I've never smoked cigarettes, but vaping has helped me quit my nasty hookah and cigar habits. People always tell me things like, "vaping has a lot of side effects" and "you don't know what that does to you." I've only heard negative about vaping from the news and the internet, but we all know that it's the new hot trend for the media to target . So I was wondering if any of you could link me the truth about vaping from an unbiased and reputable source.
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Check out CASAA's web site, and have a look around specially the Facts and Science tab at the top.
CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association
CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association
See this brand new open access article "The Case in Favor of E-Cigarettes for Tobacco" by Joel L. Nitzkin (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11 6460):
IJERPH | Free Full-Text | The Case in Favor of E-Cigarettes for Tobacco Harm Reduction
Joel L. Nitzkin is a public health physician with a Master’s Degree in Public Health and a Doctorate
in Public Administration. Joel L. Nitzkin has never received financial support from any tobacco, e-cigarette or pharmaceutical enterprise.
The abstract:
" A carefully structured Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) initiative, with e-cigarettes as a prominent THR modality, added to current tobacco control programming, is the most feasible policy option likely to substantially reduce tobacco-attributable illness and death in the United States over the next 20 years. E-cigarettes and related vapor products are the most promising harm reduction modalities because of their acceptability to smokers. There are about 46 million smokers in the United States, and an estimated 480,000 deaths per year attributed to cigarette smoking. These numbers have been essentially stable since 2004. Currently recommended pharmaceutical smoking cessation protocols fail in about 90% of smokers who use them as directed, even under the best of study conditions, when results are measured at six to twelve months. E-cigarettes have not been attractive to non-smoking teens or adults. Limited numbers non-smokers have experimented with them, but hardly any have continued their use. The vast majority of e-cigarette use is by current smokers using them to cut down or quit cigarettes. E-cigarettes, even when used in no-smoking areas, pose no discernable risk to bystanders. Finally, addition of a THR component to current tobacco control programming will likely reduce costs by reducing the need for counseling and drugs."
Read the whole article it if you haven't done yet!!!!!!
If you read it you will get some good motivated answers.
IJERPH | Free Full-Text | The Case in Favor of E-Cigarettes for Tobacco Harm Reduction
Joel L. Nitzkin is a public health physician with a Master’s Degree in Public Health and a Doctorate
in Public Administration. Joel L. Nitzkin has never received financial support from any tobacco, e-cigarette or pharmaceutical enterprise.
The abstract:
" A carefully structured Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) initiative, with e-cigarettes as a prominent THR modality, added to current tobacco control programming, is the most feasible policy option likely to substantially reduce tobacco-attributable illness and death in the United States over the next 20 years. E-cigarettes and related vapor products are the most promising harm reduction modalities because of their acceptability to smokers. There are about 46 million smokers in the United States, and an estimated 480,000 deaths per year attributed to cigarette smoking. These numbers have been essentially stable since 2004. Currently recommended pharmaceutical smoking cessation protocols fail in about 90% of smokers who use them as directed, even under the best of study conditions, when results are measured at six to twelve months. E-cigarettes have not been attractive to non-smoking teens or adults. Limited numbers non-smokers have experimented with them, but hardly any have continued their use. The vast majority of e-cigarette use is by current smokers using them to cut down or quit cigarettes. E-cigarettes, even when used in no-smoking areas, pose no discernable risk to bystanders. Finally, addition of a THR component to current tobacco control programming will likely reduce costs by reducing the need for counseling and drugs."
Read the whole article it if you haven't done yet!!!!!!
If you read it you will get some good motivated answers.
That is an excellent article linked by Lydia above, and there are many like it. Core tobacco control industry members such as Prof Britton have said things like,"If all smokers switched to ecigs then 5 million lives would be saved just among those alive today in the UK" (paraphrased). If 5 million lives can be potentially saved in a small place like the UK then you can multiple that by 4 or 5 to get the US equivalent.
There are many such statements by the acknowledged experts. Another is: "Three months of additional smoking poses a greater risk to someone’s health, on average, than a lifetime of using a low-risk alternative."
- CV Phillips
In contrast, people who aren't experts in THR or who are paid by commercial rivals, say things like, "We just don't know".
On balance, you should be aware of two facts:
1. Vaping is a lot safer than smoking - on average. If you guessed at 100 times safer then that would probably be on the low side. We won't know the full story for 20 years, but at present it's hard to find any disease route that will kill thousands of people. A handful will certainly die but this is inevitable with any type of activity at all, and will most likely be way below any statistically identifiable quantity.
2. There is no such thing as 'vaping' in terms of one activity that can be monitored and measured. There is a wide variety of usage modes, product types and refill types.
a. Vaping 2ml a day does not entail the same risk elevation as vaping 10ml a day.
b. Using an eGo running at 7 watts does not entail the same risk elevation as use of an RBA running at 40 watts.
c. Consuming small quantities of ecopure does not entail the same risk elevation as consumption of large quantities of unicorn milk or butter custard cream.
Daily vaping of 2ml of ecopure out of a standard eGo is not the same as vaping 10ml a day of creamy custard out of a sub-ohm RBA. There is likely to be a considerable risk elevation in the second case compared to the first. While it is not inconceivable that the first case involves a risk reduction compared to smoking of around 10,000 times, the second case might only involve a risk reduction of 10 times. We won't know for 20 years as these are long-term issues. We'll have an excellent idea in about 10 years time (as by then we'll have 18 years of info), but it will take 20 years to get the stats.
There is no such thing as 'vaping' if you are talking about measuring risks and health impact - there are just too many variables.
You pays your money and takes your choice
- so choose according to your priorities.
There are many such statements by the acknowledged experts. Another is: "Three months of additional smoking poses a greater risk to someone’s health, on average, than a lifetime of using a low-risk alternative."
- CV Phillips
In contrast, people who aren't experts in THR or who are paid by commercial rivals, say things like, "We just don't know".
On balance, you should be aware of two facts:
1. Vaping is a lot safer than smoking - on average. If you guessed at 100 times safer then that would probably be on the low side. We won't know the full story for 20 years, but at present it's hard to find any disease route that will kill thousands of people. A handful will certainly die but this is inevitable with any type of activity at all, and will most likely be way below any statistically identifiable quantity.
2. There is no such thing as 'vaping' in terms of one activity that can be monitored and measured. There is a wide variety of usage modes, product types and refill types.
a. Vaping 2ml a day does not entail the same risk elevation as vaping 10ml a day.
b. Using an eGo running at 7 watts does not entail the same risk elevation as use of an RBA running at 40 watts.
c. Consuming small quantities of ecopure does not entail the same risk elevation as consumption of large quantities of unicorn milk or butter custard cream.
Daily vaping of 2ml of ecopure out of a standard eGo is not the same as vaping 10ml a day of creamy custard out of a sub-ohm RBA. There is likely to be a considerable risk elevation in the second case compared to the first. While it is not inconceivable that the first case involves a risk reduction compared to smoking of around 10,000 times, the second case might only involve a risk reduction of 10 times. We won't know for 20 years as these are long-term issues. We'll have an excellent idea in about 10 years time (as by then we'll have 18 years of info), but it will take 20 years to get the stats.
There is no such thing as 'vaping' if you are talking about measuring risks and health impact - there are just too many variables.
You pays your money and takes your choice
- so choose according to your priorities.
I think the bolded bits show an awful lot about how the media propaganda is working against vaping.
Loosely translated that bolded bit says "Vaping has a lot of side effects but neither you or I have a clue what they may be"
So lots of side effects but no one can tell you what they are.
I bet I could tell you that smoking has a lot of side effects and I could sit down for some time and explain exactly what they are.
A friend of mine at work went out for me while I ha a quick vape break. She said the same thing to me about e-cigarettes having side effects and expressed concern about my choice so, I recited to her a long list of chemicals in cigarettes and the health problems with each. The topic changed quickly after her initial shock that I know and understand the health risks but did smoke anyway. I wish I could give you some real information other than advice to stop those comments dead in their tracks but I can't. If you're not aware of all the harmful chemicals in cigarettes that are not in your e-cigarette, a quick search on the dangers of smoking can find a list.
This ^
It genuinely fascinates me when someone sits there smoking a ... and tell you what you're doing is 'bad' for you.
Absolutely fascinating.
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