UK Expert: Electronic Cigarettes Not A Gateway To Smoking
An expert in tobacco harm reduction argues that there is no evidence that the electronic cigarette increases the risk of smoking in children or adults
by James Dunworth
LONDON, ENGLAND (OfficialWire) 05/16/09 There is no evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking, or even likely to be one, stated Dr Adrian Payne in an interview with ECigarette Direct on the safety of the electronic cigarette.
Dr Adrian Payne, who is Managing Director of a tobacco Harm Reduction Agency and who has over thirty years post doctoral experience in both the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries, argued that the devices were unlikely to attract children:
"In the first place, E-cigarettes are not pocket-money devices. Secondly, I dont think anyone has raised the same concerns about pharmaceutical nicotine inhalators which, in the UK at least, are available over the counter."
Nor did he think that adults were likely to take up smoking as a result of using the devices.
"Im not aware of any evidence of adult non-smokers using either E-cigarettes or pharmaceutical nicotine inhalators in any number as a gateway to smoking if there were Im sure we would have heard of it by now. Bad news travels fast!"
During the interview Adrian Payne expressed cautious support for the electronic cigarette, arguing that due to the different way in which nicotine was taken in by the user the effect was likely to be two to three orders of magnitude safer than regular cigarettes. He also discussed worries over the safety of inhaling propylene glycol, stating:
"...based on current knowledge, these concerns seem vastly overplayed when compared to the risks of cigarette smoking."
The doctor expressed alarm at restrictions included in the Kennedy Tobacco Bill in the USA (scheduled to enter the senate next week) arguing that it would mean that the electronic cigarette along with other innovative new products would face an almost impossible task in getting approval in the USA. This, he felt, would not be of benefit for smokers:
"E-cigarettes are at risk of being caught in a regulatory trap, with consumers being denied the choice of a far safer product than regular cigarettes that might meet their smoking abstinence needs better than either smokeless tobacco or pharmaceutical nicotine products."
OfficialWire: UK Expert: Electronic Cigarettes Not A Gateway To Smoking
An expert in tobacco harm reduction argues that there is no evidence that the electronic cigarette increases the risk of smoking in children or adults
by James Dunworth
LONDON, ENGLAND (OfficialWire) 05/16/09 There is no evidence that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking, or even likely to be one, stated Dr Adrian Payne in an interview with ECigarette Direct on the safety of the electronic cigarette.
Dr Adrian Payne, who is Managing Director of a tobacco Harm Reduction Agency and who has over thirty years post doctoral experience in both the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries, argued that the devices were unlikely to attract children:
"In the first place, E-cigarettes are not pocket-money devices. Secondly, I dont think anyone has raised the same concerns about pharmaceutical nicotine inhalators which, in the UK at least, are available over the counter."
Nor did he think that adults were likely to take up smoking as a result of using the devices.
"Im not aware of any evidence of adult non-smokers using either E-cigarettes or pharmaceutical nicotine inhalators in any number as a gateway to smoking if there were Im sure we would have heard of it by now. Bad news travels fast!"
During the interview Adrian Payne expressed cautious support for the electronic cigarette, arguing that due to the different way in which nicotine was taken in by the user the effect was likely to be two to three orders of magnitude safer than regular cigarettes. He also discussed worries over the safety of inhaling propylene glycol, stating:
"...based on current knowledge, these concerns seem vastly overplayed when compared to the risks of cigarette smoking."
The doctor expressed alarm at restrictions included in the Kennedy Tobacco Bill in the USA (scheduled to enter the senate next week) arguing that it would mean that the electronic cigarette along with other innovative new products would face an almost impossible task in getting approval in the USA. This, he felt, would not be of benefit for smokers:
"E-cigarettes are at risk of being caught in a regulatory trap, with consumers being denied the choice of a far safer product than regular cigarettes that might meet their smoking abstinence needs better than either smokeless tobacco or pharmaceutical nicotine products."
OfficialWire: UK Expert: Electronic Cigarettes Not A Gateway To Smoking
