Some good news

[EsJay]

Is this the start of vaping becoming acceptable ? 

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmsctech/505/505.pdf

[unclegromit]

Lead story on the Beeb mobile as well.

[thebishman]

'Bout bloody time

[DiscoDes]

It might not be all good news though.

For instance this passage in the introduction:
"A medically licensed e-cigarette could assist smoking cessation efforts by making it
easier for medical professionals to discuss and recommend them as a stop smoking
treatment with patients. The Government should review with the e-cigarette industry
how its systems for approving stop smoking therapies could be streamlined to be able
to respond appropriately should e-cigarette manufacturers put forward a product for
licensing."

Consider, IF a medically licensed product did get approved then this would open the door to banning non medically licensed products. The Govenment could say that there is a licensed product therefore we can ban non licensed. This would also give the Government control of Taxes levied which may rise significantly.

[GunJack]

I've got a call from a BBC 5 Live researcher, they're calling me in a bit for an interview !!

[GunJack]

had chat with the researcher, interview with adrian childs around 11

[GunJack]

Aug 17, 2018 7:07:46 GMT DiscoDes said:

It might not be all good news though.

For instance this passage in the introduction:
"A medically licensed e-cigarette could assist smoking cessation efforts by making it
easier for medical professionals to discuss and recommend them as a stop smoking
treatment with patients. The Government should review with the e-cigarette industry
how its systems for approving stop smoking therapies could be streamlined to be able
to respond appropriately should e-cigarette manufacturers put forward a product for
licensing."

Consider, IF a medically licensed product did get approved then this would open the door to banning non medically licensed products. The Govenment could say that there is a licensed product therefore we can ban non licensed. This would also give the Government control of Taxes levied which may rise significantly.

Agreed.... look what happened with the one & only medically-approved e-cig a couple of years ago... remember??

...the ineffective cig-a-like that never made it into production as it was well behind the technology drag-curve even then....

There should be no need to medicinalise (sp?) vaping, it's cheaper than smoking or prescription charges anyway....

[domesticextremist]

Grauniad:

Relaxing vaping laws would cut smoking deaths, say MPs

The committee is pressing the government to relax the regulations around e-cigarettes, which in many respects are controlled like ordinary cigarettes.

Yes!

E-cigarettes are less harmful than conventional cigarettes, but current policy and regulations do not sufficiently reflect this and businesses, transport providers and public places should stop viewing conventional and e-cigarettes as one and the same. There is no public health rationale for doing so.

Yes!

It wants to see the rules lifted on the tank size of devices. “The limit on the strength of refills makes some users have to puff harder to get the nicotine they seek and may put some heavy smokers off persisting with them,” says the report.

Yes!

Woohoo.

[VapingBad]

www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live go to 11:06

[GunJack]

'twas short but hopefully sweet Robert West seemed to like it

[VapingBad]

Also on BBC TV news, 11:01 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews

[VapingBad]

Aug 17, 2018 10:35:46 GMT GunJack said:

'twas short but hopefully sweet Robert West seemed to like it

Well done, thanks for being our voice it was sweet

[GunJack]

Aug 17, 2018 10:36:50 GMT VapingBad said:

Also on BBC TV news, 11:01 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews

I saw that research guy on BBC Breakfast as well...translating his words = "give me more funding so I can prove I'm right and everyone else is wrong".

I haven't seen his study yet, but I'm betting the good Doctor F. will show it to be flawed (as most of them are...formaldehyde anyone??) and how.

[Richard46]

Aug 17, 2018 7:57:33 GMT GunJack said:

had chat with the researcher, interview with adrian childs around 11

GunJack Listened to that. Went well I thought; thanks for your excellent contribution to the debate; as always.

[GunJack]

Aug 17, 2018 11:00:46 GMT Richard46 said:

Aug 17, 2018 7:57:33 GMT GunJack said:

had chat with the researcher, interview with adrian childs around 11

GunJack Listened to that. Went well I thought; thanks for your excellent contribution to the debate; as always.

Thanks Rich, we try when we can