UK national center for smoking concession and training, just released a positive report on electronic cigarettes.

[Neloish]

http://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/e-cigarette_briefing.pdf

This is a very positive briefing that was posted on reddit by /u/dhc23, we should send this everywhere.

 

[DrMA]

wow! That is definitely a first from a member of the TCI:

«Be open to electronic cigarette use in people keen to try them; especially in those that have tried,
but not succeeded, in stopping smoking with the use of licensed stop smoking medicines»

 

[Ripshod]

About time we got some good word. Problem is we need a load more good news to get anywhere near redressing the balance.

 

[Mossy]

Things are starting to look a little bit more positive........a well thought out document, and first time i've seen reference to 3 generations of PV's

 

[Bobbilly]

When comparing NRT to vapourizers they forget the effect of promotion and support would have on the success of vapourizers

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

Wow, that's such a well written/balanced briefing i almost can't believe it was written by a government agency, no matter what the country.

 

[Katya]

This document has been produced in partnership with Public Health England.

I think we need to forward this to Zeller, CDC, Glantz, Hamburg, McAfee, Burwell and all the members of the Help Committee. Just for starters.

And we may also include this little tidbit:

Latest hard data about ecigs and smoking cessation, from the UK.

• The success rate for smoking cessation in the UK by use of an ecig is 33%
• The number of UK vapers has tripled in the last 2 years [1]
• There are more than 2 million vapers in the UK although some have now totally quit (ceased use of any/all inhalation products)
• About 20% of smokers are now vapers or have totally quit both smoking and vaping by use of an ecig
• About 700,000 vapers have quit smoking by use of an ecig or have totally quit
• So around 7% [2] of UK smokers have quit by use of an ecig, and clearly that number will rise significantly over time
• The number of non-smokers who are regular ecig users is almost unmeasurably small
• The number of minors (under-18s) who are regular ecig users is almost unmeasurably small

These figures come from core tobacco control personnel: ASH ongoing surveys and R West's Smoking Toolkit longitudinal stats.

http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_891.pdf
Latest Statistics - Smoking In England

Oh, and this:

This morning a news article showed up on the site of Le Parisien. In this article they stated that, after questioning some 13.000 school going kids by Dr. Bertrand Dautzenberg, they didn't find that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking but rather the opposite since the numbers of kids smoking has dropped significantly over the last three years.

In French: Etude : les ados moins accros au tabac

In 2013 cigarette sales dropped by more than 7.5% here in France... that has never happened before. Wonder how that happened.

 

[Fitzie]

Double Post

 

[Fitzie]

Here's another positive take on e-cigarettes from the UK's Royal College of Physicians - "What you need to know about electronic cigarettes" (March 20,2014):

"Despite the controversies, it is clear that e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than is tobacco. With more than a million UK smokers using them to help to cut down or quit smoking, they are proving to be valuable harm reduction and cessation products and could make a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of death, disability and poverty currently caused by tobacco smoking. Health professionals should embrace this potential by encouraging smokers, particularly those disinclined to use licensed nicotine replacement therapies, to try them, and, when possible, to do so in conjunction with existing NHS smoking cessation and harm reduction support. E-cigarettes will save lives, and we should support their use." (emphasis mine)

You can read the entire document here:

What you need to know about electronic cigarettes | Royal College of Physicians

 

[aikanae1]

I think we need to send them in to congressmembers who think USB ports are for kids.

 

[patkin]

Wow... 82 references! Thanks for posting.