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53 specialists in nicotine science and public health policy have written to Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) about tobacco harm reduction. The letter is asking WHO to adopt a positive and rational approach to products which provide very low-risk alternatives to smoking such as e-cigarettes, and the letter is now grabbing news attention around the globe.
This week doctors in France praise the EU's Protection of e-cigarettes!
E-Cigarettes, which are booming worldwide, will continue to be available in tobacco shops or specialist stores, but will be banned for sale to minors and no advertising will be allowed.
'The emergence of electronic cigarettes and the likely arrival of more effective nicotine-containing devices currently in development provides a radical alternative to tobacco, and evidence to date suggests that smokers are willing to use these products in substantial numbers' - states Authors Professor John Britton and Dr Ilze Bogdanovica, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, published in a recent report on Electronic cigarettes - commissioned by Public Health England.
20 May 2014, BBC News published an article by By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News 'E-cigarettes Help Smokers Quit' which referenced a recent survey published in the Journal, Addiction.
The BBC article reported ‘Smokers who use e-cigarettes to quit are more likely to succeed than those who use willpower alone or buy nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or gum’.