How E-Cigs reduce Harm - Channel 4 News blog

[Matt Gluggles]

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How e-cigarettes can reduce the harm caused by smoking



Channel 4 News have published an article on their blog about electronic cigarettes.

They say "Persuading people to stop smoking is what anti-tobacco groups describe as the holy grail. Yet next week, there will be what amounts to an official acknowledgment that sometimes it is simply impossible to persuade some smokers to quit so, instead, there needs to be harm reduction."

Next week the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will publish draft guidance on harm reduction - which will bring e-cigs into the spotlight.

The Channel 4 blog quotes ASH figures that say that 7% of smokers currently use e-cigs, up to 700,000 people.

Next Monday and Tuesday delegates will converge in London for City Health 2012 – an international conference to look at policy and practice in relation to public health in cities.

And while the conference papers will largely centre on drug and alcohol use, one of the speakers will specifically look at this issue. The abstract even states: “The greatest emerging, but still largely untapped, public health movement in western nations is tobacco harm reduction (THR), the substitution of low-risk tobacco and nicotine products for smoking. ”

Full story here:

blogs.channel4.com/victoria-macdonald-on-health-and-social-care/how-e-cigarettes-can-reduce-the-harm-caused-by-smoking/427


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[han78]

ty for posting glug, a really interesting read

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Thanks gluggler

[Brian]

Nice find mate. Well done...

[Matt Gluggles]

THIS WILL BE ON CHANNEL 4 NEWS TONIGHT - Between 7 & 8pm (17th Oct)

[Brian]

I`ll defo be watching that then...... Thanks for the heads up.

[Brian]

Bumped for anyone who missed this.

[FirinBlanks]

Just Started....

[FirinBlanks]

That was interesting, the major concern over e-cigs being unregulated was the concerns over the amount of nicotine content in the juice and not the health implications of vaping.

[Brian]

and finished.

Interesting viewpoint.

At least its out in the open now, that using an e-ciggie to cut down is better than smoking.

Lets hope the govt take notice.

[Matt Gluggles]

If the main concern is the amount of nicotine in the juice, then thats simple.

It is one of my main concerns as well - there is not enough nicotine, it needs upping.

[Chrissie]

Thanks for posting this Glugger I missed the programme last night, but just watched it on catch up via the link posted on redron's thread.