Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes

[Izan]

Exceptional article from Public Health England.

Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes - Public health matters

MYTH 1 - E-cigarettes give you ‘popcorn lung’
MYTH 2 - E-cigarettes aren’t regulated and we don’t know what’s in them
MYTH 3 - E-cigarettes must be harmful as they contain nicotine
MYTH 4 - Exposure to e-cigarette vapour is harmful to bystanders
MYTH 5 - E-cigarettes will lead young people into smoking
MYTH 6 - E-cigarettes are being used as a Trojan horse – so the tobacco industry can keep people smoking


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[Opinionated]

Oh thank goodness! Another good weapon in our arsenal!

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Letitia]

Good find Izan.

 

[zoiDman]

Exceptional article from Public Health England.

Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes - Public health matters

MYTH 1 - E-cigarettes give you ‘popcorn lung’
MYTH 2 - E-cigarettes aren’t regulated and we don’t know what’s in them
MYTH 3 - E-cigarettes must be harmful as they contain nicotine
MYTH 4 - Exposure to e-cigarette vapour is harmful to bystanders
MYTH 5 - E-cigarettes will lead young people into smoking
MYTH 6 - E-cigarettes are being used as a Trojan horse – so the tobacco industry can keep people smoking


Please share!

Cheers
I

Nice to see something like this when it is on a High Level domain like gov.uk

 

[AzPlumber]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Anyone taking bets on mainstream media exposure?

 

[Izan]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Anyone taking bets on mainstream media exposure?

Where have you...ahem... Exposed it?

I would encourage everyone to spread it around.

Don't be a spammer, but, you know...almost.

Cheers
I

 

[AzPlumber]

Where have you...ahem... Exposed it?

I would encourage everyone to spread it around.

Don't be a spammer, but, you know...almost.

Cheers
I

I saved the link right after reading it.

 

[sonicbomb]

Bookmarked, liked, boosted, promoted, shared, exfoliated and given a nice little buff with a lint free cloth.

 

[Marc411]

I'll just add this to the discussion. It's long but a good read. And it appears that the UK has done some research, not surprisingly a little different then the US.

"Key findings
• E-cigarettes cannot be legally sold to young people under the age of 18 in most parts of the UK. Purchasing does occur including from sources rarely used for tobacco, such as online suppliers.
• Despite some experimentation with these devices among never smokers, e-cigarettes are attracting very few
young people who have never smoked into regular use..
• E-cigarettes do not appear to be undermining the long-term decline in cigarette smoking in the UK among young people.
• Never smokers in the UK who try e-cigarettes are more likely to have tried smoking subsequently than those who have not tried e-cigarettes. A causal link has not been established and neither has progression to regular smoking. The ‘common liability' hypothesis seems a plausible explanation for the relationship between e-cigarettes and smoking implementation."

 

[stols001]

Great article... Will, (almost) spam it around, while continuing my quest to avoid social media, LOL. It really is nice to see sane approaches to ecigs, if only that were the case here...

Anna