-to-smoking-for-young-people
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350615002693
Fears e-cigarettes lead children to smoke tobacco are unfounded, survey suggests - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent
E-cigarettes are NOT encouraging young people to smoke, Ash reveals | This is Money
E-cigarette use rising among British youths, campaign group study shows | Society | The Guardian
Young people are 'vaping' more and smoking less. We're still trying to work out why. | Irish Examiner
ASH UK fact sheet on the use of electronic cigarettes among children in Great Britain
http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_959.pdf
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Just an opinion--based on nothing. But I guess that Lancet is held to different standards than PHE...
