A New Report from Public Health England Reassures smokers

Perception of vaping and its use during pregnancy are covered in the brand new report published on March 4 by the British Ministry of Health.

The first report concluded that OEM vape is 95% less harmful than smoking tobacco. The sixth, published a few months ago, addresses vaping among adults, young people, and people with mental health problems.

It shows that vaping use has remained stable among adults in the UK since 2014. In 2019, it was between 5% and 7%. It mainly concerns people who have never smoked. Less than 1% of vapers have not been subject to smoking.

What about young Britons? As for adults, the current prevalence of vaping is stable: from 6% of 11 to 15-year-olds in 2018 and 5% of 11 to 18-year-olds in 2019.

Non-tobacco flavors not associated with a rise in youth vaping

The study by Abigail S. Friedman and SiQing Xu published in Jama shows that flavors other than tobacco are not associated with increased vaping among young people.

The study seeks to estimate the possible effect of aromas on young people and smokers trying to quit smoking. It concerns 17,929 vapers, whom they have classified by age group:

1. teenagers from 12 to 17 years old,

2. young adults aged 18 to 24,

3. and adults aged 25 to 54.

These vapers were questioned three times about their consumption between 2013 and 2018.

According to this study, adults who started vaping without using tobacco flavors were more likely to quit than those who vaped tobacco flavors. Thus, flavors other than tobacco are not associated with increased youth vaping. However, the researchers need more research to establish the relationship between e-cigarette flavors and smoking and to inform related policies.

Therefore, this study shows that the desire to ban flavorings in some countries is far from benefiting public health!

The importance of flavor diversity in weaning success

Quit smoking without suffering too much, and even while having fun. This is what the vape has allowed since its existence, thanks to the diversity of flavors available. Diversity is increasingly fragile because it is threatened by prohibition in certain countries.

The pleasure of quitting smoking

Becoming a vaper means quitting smoking while having fun. You will increase your chances of quitting smoking because you will find a flavor that suits you. The diversity of flavors offered is an essential parameter in quitting smoking. Fruity, mentholated, greedy aromas, the detractors of the vape, will tell you that they are made to attract young people to vaping. And forget adults wishing to stop smoking. You can be 60 years old and like to vape cotton candy-flavored e-liquid! According to Doctor Adler: “With a view to weaning, finding the aromas and the quantity of nicotine that go well, that helps a lot.”

Aromas in the viewfinder of certain countries

However, these aromas that help so much to quit smoking are annoying. In the United States, the American President had asked a few months ago for a ban on the sale of flavors, except for classic and menthol, following the health crisis across the Atlantic. This crisis was directly linked to the inhalation of e-liquids made from THC oil mixed with Vitamin E acetate from the black market. Finally, at the beginning of the year, the President of the USA decided to ban only pre-filled flavored cartridges.

In recent days, Denmark has been considering seriously following this movement. Today, all of the vape product sold in the country are TPD compliant vape. However, the Danish government wants to go further by banning flavors of e-liquids with and without nicotine, where only classic and menthol flavors will be authorized. A situation strongly denounced by the Danish association of Vapers Dadafo, which took to the streets:

Let’s take a closer look at the facts. An American study published on April 25 highlights the role of vaping in reducing the risks of smoking among young people: “Electronic cigarettes may have compensated for conventional smoking in American adolescents between 2010 and 2018 by maintaining total prevalence of nicotine use and diverting them from more harmful conventional smoking.