Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Public Health England (PHE) has released a new film showing the devastating harms that come from smoking, and how this can be avoided by switching to an e-cigarette or using another type of quit aid.
The film has been released as part of PHE’s Health Harms campaign, which encourages smokers to attempt to quit this January, by demonstrating the personal harm to health from every single cigarette.
The film features smoking expert Dr Lion Shahab and Dr Rosemary Leonard, visually demonstrating the high levels of cancer-causing chemicals and tar inhaled by an average smoker over a month, compared to not smoking or using an e-cigarette.
The results of the demonstration visually illustrate the stark contrast between the impacts of smoking and vaping. Research estimates that while not risk-free, vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking.
Around 2.5 million adults are using e-cigarettes in England, and they have helped thousands of people successfully quit – but many smokers (44%) either believe that vaping is as harmful as smoking (22%) or don’t know that vaping poses much lower risks to health (22%).
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @10:10PM (4 children)
It sounds like someone struck a nerve. You should read the GP again and check yourself for irony.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @11:11PM (3 children)
Bad debts lol. Vape isn't expensive. You can make it yourself if you buy VG, PG, nicotine, and some flavorings. Make your own coils and get a good tank and it's very cheap, way cheaper than cigarettes. That's really what's at stake here. We get endless stories in the corporate propaganda (the MSM) about how horrible vaping is and how there's a big moral panic about teenagers vaping (is somebody selling to people under 18? if so, why not stop that instead of having a huge moral panic?). It's all in the name of preserving big tobacco's profits.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday January 02 2019, @07:42AM (2 children)
For now.
It will, though, govts need excise money and what better source than the addicts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @06:36PM (1 child)
Even if they tax pure nicotine 100%, it still wouldn't be expensive to buy more than you could realistically user.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday January 02 2019, @09:31PM
Ummm... For your convenience tobacco excize in Australia [ato.gov.au] straight from the horse's mouth. The excise is probably around 500% of the production cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford