Interesting news article on the BBC - broadly supportive

[McVaip]

I just read this on the BBC News site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23196369

Edited for a typo....

 

[Tache]

Well, let's hope to see more articles like this.

 

[2coils]

Good Find. E-cigs are important for so many (even smokers who don't realize it yet!), we need to make sure they stay widely available! Articles like this need to be more frequent.

 

[Petrodus]

McVaip ... Great avatar

 

[Petrodus]

Good article

From the article

Brazil, Singapore and Mexico have banned importing and selling the devices,
even though tobacco is still on sale in all those countries.

This has always been the elephant in the room

 

[Vocalek]

Love this part:

It's clear that some children have tried electronic cigarettes, but Prof Robert West, director of tobacco Studies at University College London, says there is no sign they are becoming popular in the UK - the only country he knows where the uptake is monitored closely.

He adds that if and when young people do start smoking e-cigarettes, public health experts will have to study the causes carefully.

"If those young people are people who would have smoked but instead they're using e-cigarettes, then that's a huge public health gain. If they're people who would never have smoked but they've taken up e-cigarettes, frankly in public health terms it's not really an issue - it's like drinking coffee or something, there's no real risk associated with it.

"The real risk is if they start using e-cigarettes and this acts as a gateway into smoking. Now which of those things happens none of us knows at the moment."

 

[Petrodus]

Ban EVERYTHING on the planet
that MIGHT influence children to do something
which is not socially acceptable.

When all us fails ...
resort to "Save the Children" slogan

 

[AgentAnia]

The group of men and women sitting in the pub call themselves vapers - they meet regularly to vape and to talk about vaping.

A little nerdy, they resemble a gang of home-brewing enthusiasts more than a stop-smoking support group.

Never thought of myself as nerdy before, but..... yeah! Vape on, fellow nerds!

 

[Petrodus]

The public at large, including smokers ...
Often smile and chuckle a little when seeing someone e-smoke.
It has nothing to do with health benefits ...
Many think it's amusing (nerdy) to see someone smoke a metal tube.

 

[Reikoku]

Good article

From the article

This has always been the elephant in the room

Why give people a cheaper, healthier alternative when you can make so much money from taxes?

 

[McVaip]

McVaip ... Great avatar

Thanks Petrodus ....

I'm glad that the beeb put a fairly balanced article on the front page for all to see. Makes a change from cringing at misinformed crap based on slanted research or lack of knowledge. I never thought of myself as being nerdy and likened to a home brewer, but the scary thing is that I used to do home brew as well - I've been stereotyped haha

 

[Berylanna]

Never thought of myself as nerdy before, but..... yeah! Vape on, fellow nerds!

Ah, then you're missing the point! EVERYBODY on ECF is a nerd! The more I look into this, the more clear it becomes -- ONLY NERDS think that there exists a physical reality that trumps the popularity of this week's idea-fad. Everybody else thinks that if it becomes popular to "know" gravity doesn't exist, it would be moral to start throwing other people off of cliffs.

(Funny how these ideas only apply to OTHER people, though.....)

If we didn't believe that physical reality matters, why would we come here asking questions about mods, e-liquid, chemistry, electricity, electronics, health, etc?

 

[Vocalek]

Never thought of myself as nerdy before, but..... yeah! Vape on, fellow nerds!

What upsets them the most is that we appear to be enjoying ourselves. And after they have worked so hard to vilify and punish smokers.