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Stigma Associated with Electronic Cigarettes, E Liquids and Vaping in General

Stigma about Vaping and Electronic Cigarettes

Introduction to Vaping Stigma

Our society has strong views on most new, unique or uncommon activities. Vaping is no exception. It is similar to the mobile stigma that came about when mobile phones were first launched. The media get sales based on shocking data or reports – and when things are so new to the market. It is easy to fool unsuspecting readers into thinking their stories are fact. Let’s have a look at some of the comments publicised in recent months and compare with the scientific data behind those stories. This post lets you see what the true story should state, without any stigmas associated.

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E Cigarettes to be Prescribed by the NHS

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E Cigarettes to be Prescribed by the NHS

In 2015 the BBC news reported that electronic cigarettes are 95% safer than tobacco cigarettes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33978603 The BBC also reported that GP’s were unable to prescribe them on the NHS at that time.

 

Since then in 2016, the UK medicines regulator, the MHRA, have issued a licence which enables electronic cigarettes to be prescribed by the NHS and marketed as a smoking cessation product. This will enable doctors to prescribe a brand of e cigarettes to smokers through the NHS, as reported in the Sunday Times http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article4531500.ece

 

For a larger variety of electronic cigarette or e liquid products, have a browse of the Vapour Days store online or visit the Bristol electronic cigarette shop on the Middle Floor of the Galleries Shopping Centre.

MatTek Study – Vaping has No Toxic Effect on Lungs

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MatTek Study – Vaping has No Toxic Effect on Lungs

MatTek created human lung cells to determine any health risks associated with vaping an electronic cigarette. Their study fund that vapour and e cigarettes do not have any toxic effect on human lung cells. This research, funded by British American Tobacco, claims that inhaling nicotine in the form of vapour is as safe as breathing air.

 

Scientists used a robot to expose the lung cell replicas to tobacco smoke, e cigarette vapour and air. When exposed to traditional tobacco smoke for six hours all of the lung cells died. In contrast, when the lung cells were subjected to a continuous dose of e-liquid vapour the results found that the damage to the lung cells was “similar to that of air”.

 

The full news report about the findings of this study can be found on the following link: MatTek Vaping No Toxic Effect Study

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of Nicotine

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The Positive Effects of Nicotine research paper by Jacques le Houezec

Nicotine regulates mood and improves cognitive functioning, which is probably the main reason for its widespread use. The most effective way of delivering nicotine to the brain is by smoking tobacco, or now with e-cigarette vapour.

Nicotine has been shown to have positive effects on some medical conditions. For example patients with Alzheimer’s disease may benefit from nicotine therapy and early research demonstrated possible positive effects on people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Animal studies have also suggested that the use of nicotine could be beneficial for patients with Tourette’s. It has also been found that depressed and schizophrenic patients have been found to use nicotine as a coping mechanism.

All these positive aspects of nicotine use have been reviewed 15 years ago. Renewed interest in nicotine science, linked with the recent development of e-cigarettes, might inspire new investigations into the positive effects of nicotine including its potential role in disease prevention and treatment.

To read the full article, please refer to the following external link http://nicotinepolicy.net/all-authors/85-jacques-le-houezec/640-the-positive-effects-of-nicotine

Smoking Will Be Banned While Driving…

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Smoking Will Be Banned While Driving…

Recent press releases forewarn that smokers will be banned from smoking while driving in the UK from 1 October 2015 when children are in the car as passengers. Reasons cited were that a third of people in a survey stated that smoking was one of their biggest distractions while driving, with research finding that smoking behind the wheel increases the risk of accident by 150%. Furthermore, the effects of children passively smoking while in the car has been called to be reduced.

The fine for smoking while driving will be £50. The vote for the law was passed by an MP vote of 342 for and only 74 against.

 

Read the Articles

The ITV documentary report can be found on the following link http://www.itv.com/news/2015-02-22/a-third-of-drivers-unaware-of-upcoming-car-smoking-ban/

The same story is reported by the BBC in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31310685

BBC News – Smoking Rots The Body

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BBC News has documented how smoking rots the body from the inside. This includes not only the smoker themselves but any surrounding people passively smoking.

Professor Fenton, National Director for Health and Wellbeing for PHE, explained that “Much of the harm caused by smoking doesn’t become obvious until middle age but the invisible damage can start shockingly early – even by the late teens.”

To watch the news report or read the article follow this link – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30591236

The news campaign highlights the serious damage smoking causes. Anybody considering electronic cigarettes as a healthier alternative to smoking should look no further. Visit the Vapour Days Bristol store now on the middle floor of the Galleries Shopping Centre.

Alternatively you can shop online – http://www.vapourdays.co.uk/shop/

Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes to Quit Smoking

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Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes to Quit Smoking

Dr Siegel of Boston University has published findings that using electronic cigarettes as a means to quitting smoking is effective.

Research also found that vapers using electronic cigarette juice containing nicotine were more likely to succeed than those using nicotine-free e-liquid.

The study found that 18% of smokers using e-cigarettes had quit smoking within six months.

With such a high success rate, why not visit the Vapour Days shop in the middle floor of the Galleries Shopping Centre, Bristol, UK.

Alternatively buy great value and high quality starter kits online here – http://www.vapourdays.co.uk/product-category/starter-kits/

To read the full article, follow this link http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/first-meta-analysis-of-existing-studies.html