Dr Colin Mendelsohn MB BS (Hons) Tobacco Treatment
If you smoke or vape nicotine, this book is for you. Vaping is the most popular and most effective aid for quitting smoking in Australia and other western countries. However, it is poorly understood. This book dispels the myths about vaping and outlines the evidence in an easy-to-read and authoritative manner with over 400 scientific references. It also provides step-by-step advice on how to make the switch from smoking tobacco, and why vaping is controversial. (Read more)
This book is a MUST for any smoker who wants to know if vaping can help them quit (I wish I’d known about it earlier).
Senator Hollie Hughes (Read her full review)
Chair of the Australian Senate Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction
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Author
Dr Colin Mendelsohn is one of Australia’s leading experts on smoking and vaping.
He is the Founding Chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association charity (ATHRA) and is a member of the committee that develops the RACGP national smoking cessation guidelines.
He was a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Colin works with smokers to help them quit and is actively involved in research, teaching and writing about smoking and vaping. More here
Reviews by international smoking experts
Other reviews
Clive Bates. Tweet by the world’s leading vaping advocate
Ashtray Blog. ECigarettedirect.co.uk. James Dunworth
Vaping360. Stop Smoking, Start Vaping Is a Guide for Potential Vapers – and Much More. Jim McDonald
Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association
Interviews
The E-Cigarette Summit, UK 7 December 2021. Interview with Marc Gunther [link]
Reader reviews by Reader’s Favorite book reviewers
Tammy Ruggles. Review Rating 5 stars
Stop Smoking Start Vaping: The Healthy Truth About Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn is an encouraging, informative guide to help you decide if vaping is the right way for you to stop smoking. As an expert in the smoking cessation sector, this author gives so many facts and angles to consider that you may come away with a completely different view of smoking and vaping than you had before reading. Vaping may not be for everyone, but everyone knows smoking is addictive and unhealthy. If you’ve tried to quit smoking on your own and have failed, this book may have the answers or can help you make a better decision about vaping as a way to help you stop. The author dives deep into the differences and similarities between smoking and vaping, and how nicotine-vaping is often used as a way to quit smoking. The author asserts that this is misunderstood and creates debate.
What I like about this book is that though based on research, Dr. Mendelsohn breaks the information down into layman’s terms, giving the reader a clearer picture of how they may choose to stop smoking. Which is safer, smoking or vaping? What are the physical effects? Are there health risks associated with nicotine? And what about the price? Isn’t vaping as expensive as cigarettes? Where does big tobacco fit into the equation? The author offers data that you may never have heard before, offering different angles to consider, and I find that interesting. Maybe you have someone in your family, or a friend, who has tried to stop smoking but is having trouble. This book could be a great gift to them or at least provide them with information. Even if you don’t smoke, this well-researched book is packed with information that is just good to know and also has interesting images. The author’s credentials speak for themselves, so for an enlightening read on vaping and smoking, Stop Smoking Start Vaping: The Healthy Truth About Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn is a must-read.
Jamie Michele. Review rating 5 stars
Stop Smoking Start Vaping: The Healthy Truth About Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn is a non-fiction self-help book for smokers who are looking for a way to quit, and even those smokers out in the world who are not. Mendelsohn uses his expertise as a medical doctor and the in-depth research he has carried out for years to make a case for vaping as the best transition possible for the mind and body, and the highest potential to break the nicotine habit for good. Broken down into three distinct but interconnected parts plus multiple case studies, Mendelsohn provides a comprehensive analysis in Part One on The Evidence on Vaping and Nicotine, Part Two’s Start Vaping, and Part Three’s Controversies and Solutions.
I admit that I went into Stop Smoking Start Vaping a bit skeptical. I am not a smoker but am, like most others, aware of its dangers. I am also acutely aware of the vast vaping world out there, from Dave Chappell vaping continually through televised comedy routines to the e-cigs on the show Euphoria. I was ambivalent to it and not sold on the chance one might be healthier than the other. Dr. Colin Mendelsohn has done an exceptional job in alleviating misperceptions and backing all he presents with verifiable research and reputable scientific evidence. As an outsider looking in, I found the third part of the book most interesting, particularly on the mistaken belief that vaping is like a gateway to real smoking to young people. As a parent to young people, I shared this belief but the concise and straightforward delivery of facts by Mendelsohn has changed that. I think this is a clean and tightly written book for all who are interested in quitting, cutting down, or learning more about traditional vs e-cigarettes.
Vincent Dublado. Review rating 4 stars
A manifesto for vapers, Stop Smoking Start Vaping: The Healthy Truth About Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn is an intriguing and controversial argument that espouses vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking. For starters, the Australian-based author and medical practitioner stresses that vaping is the most popular and most effective aid for quitting smoking in Australia and western countries. In the same breath, he adds that the medical wonder of vaping is tragically misunderstood, and this is where he outlines his research-based evidence without any intimidating scientific jargon. He does make it clear that everything has risks, but compared to traditional smoking, electronic cigarettes expose you to fewer toxic chemicals. Another interesting feature of this book is that it boldly explores the controversies of vaping and the reason why medical health authorities, in general, are opposed to it.
With well-paced writing complemented by layman explanations, Dr. Colin Mendelsohn has created a practical guide to vaping along with scientific evidence that underpins it. In the spirit of transparency, he doesn’t fall short in reminding his audience that although vaping has growing evidence in helping smokers to quit, it is not a silver bullet as randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and trends in national smoking rates have their own strengths and weaknesses. As Mendelsohn writes about the ten underlying reasons why vaping is opposed, he puts into the forefront the disapproval that is largely based on unstated biases coming from third parties who are mostly never directly involved. Stop Smoking Start Vaping is a concise yet comprehensive look at a controversial industry, and it hopes to shed light on a very misunderstood practice.
Other details
346 pages
E-book coming soon
Publisher: Aurora House
Printed by Ingram Lightning Source in Australia, UK and US
ISBN: 978-1922697-12-7
