Public Health Wales calls for public places e-cigs ban

[KulrMeStoopid]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25342539


Electronic cigarettes should be banned in public places, say health officials.


Banning e-cigs would help prevent them undermining efforts to encourage people to quit smoking, claimed Public Health Wales (PHW).


It said e-cigs were not regulated, the amount of nicotine varied widely and users could not tell if they were safe.


A recent poll of nearly 1,000 people for BBC Breakfast suggested most people supported their use in public places and did not want to see a ban.


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E-cigs mimic smoking a cigarette and some of the promotional material appears like cigarette advertisements”


Dr Julie Bishop
Public Health Wales

The British Medical Association has already called for e-cigs to be banned in public places, fearing it could normalise behaviour which has largely become socially unacceptable

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

UNDERMINING EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE TO QUIT SMOKING??

WTF



WE DONT SMOKE! So HOW would we be encouraging people to NOT stop smoking?


This article has got me really angry!

 

[Mark]

This is the effect of the BMA, basically a union of doctors, and it's attitude towards ecigs. It's opinions are highly regarded sadly.
They ARE regulated ( a few tweeks are all that are necessary)
Nicotine content varies because so do we (self titration goes hand in hand with Vaping and overdosing is practically impossible in normal use)
We DO know it is safer than smoking
It does not undermine efforts to encourage people to stop smoking it PROMOTES it.

The 'normalising smoking' nonsense boils my piss.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

They tweeted this on twitter http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/30545


Its sooo full of big Pharma tosh and advice based on fictional information.

Evidence backed? Nope.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

Dont forget that 44% of doctors surveyed thought Nicotine was related to cancer despite advice from NICE to the contrary...

 

[Vern]

They tweeted this on twitter http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/30545


Its sooo full of big Pharma tosh and advice based on fictional information.

Evidence backed? Nope.

what is their twatter handle pls? they need to receive some advice from Vern

 

[MrKraken]

“The best thing for smokers to do for their long term health is to quit. We are concerned that the rise in e-cigs is being seen as an alternative and it isn’t quite that simple.

Err, yes it is

 

[Astro_Vape]

@PublicHealthW

Later.

Paul.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

what is their twatter handle pls? they need to receive some advice from Vern

@PublicHealthW

 

[Vapour_Dreams]

Whatever next? Havn't these people got better things to do? They just want to jump on the bandwagon to get a name.