UK Gov To Ban Disposables?

[Netvaper]

According to Christopher Snowdon -
https://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2024/02/cop-10-what-happened.html

So the good news is it would appear to not be bad news.

 

[Toby iVapour]

So the good news is it would appear to not be bad news.

.. or just the same old bad news (WHO continue their harsh anti-vape & THR stance).. but maybe without as much support as they hoped from some other countries...

I'm waiting to see if there is some kind of official statement...

 

[Toby iVapour]

I did get a reply from the MP, but it's a copy & paste answer (extremely evident from the fact that she reckons I was contacting her about the WHO's position on e-cigarettes, which I did not even mention!)...

Anyway, here it is -

Thank you for contacting me about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) position on e-cigarettes.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is an international treaty developed to combat the global tobacco epidemic. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the FCTC is the governing body of the treaty. It meets every two years and COP10, the tenth meeting, is scheduled to take place in Panama in February 2024, delayed from November 2023.

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable illness and death. E-cigarettes can be valuable as an aid to help smokers quit. They are part of the drive towards a smoke-free society and evidence shows a positive association with quit success.

Vaping is not completely risk-free, however, particularly for people who have never smoked, and evidence is mostly limited to short- and medium-term effects. I am particularly concerned about the rising prevalence of e-cigarette use among children and adults who have not smoked or had given up smoking.

It is important that we strike a delicate balance between supporting smokers in their journey towards a smoke-free future while safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our youth and others.

E-cigarettes are one measure that should sit within a broader public health strategy to help people live well for longer. But I fully support a ban on vapes being branded and advertised in a way that appeals to children. The vaping industry are deliberately marketing products in the same way that the tobacco industry exploited individuals and led to smoking. I therefore I believe we should work collaboratively with local councils and the NHS to ensure e-cigarettes are being used as a stop smoking aide, rather than a new form of smoking, not least as many products still contain the very addictive drug of nicotine.

I hope that ministers, via their role in the WHO, will push harder for stronger and clearer messages, based on the latest data and evidence, and seek to regulate this market in a way that promotes quality and safety, while protecting young people and other non-smokers.

If we want to build a healthier and fairer future, we need bold measures to tackle smoking and improve public health. I am committed to a long-term plan for reform of our health service, shifting the focus of care into the community, and putting prevention and early intervention at its heart. Under the plan, public health services would be supported with the resources they need to improve population health and tackle inequalities.

Thank you once again for contacting me about this issue.

Yours sincerely,

Rachael Maskell
Labour and Co-operative MP for York Central

I thought I would try a different approach in my reply to my MP -

Dear Rachael Maskell,

Although I am perfectly aware of the WHO’s disgraceful stance on tobacco harm reduction, which they have continued to perpetuate at the FCTC COP10, I wasn’t actually asking about that…

I was referring to the proposed legislation of the new tobacco & vapes Bill.

Can I ask you why you are that concerned that vaping could be “a new form of smoking” for some people?
Surely it is so much better that they use a method of taking nicotine that doesn’t have all the harm of smoking?

Although nicotine is an addictive drug in respect to that it is habit forming, a dependence only meets the definition of addiction if there is serious net harm to the user. The effects of nicotine on the human body are broadly similar to those of caffeine, indicating that long term use probably represents a health risk similar to that of coffee consumption. For many people it is a recreational drug that they enjoy.

Also nicotine is considered to have many therapeutic qualities. It improves cognitive performance and has anti-depressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also thought to protect against/ alleviate: ADHD, Parkinson’s, Tourette's, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia.

While I don’t think nicotine should be encouraged for non-smokers, I don’t understand why the government has such an anti-nicotine agenda.

As always, if you want to meet up to discuss any of this, I would be more than happy to do so.

 

[zouzounaki]

Truss - really ?!
Lets fucking hope not! She is a ridiculous mare

she’s coming back

 

[ObiWanVaponi]

 

[ZT]

Jeesus no

 

[zouzounaki]

yep. unfinished business

 

[zouzounaki]

 

[MHL]

I don't know where to even start.

 

[andipandi]

At best she's totally bonkers