#anti-vaping

[ace-cf-cups]

Speaking of vaping, my best friend's husband loves vaping, especially at home. In the evening. He comes home and he starts freaking vaping and it smell horrible and that smell and smoke is all over their small flat... and that's with less than a year old baby and a young breastfeeding mother in that very same flat!

Honestly, whenever he does that, I get this burning desire to strangle him.

How can a smart man be so stupid?!

[mallowmaenad]

An observation, now that the FDA has banned the epic fortnite cancer rod (jewels)

[dosomething]

To do list for the weekend (in no particular order):

1) #HolidayMoviesAndChill 🎄📺

2) Join our campaign, The Hit We’ll Take, to educate friends about the dangers of vaping and e-cigarette use: http://bit.ly/36HBJWZ 🚭

3) Conquer the world 🌎

[dosomething]

Fact: Young people are developing similar habits as someone who smokes 2 packs of cigs a day 😱

E-cigs are just a bad remake of regular cigarettes. More often than not, e-cigs, vapes, and JUUL have super addictive nicotine and cancer-causing chemicals, not to mention flavored products designed to get us hooked.

Tag a friend who needs to be hit with a dose of facts and then get more involved here: bit.ly/35qHo3i (p.s.- the school with the most participants will win a visit from Silentó himself!)

[dosomething]

We love a good #TBT, but e-cig companies are trying to bring back the stuff we DON’T want, like vapes with addictive nicotine and cancer-causing chemicals 😖. That’s why we’ve partnered with CVS Health Foundation to actually bring back the things we DO want, like...Silentó (best known for Whip/Nae Nae) and these throwback dance moves 🤩

Join The Hit We’ll Take anti-vaping campaign and the school with the most participants will get a special visit from #Silentó himself! Hit this link for more info: dosomething.org/antivaping

[vapegazette-blog]

CASAA Stands Up to CDC's Anti-Vaping Ads

CASAA Stands Up to CDC’s Anti-Vaping Ads

Consumer advocates CASAA are standing up to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its anti-vaping ads in the “Tips from Smokers” campaign, which CASAA claims are misleading. CASAA has filed a formal protest with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which determines funding for the CDC. (more…)

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[lunar-vape]

A lighter touch for vaping in the UK?

New Post has been published on https://www.lunar-vape.com/2017/07/29/lighter-touch-vaping-uk/

A lighter touch for vaping in the UK?

This is it, vaping is at a turning point! At last there are signs that common sense may be prevailing in the war against tobacco despite the best efforts of Big Tobacco and Big Pharma.

The recently published paper Towards a Smoke free Generation - A Tobacco Control Plan for England is refreshingly unique in its approach to the tobacco issue. It is one of the first papers to look at e-cigarettes as a viable alternative and method of quitting smoking. This approach to vaping, as a form of harm-reduction rather than an evil that requires censorship, may well be the light at the end of the tunnel that vaping advocates have been fighting towards.

The paper states:

Two thirds of smokers say they want to stop smoking, however long term success rates are low. Despite the availability of effective medicines and treatments to support quit attempts, the majority of smokers choose to quit unassisted, by going ‘cold turkey’. This has proved to be the least effective method.

Smokers who use a combination of medication and expert behavioural  support are up to four times as likely to stop smoking successfully as those who attempt to quit unaided or with over the counter nicotine replacement therapy.

Stopping smoking is hard and many smokers are turning to e-cigarettes to help them in their attempts. In 2016 it was estimated that 2 million consumers in England had used these products and completely stopped smoking and a further 470,000 were using them as an aid to stop smoking.

The best thing a smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking. However, the evidence is increasingly clear that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful to health than smoking tobacco. The government will seek to support consumers in stopping smoking and adopting the use of less harmful nicotine products.

Public Health England has produced guidance for employers and organisations looking to introduce policies around e-cigarettes and vaping in public and recommend such policies to be evidence-based.

PHE recommends that e-cigarette use is not covered by smokefree legislation and should not routinely be included in the requirements of an organisation’s smokefree policy.

In other words...hey employers, hey media, hey Joe Public...quit making out that vaping is the same as smoking. Quit telling yourself that vaping is as harmful as smoking to the user and to others. Stop believing the lies in the tabloid press and start actually LOOKING at the evidence!

Later in the same paper the discussion turns to the possibility of changing regulations post-Brexit:

In particular, the government will assess recent legislation such as the Tobacco Products Directive, including as it applies to e-cigarettes, and consider where the UK’s exit provides opportunity to alter the legislative provisions to provide for improved health outcomes within the UK context.

The government will continue to embrace developments that have the potential to reduce the harm caused by tobacco use and as such we will consider if the current regulatory framework strikes the right balance, and whether there is more we can do to help people to stop smoking.

We remain committed to a comprehensive and robust tobacco control strategy which protects the population of England.

  Again, this looks super promising so keep your fingers crossed!

If that wasn't cause for celebration then feast your eyes on this news from the US

A surprise announcement on Friday declared that future deadlines in the deeming rule have been postponed from 2018 to 2022. FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb promises a complete rethinking of tobacco, smoking, and nicotine by the agency.

As we move forward, I also hope that we can all see the potential benefits to addicted cigarette smokers, in a properly regulated marketplace, of products capable of delivering nicotine without having to set tobacco on fire.  The prospective benefit may be even greater for the subset of current cigarette smokers who find themselves unable or unwilling to quit.

These are reasons to feel more optimistic about the future of vaping both here in the UK, and also for our American vaping counterparts who have suffered even more from the mindless censorship of vaping and associated products.

I'm particularly happy because only a few days ago I was talking about the future of vaping being at a critical tipping point right now and that the outcome could go either way. Friday's announcement from the FDA suggests that the scales are tipping in favour of vaping. So now I kinda look a l'il bit spooky and psychic too.

Time to celebrate but not to relax. It is almost certain that any government attempt to legitimise the use of e-cigarettes will involve further regulation. We can only hope that they don't further neuter the industry in the name of safety. Safety regs are important of course, but the last thing that we need is more patchy, vague, and financially crippling rules à la TPD. We've seen enough of our favourite e-juice manufacturers disappear under that regime already. There is still a long way to go. Vapers still need to make their voices heard...go nag your local MP, your local authority, have your say!! This might just be the start of something very good.

Sources:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630217/Towards_a_Smoke_free_Generation_-_A_Tobacco_Control_Plan_for_England_2017-2022__2_.pdf

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm569024.htm?utm_source=CTPPartnerTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=gov&utm_content=speech&utm_campaign=ctp-728regplan

[justplainsimon]

I just saw hardcore henry, everything was steller, kinda reminded me of bioshock, chappie, osomatsu-san and mad max Everything was great except for the fact some gross hipster with dreads was vaping in the theatre before the movie even began and continued until the lights went on..... i think the fact that a cyborg was shooting copies of himself with blood just going everywhere kinda ironically displaced my ... idk... need to shout "fire!" while smoke was caught in the projector