Interview with Peter Hajek about huge potential for vaping

[DrMA]

«I think the future of EC is uncertain. The anti-EC campaigners have been successful in initiating regulatory requirements which will reduce the competitiveness of EC with conventional cigarettes, slow-down or halt their further development, and deter smokers from making the switch.

Without such measures, I would expect EC to evolve within the next few years into a product which provides the majority of smokers with what they want from their cigarettes. Once that stage is reached, in countries which allow EC use, smoking would virtually disappear. The public health benefits would be huge.»



Electronic cigarettes and smoking cessation: an interview with Professor Peter Hajek

 

[Lessifer]

Great and scary piece.

This prediction seems more and more likely every day:
"With the proposed regulatory measures in place however, EC are likely to survive only as a tobacco industry product because the tobacco industry will be the only manufacturer able to cope with the cost of the new regulatory hurdles.

As a result of this, EC evolution is likely to slow-down or stop, EC price advantage will disappear, and EC may become just a niche product used by a small proportion of nicotine users, with the vast majority continuing to smoke. We are at a danger of squandering a historical public health opportunity."

 

[DrMA]

Bump for those who might have missed this powerful, accurate, and appropriate piece.