ASH uk.......

[ckc]

http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_715.pdf

Electronic cigarettes are marketed as alternative nicotine delivery devices for people to use in places where smoking is not permitted since they do not produce smoke. Preliminary tests suggest that they are relatively harmless in comparison with smoking. There are, however, a number of problems with e-cigarettes.

Looks good to me They generally agree with tobacco Harm Reduction.

 

[hifistud]

Their briefing document is, by and large an unbiased assessment of the state of play - and, with a bit of luck, there will be answers to their caveats along quite soon...

 

[Lisaf01]

Interesting!. Thanks for posting this CKC.
Let's hope this moderated approach continues in the UK....

 

[ckc]

Nope, here's the latest:-

WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Health fear over trendy cigarettes substitute

 

[prof beard]

Nope, here's the latest:-

WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Health fear over trendy cigarettes substitute

Hopefully such rubbish will stay in Wales!

 

[hifistud]

The difficulty will always be separating nicotine use from smoking - all too many people equate nicotine with cancer, purely because, prior to e-cigs and NRTs, it's always gone hand in hand with cigarettes.

 

[Angela]

I have to say, this report from ASH has really put a smile on my face this evening. Thank you!

 

[fcuk112]

Excellent article/bulletin from ASH!

 

[googled]

I think the ASH report is probably as good as we're ever going to get. I don't like attention put on appetite suppression. It would harm our cause a lot if it became something that was used by people who previously didn't smoke. It also looks like trading standards is going to be our FDA in this matter and since they have only acted on warning labels and such I think we'll be ok. Now all that remains is for wide acceptance in non-smoking locations such as workplaces, pubs, cinemas and probably most importantly public transport including airlines where we can't 'go outside'.

 

[hifistud]

Not so sure about the "cause" Googled. As I see it, nicotine is very little different from caffeine in its severity (if that's the right word) as a "drug". Were the prior modus operandi of using nicotine to have been more socially acceptable than it has been this last 30 years or so (as in nobody bats an eyelid at folks drinking coffee, red bull or coke), and had folks not, therefore, conflated nicotine with tobacco smoking to the exclusion of everything else, I don't think there'd be an outcry about folks using nicotine gum, drinking nicotine drinks, or even using a vapur inhalator with nicotine juice.

To me, if the future brings PVs as being as acceptable as chewing gum or drinking coffee, then it won't matter what inoccuous "drugs" they're used for - we may yet find ourselves getting mixed nicotine and caffeine hits from them.