Hi! I'm a frequent contributor to the Aussie Vapers forum,
Coming from one of the worst countries for vaping in the world, (Australia, full of snakes and poisonous ANTZ) it is a vape of fresh air. I'll let you know when the expected horrified ANTZ response from Simon Chapman and his ilk come in.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/...d-e-cigarettes
I don't know if anyone on here has online access; (I don't) but I have the paper print article in my hot hands, I've just read it, and overall it is good! They call for relaxing of restrictions on snus and e-cigarettes in Australia, and subjecting e-cigs to lower taxes. Interestingly they call for ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems) to be made to look less like cigarettes and banning the red glowing tip, like we discussed in a thread on Aussie Vapers. They are a bit too regulatory for my liking, but it is a huge step forward compared to almost all other articles in the medical literature so far in Australia.
The authors are Coral E Gartner, Wayne D Hall and Ron Borland. I think many of us knew of Coral, but I haven't heard of the other two before. Intriguingly, Ron Borland is part of the VicHealth Centre for tobacco Control. I would have thought it was a hotbed for ANTZ.
They reference Siegel as well as others.
In other good news they mention they are investigators on a NHMRC trial on snus and e-cigs in Australia!
Ron Borland is also part of The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Can we hope against hope that he may influence this body to become slightly less anti e-cig? This might even influence the WHO.
Coming from one of the worst countries for vaping in the world, (Australia, full of snakes and poisonous ANTZ) it is a vape of fresh air. I'll let you know when the expected horrified ANTZ response from Simon Chapman and his ilk come in.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/...d-e-cigarettes
I don't know if anyone on here has online access; (I don't) but I have the paper print article in my hot hands, I've just read it, and overall it is good! They call for relaxing of restrictions on snus and e-cigarettes in Australia, and subjecting e-cigs to lower taxes. Interestingly they call for ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems) to be made to look less like cigarettes and banning the red glowing tip, like we discussed in a thread on Aussie Vapers. They are a bit too regulatory for my liking, but it is a huge step forward compared to almost all other articles in the medical literature so far in Australia.
The authors are Coral E Gartner, Wayne D Hall and Ron Borland. I think many of us knew of Coral, but I haven't heard of the other two before. Intriguingly, Ron Borland is part of the VicHealth Centre for tobacco Control. I would have thought it was a hotbed for ANTZ.
They reference Siegel as well as others.
In other good news they mention they are investigators on a NHMRC trial on snus and e-cigs in Australia!
Ron Borland is also part of The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Can we hope against hope that he may influence this body to become slightly less anti e-cig? This might even influence the WHO.