The Great Vape Debate: Are E-Cigarettes Saving Smokers or Creating New Addicts?

The two sides periodically break into open hostilities. The claim by PHE that vaping is 95% safer than smoking tobacco, frequently quoted by e-cigarette manufacturers and sellers, has been criticised as misleading by anti-smoking campaigners in the US. Matt Myers, who heads the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in Washington DC, the biggest anti-smoking organisation in the world, has called the 95%-safer figure “mere fiction”. Prof Ann McNeill of King’s College London, a tobacco and addiction expert who advises PHE, defends its position. “We are battling against misinformation on a massive scale,” she says. McNeill acknowledges there has been a rise in vaping among kids in the US and Canada, but does not see it as a reason for panic. “I don’t think it merits discussion of an ‘epidemic’. That word is overblown,” she said.

2020-02-18
theguardian.com

VTANZ: Queenstown Vape Restrictions Are Not Based on Science

Spokesperson for the Vaping Trade Association of New Zealand (VTANZ) points out that bans set in place by Queenstown Lakes District Council on a number of popular beaches in the area, are based on snobbery not science. "Sadly, by confusing vaping with smoking, they’re only hindering, not helping, national progress on New Zealand’s Smoke Free 2025 ambition.” Due to the unfortunate events that took place across the US with the outbreak of EVALI, which has been erroneously linked to vaping regular nicotine products, lawmakers around the world are still setting in place illogical vaping bans.

2020-02-18
vapingpost.com

Can Technology Lower Exposure to Tobacco Linked Ailments?

According to Khayat, the role of oncologists is not to eradicate tobacco but rather eradicate cancer and today's alternative are heated tobacco and e-cigarettes. (...) "As an oncologist, I encourage my patients to quit. But if they can't, I must offer them alternatives. Even when people know that smoking is bad for their health, they continue to smoke. 64% of people with lung cancer continue to smoke," he said. He added; "When you tell your patient to eat less fat, you do harm reduction. When you put your seatbelt in a car, you do harm reduction. New technologies have given us the tools to do so."

2020-02-18
the-star.co.ke

Patients Who Smoke at Risk of Problems During Surgery

Patients who smoke tobacco are likely to experience more complications with anaesthesia during operation compared to non-smokers, says a report by World Health Organisation. According to the international health agency, tobacco smokers are at a significantly higher risk than non-smokers of post-surgical complications, including impaired heart and lung functions, infections and delayed or impaired wound healing. The joint study by WHO and University of Newcastle, shows that the nicotine and carbon monoxide, both present in cigarettes, can decrease oxygen levels and greatly increase the risk of heart-related complications after surgery. “Smoking tobacco also damages the lungs, making it difficult for the proper amount of air to flow through, increasing the risk of post-surgical complications to the lungs,” says the study.

2020-02-18
nation.co.ke

E-Cigarettes at Risk of Exploding if Charged Incorrectly, UK Government Warns

Working with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), the Government has launched a campaign to encourage battery safety following rare incidents of the devices exploding or causing fires potentially linked to the power source. Many vapes and e-cigarettes are powered by 18650-style batteries, which are slightly larger than the common AA battery. While this size of battery is widely available to purchase, the bodies have said consumers should only use those recommended by the manufacturer as 18650 batteries can vary in chemistries and voltages.

2020-02-18
mirror.co.uk

Which States Might Be Increasing Vape Taxes Soon?

The vaping industry has been in the news quite a lot over the last few months, and unfortunately, it hasn’t been for good reasons, at least as far as vapers are concerned. Right now, we’re dealing with new legislation that bans flavored e-liquid cartridges, in addition to an increase in the age requirement for obtaining nicotine products. Now, more and more states are suggesting raising the taxes on vaping products, and all of this supposedly influenced by a need to curb teen vaping. Or, so legislators say. So, what’s going on with the taxes on vaping, and does it impact your state?

2020-02-18
freemanvapejuice.com