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No popcorn lung
Remember all of the headlines saying that vaping causes popcorn lung? It was a lie. Do you feel deceived? You should. You can trust VAEP for accurate information on vaping. Our resources are referenced and easy to understand!

Canada youth smoking vs vaping
In 2018, the term "youth vaping epidemic" was declared by the FDA. Based on 2017 stats, the number of youth that were smoking was the same as the number that were vaping. Yet, authority said nothing about a youth smoking epidemic.

Youth are in it for the high
Of the 20,000 high school students surveyed that reported they had ever tried vaping, 1 out of 3 admitted they used cannabis in a vaping device. Youth are abusing drugs which isn't a reason to oppress harm reduction for smokers by banning flavours.

Youth do stupid things
Commercial industries aren't responsible to the stupid stuff teens do. Teens abuse alcohol & drugs. Breweries & BigPharma aren't responsible for teen alcohol & drug abuse. They also abuse vaping. Vape shops aren't responsible for teen vaping abuse.

Who promotes harm reduction?
When authority describes a product, the public believe it's accurate because they trust authority. When you compare the definition of an e-cigarette from a dictionary vs the CDC, it's very clear that the CDC (authority) has distorted the definition.

Who are vaping?
The data shows us that SMOKERS are vaping and not nonsmokers. 15.5% of current smokers are using vaping to quit. 11.7% of former smokers are using vaping to stay quit. The 0.4% of vapers that never smoked could have become smokers without vaping.

Vaping normalizes quitting smoking
In a study, it was explained to children that vaping helped smokers quit and the children became supportive of vaping despite the action looked similar to smoking. Children support the concept of tobacco harm reduction, so, why don't health authorities?

Vaping is an NRT only better
Nicotine replacement therapy is safe, because nicotine has very few side effects. Smokers are experts at self-dosing nicotine through inhalation. Vaping allows the smoker to continue to get nicotine through inhaling without the toxins found in smoke.

Vaping is less harmful
Citizens have a right to life which means they have a right to all the information to make informed decisions about preserving health. They also should have access to and be able to utilize harm reduction to protect health such as condoms and vaping.

Vaping is a small fraction of the risk
Smoking has over 7000 chemicals; 1500 of them we know cause diseases and 69 cause cancer. Vapour has very few constituents and all of the disease/cancer causing chemicals are virtually eliminated. This is why vaping is a fraction the risk of smoking.

Vaping increases success by 300%
Everyone knows that quitting smoking is hard but because vaping mimics the behavour, it increases the smoker's chance of quitting smoking. 42% of smokers who vaped & smoked for 2 years, quit smoking. Only 15% of those who didn't use a vape quit.

Vaping improves chronic disease
Smoking is a risk factor for many chronic diseases because of the harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke. Switching to vaping virtually eliminates these harmful chemicals & chronic diseases improve for many. Which means they needed less pharmaceuticals.

Vapers want to keep flavours
Young people are being recruited to push the flavour ban. These young people are not made aware of the importance of flavoured eliquid for adult smokers like their parents. Vaping may also be preventing their friends from becoming smokers.

Using illneses to ban harm reduction
The 2019 vaping-related lung illnesses were from illegal drugs. Why would politicians use the illnesses to "hammer all e-cigarette makers" yet e-cigs are nicotine & help smokers quit? BigPharma profits from smoking diseases and they lobby politicians.

USA youth ever vaped vs smoked
In 2018, based on 2017 stats, the term "youth vaping epidemic" was declared by the FDA. But in 2017, the number of youth that were smoking was pretty much the same as the number that were vaping. Yet, they said nothing about a youth smoking epidemic.

US reduced youth smoking uptake
Since vaping has been mainstream, naturally, youth are experimenting with it because they try all adult taboos. As a result, US youth smoking rates are dropping faster than ever before! Looks like vaping is interrupting the next generation of smokers.

US youth daily smokers
When youth started experimenting with vaping, their smoking rates dropped dramatically. To become a smoker, the person has to smoke up to 100 cigarettes to become addicted and a lifelong customer. Is vaping interrupting that process?

US vaping epidemic
"Youth vaping epidemic" was coined by the FDA in 2018. This is the breakdown of youth use in the prior month, during 2017: - 8% used 1-2 days - 4% used 3-5 days - 9% used 6-9 days - 2% used 10-19 days - 1% used 20-29 days Not an epidemic.

Top 9 toxins
"People smoke for nicotine but they die from tar." -M. Russell WHO identified the 9 most toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Vaping significantly reduces or eliminates these toxic chemicals! Note: formaldehyde is found in all exhaled breath.

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San Fran Ban
Harm reduction started during the 80's AIDS crisis. The gay population started using condoms to lower their risk. Ironically, a city with a high gay population banned harm reduction for the most preventable cause of disease & death of its constituents!

American Lung Association
The thing about a trusted source of information is that once that source is found to be deceiving about something, they lose credibility. The American Lung Assoc. was founded in 1904 & their mission has changed as it now includes anti-harm reduction.

Devastating health effects
The American Cancer Society (ACS) makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year because people get cancer which ensures funding and donations to ACS. Vaping has o.5% the risk for cancer compared to smoking. ACS doesn't want smokers switching to vaping.

Fake news
The UK is pro-vaping because their health community reviewed the science on vaping & concluded the obvious: vaping is a fraction the risk of smoking & helps smokers quit. The lies about 2019 lung injuries in the US, even misinformed the people in the UK.

Robert Redfield quote
Despite the overwhelming evidence that vaping is minuscule in harm compared to smoking, health authorities such as the CDC are saying very scary things about it. They even blame vaping nicotine for a death unrelated to vaping nicotine. Once a liar...

Mackie deception
PROMOTING HARM: In 2019, Dr. Mackie, gave interviews on the vaping-related lung injuries. He wrongly blamed the injuries on vaping nicotine; the injuries were from vaping street level drugs. How many vapers went back to smoking because of what he said?

THC carts contaminated
Vitamin E acetate found in black market THC cartridges was the cause of the lung injuries in 2019. It was not found in the nicotine eliquids that the patients were vaping. Media and health authorities convinced the public it was the nicotine eliquid.

Vape shop in UK hospital
Since 2016, the UK has been successfully helping smokers quit by promoting a tobacco harm reduction strategy: vaping. A vape shop was opened in a hospital to encourage smokers to switch. Vaping, but not smoking, is permitted on most hospital grounds

Quote Cancer Research UK
Every scientific method available has been used to analyze vapour for toxins. Every method used has found that vapour is not toxic nor harmful to bystanders. Yet, authority is not sharing this information with the public. Who is authority serving?

First case of EVALI in Canada
Lipoid pneumonia is caused from inhaling fats such as mineral oil. Commercially available eliquid in Canada is regulated by the Canadian government and oils are not allowed to be put into eliquid. But that didn't stop Mackie from blaming eliquid.

Payments for tobacco prevention
Since 1998, 4 tobacco companies make annual payments to state gov'ts due to the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Gov'ts argued they needed the money to cover smoking damages & prevention. Conveniently, the MSA doesn't specify how to spend the money

Quote British Lung Foundation
Lung diseases are VERY profitable for pharmaceutical companies. These companies fund universities, politicians, health-related nonprofits, health authorities and media. What motivation would all these agencies have to deceive the public about vaping?

Lung injuries primary cause
Lung samples of people who were diagnosed with EVALI (2019 vaping-related lung disease) were analyzed. All of the samples tested positive for fat based substances found in illegal THC cartridges. These substances aren't found in nicotine eliquid.

MSA bonds
Cigarettes have a "sin" tax to offset the cost to society such as hospital visits & disability claims. Vaping doesn't cause the damage smoking does so if smokers switch, smoking costs are reduced. Gov'ts tax vaping which deters smokers from switching.

Misleading media
Why doesn't the public know the truth about vaping? Why is every nonprofit, health authority and expert in North America is saying the exact same narrative about vaping without any debate even though there is new science every day? Mainstream media

Deceptive authority
Ms. Hinshaw is wrong about nicotine eliquid causing the 2019 lung injuries. Otherwise, those injuries would have been occurring since vaping started. It was street drugs and the injuries stopped when they were taken off the street.

Tobacco harm reduction

by Kellie Ann Forbes | May ,Thu, 2021 | education, health professionals

Tobacco harm reduction

Smokers who aren’t willing or simply cannot quit smoking face a future of pain and suffering⁵⁰. As health professionals, you have a responsibility to help these people with the best available strategies to improve health outcomes⁵¹.

Learn how smokers are made

The biggest myth: there isn’t enough evidence

Health professionals are busy people, working long shifts in high stress environments. We understand that research is the last thing you want to do on your days off. VAEP was developed to make learning about tobacco harm reduction easy for health professionals and the public. This image is a screen shot from a medical data base. The search results for “e-cigarettes or vaping or vape or electronic delivery systems” provided over 22,000 published articles on vaping.

Eliquids are regulated

Keeping harm reduction safe

“If you are a smoker, vaping is a less harmful option than smoking.” Health Canada⁴¹. In May 2018, the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act came into effect and regulates eliquid manufacturing⁴². The government limits what can be put into eliquids to promote safety⁴².

Myth 2

We don’t know if vaping is less harmful than smoking

The multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a decision-making tool that takes into account multiple factors and enables comparison of related subjects. Twelve experts compared sources of nicotine using 14 criteria of harm. Cigarettes are the most harmful source of nicotine at 100%. Vaping was assessed at less than 5% the harm⁵².

Myth 3

Second hand vapour is dangerous

Over 9000 observations of the constituents of vapour were compared to universally recognized workplace exposure standards known as Threshold Limit Values (TLVs). All constituents were valued at <1% TLV, except two constituents acrolein amd formaldehyde were <5%⁵³. It’s important to note that acrolein and formaldehyde are normal constituents of exhaled breath⁵⁴.

Myth 4

Nicotine causes disease

Nicotine is an addictive mild stimulant. It elevates mood, stimulates cognitive function and increases energy⁵⁵. It’s physiological effects and therefore addictive effects are similar to caffeine⁵⁶. It is not a carcinogen and without the adjunct chemicals, nicotine presents as less additive than cigarette smoke⁵⁵. Nicotine is so safe you don’t need a prescription or to be age of majority to buy nicotine patches, gums etc.

Further

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)

RCP has been an authority in medicine for 500 years. ‘Nicotine without Smoke’, released by RCP in 2016, is a 200+ page report investigating the scientific research on vaping. Some of their key recommendations: “… the hazard to health arising from long-term vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes available today is unlikely to exceed 5% of the harm from smoking tobacco…in the interests of public health it is important to promote the use of e-cigarettes⁵⁷…”

Myth 5

Vaping is a gateway to smoking

During the last 6 years, vaping has been mainstream in Canadian society⁵⁸. This is the first generation of youth that have experimented with vaping⁵⁸. It is normal adolescent behavour to experiment with adult taboos⁵⁹. 20% of youth have tried vaping in the last 30 days⁶⁰. If vaping was a gateway to smoking we would observe an increase in youth smoking prevalence. As per the biennual Canadian Student Tobacco and Drug Survey, grade 12 smoking prevalence has decreased 63% in the last 6 years^58,60.

Further

The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

at the University of Victoria released in January 2017 ‘Clearing the Air: a systematic review of the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes and vapour devices’⁶¹. Tim Stockwell, an investigator on this review, stated: “The public has been misled about the risks of e-cigarettes. Many people think they are as dangerous as smoking tobacco but the evidence shows this is completely false⁶².”

Myth 6

Flavours are to attract youth

Considering that one in four Canadians are obese, and that alcohol comes in thousands of flavours we can deduce that adults like flavours⁶³. This is why nicotine gum, lozenges and sprays come in flavours⁶⁴. When smokers are detoxing off the 7000 chemicals found in cigarette smoke and transitioning to just pharmaceutical grade nicotine, pleasing flavours encourage continuation of harm reduction⁶⁵. Further, the novelty of flavours encourages the continued compliance with vaping⁶⁵.

Myth 7

Vaping’s ineffective for cessation

Considering that Canadian public health officials have utilized millions of our tax dollars to only oppress tobacco harm reduction by disseminating fear-based narratives about vaping⁶⁶, the vaping industry has been driven solely by consumer demand; smokers’ demand for an alternative that reduces harm⁶⁷. If vaping was ineffective it would not exist. From 2015 to 2017, the preferred smoking cessation method for Canadian smokers was vaping at 32% vs 24% with patches and 16% with gum⁶⁸. In the United States, 54% of successful smoking cessation attempts were with vaping⁶⁹.

Further

Controlled clinical trials

In 2014, smokers that did NOT want to quit smoking were given eliquid and vape pens (which aren’t as effective at nicotine delivery as the current devices). At 2 months, 34% of the subjects reported smoking cessation. eCO levels decreased significantly and continine (nicotine metabolite) remained the same. At six months, 21% remained exsmokers compared to 6% cessation with patches⁷⁰.

Myth 8

Approved cessation methods are effective

Prior to vaping, only 2.5% of smokers quit long term even though 52% attempted cessation annually^71,72. They had a 4% success rate with cold turkey; 8% success with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as patches or gum; if adjunct counselling was added, success can reach 16%^71,73. Smoking cessation methods currently approved by Health Canada have an 84% failure rate at best! Of those successful ‘quitters’ 80% relapsed in the first month⁷⁴. Psychoactives have adverse effects such as suicidal ideation, violent outbursts, depression and psychotic episodes⁷⁵.

Myth 9

Vaping is ineffective for smoking cessation

A significant aspect of smoking is the ritualistic behaviour of bringing a smoke to the mouth; tasting the smoke with a drag; feeling sensations in the throat and lungs with a full inhale; and observing the visible exhale⁷⁶. The behaviour is repeated 240 times a day for a pack-a-day⁷⁶ smoker; 87,600 times a year! This physical ritual is coupled with an immediate increase in serum chemicals⁶¹. Further, smokers are proficient at maintaining therapeutic nicotine serum levels through inhalation⁷⁷. Vaping uniquely satisfies this ritual and provides nicotine through the same route⁷⁶.

Myth 10

Dual user isn’t quitting smoking

Utilizing vaping to transition from the most addictive product in Canada to nicotine-free is a process consisting of 4 stages⁶¹. The first stage is dual use which is when the smoker becomes familiar with how to use their vaping device to achieve therapeutic nicotine serum levels⁶¹. This may include trying different devices and eliquids to find what is right for them⁷⁸. Stage two is smoking cessation and continued vaping⁶¹. Invariably, after a few months to adjust to the decrease of serum chemicals, vapers decrease their nicotine dose and some then titrate off of nicotine completely⁶¹.

Listen to the experts

Quotes from those that have done the research

“The most important

toxins in cigarette smoke are missing – those that remain are orders of magnitude lower.” Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos

“Vapers should

be more concerned of the air they breathe in polluted cities rather than their vaping!” Dr. Riccardo Polosa

“Saying e-cigs

are 95% safer is not a medical claim, it’s a truth.” Professor Hajek

“People smoke

for nicotine but they die from the tar.” Professor Michael Russell, 1976

Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos

“The most important toxins in cigarette smoke are missing – those that remain are orders of magnitude lower.”

Riccardo Polosa

“Vapres should be more concerned of the air they breathe in polluted cities rather than their vaping!” Dr.

Professor Hajek

Saying e-cigs are 95% safer is not a medical claim, it’s a truth.”

Professor Michael Russell, 1976

“People smoke for nicotine but they die from the tar.”

Next section: bioethics

50. Polosa, R., Rodu, B., Caponnetto, P., Maglia, M., & Raciti, C. (2013). A fresh look at tobacco harm reduction: the case for the electronic cigarette.

51. Canadian Nurses Association. (2017). Code of ethics for registered nurses.

52. Nutt, D. J., Phillips, L. D., Balfour, D., Curran, H. V., Dockrell, M., Foulds, J., Fagerstrom, K., Letlape, K., Milton, A., Polosa, R., Ramsey, J., & Sweanor, D. (2014). Estimating the harms of nicotine-containing products using the MCDA approach.

53. Burstyn, I. (2014). Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks.

54. Filipiak, W., Ruzsanyi, V., Mochalski, P., Filipiak, A., Bajtarevic, A., Ager1, C., Denz1, H., Hilbe W., Jamnig, H., Hackl, M., Dzien, A., & Amann, A. (2012). Dependence of exhaled breath composition on exogenous factors, smoking habits and exposure to air pollutants.

55. Laugesen, M. (2013). Nicotine and health. New York, NY: American Council on Science and Health.

56. Royal Society for Public Health. (2015). Nicotine “no more harmful than caffeine”.

57. Royal College of Physicians. (2016). Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction: A report by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians.

58. Government of Canada. (2015). Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey.

59. Jackson, C. A., Henderson, M., Frank, J. W., Haw, S. J. (2012). An overview of prevention of multiple risk behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood.

60. Government of Canada. (2019). Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey.

61. O’Leary, R., MacDonald, M., Stockwell, T., & Reist, D. (2017). Clearing the Air: A systematic review on the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes and vapour devices. Victoria, BC: Centre for Addictions Research of BC.

62. University of Victoria: UVic News. (2107). Clearing the air around e-cigarettes. Retrieved Feb. 19, 2020 from https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2017+e-cigarettes-carbc-macdonald-stockwell+media-release

63. Statistics Canada. (2017). Canadian Health Measures Survey.

64. Aslani, A., & Rafiei, S. (2012). Design, formulation and evaluation of nicotine chewing gum.

65. Russell, C., McKeganey, N., Dickson, T., & Nides, M. (2018). Changing patterns of first e-cigarette flavor used and current flavors used by 20,836 adult frequent e-cigarette users in the USA.

66. Government of Canada. (2019). The risks of vaping.

67. Institute of Economic Affairs. (2013). Free market solutions in health: The case of nicotine.

68. Government of Canada. (2017) Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS).

69. Farsalinos, K., Polosa, R., Cibella, C., & Niaura, R. (2019). Is e-cigarette use associated with coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction? Insights from the 2016 and 2017 National Health Interview Surveys.

70. Adriaens, K., Van Gucht, D., Declerck, P., & Baeyens, F. (2014). Effectiveness of the electronic  cigarette: An eight-week Flemish study with six-month follow-up on smoking reduction,  craving and experienced benefits and complaints.

71. Nides, M., Leischow, S.J., Bhatter, M., & Simmons, M. (2014). Nicotine blood levels and short-term smoking reduction with an electronic nicotine delivery system.

72. Polosa, R., Rodu, B., Caponnetto, P., Maglia, M., & Raciti, C. (2013). A fresh look at tobacco harm reduction: the case for the electronic cigarette.

73. Shahab, L., Brose, L.S., & West R. (2013). Novel delivery systems for nicotine replacement therapy as an aid to smoking cessation and for harm reduction: Rationale, and evidence for advantages over existing systems.

74. Polosa, R., Rodu, B., Caponnetto, P., Maglia, M., & Raciti, C. (2013). A fresh look at tobacco harm reduction: the case for the electronic cigarette.

75. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. (2008). QuarterWatch Report: Strong Safety Signal Seen for Chantix (Varenicline).

76. Dawkins, L. (2013). Why is it so hard to quit smoking?

77. Farsalinos, K., Spyrou, A., Tsimopoulou, K. et al. Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between first and new-generation devices.

78. Farsalinos, K., Spyrou, A., Stefopoulos, C. et al. Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between experienced consumers (vapers) and naïve users (smokers).

Kellie Ann

by Kellie Ann Forbes | May ,Wed, 2021 | about vaep

Kellie Ann

Our founding member

I started smoking before my teens. I didn’t enjoy smoking. It harmed my health, made me stink, but what bothered me most was I was powerless over my addiction.

I tried everything to quit. Sometimes, I would quit for a few months or even a few years, but one drag and I was a pack-a-day smoker within a week.

I bought a $30 vaporizer online and I haven’t had a single urge to smoke since. Vaping freed me from the grip of tobacco addiction!

I wanted to understand what I was inhaling, so I accessed a medical data base and read hundreds of published articles on vaping. As a result of my Bachelor of Science in Nursing, I am trained to conduct research to form an educated opinion. I am satisfied that vaping is not only exceedingly less harmful than smoking but it is an appealing alternative to current smokers for very sound reasons.

After talking with people about vaping, it became clear that what they thought they knew about vaping was either incomplete or just outright incorrect. They were learning misinformation, half truths or information out of context. I became concerned that the public and my colleagues lacked the facts to make informed decisions about the health improving potential of tobacco harm reduction.

During my years as a hospital RN, I have provided care, including palliative, to hundreds of patients with smoking-related diseases. These diseases destroy the patients’ of quality of life. The consequences of these diseases adversely effects their friends, family and society.

Smoking-related diseases are 100% preventable.

I formed VAEP to help people learn about vaping as an effective harm reduction option for smokers and future smokers. Smokers have a right to know the truth, and so do you.

Kellie Ann BScN

Education

by Kellie Ann Forbes | May ,Wed, 2021 | education

Education

You have a right to make informed decisions

Learning sections

Quickly gain comprehensive understanding of the major areas in vaping. Sections consist of several pages, each on a specific topic. You choose which topics you want to learn about.

Basic Vaping Info

Learn from the science, everything you need to know about vaping as a harm reduction strategy. This section covers cigarettes, quitting smoking , tobacco harm reduction, vaping outcomes, flavours and nicotine.

Vaping & Lung Injuries

From August to September 2019, an outbreak of vaping related lung injuries occurred in the USA. The cause was illegal THC cartridges and had nothing to do with vaping nicotine. Authority and media did not tell the truth.

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Health Professionals

If, despite your efforts to help your smoking patients, smoking cessation is not being achieved, the next best strategy for your patient is harm reduction. We invite you to look at the credible evidence to ensure best practice.

Adolescents and Adult Activities

It’s normal teenage behaviour to experiment with adult taboos. This is the first generation to encounter vaping. We explore the reasons youth try vaping, the consequences and unintended harm reduction in regards to smoking uptake.

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About us

by Kellie Ann Forbes | May ,Mon, 2021 | about vaep

About us

We are driven by ethics

Our vision

To make the truth about vaping common knowledge throughout the general population

Senior Vaping, Enjoying An Electronic Cigarette

Our vision

To make the truth about vaping common knowledge throughout the general population

VAEP is a grass roots nonprofit founded by a registered nurse to help people learn the truth about vaping.

After reviewing the scientific evidence, we format the information in a way that anyone can understand it.

VAEP is founded on nursing principles such as:

- self-directed learning from credible resources.
- teaching others so they can make informed decisions.
- respecting a person’s right to make their own decisions.

Our Mission

Through advocacy and education, disseminate to the general population accurate and comprehensive information about vaping. Ensure smokers can make an informed decision about vaping as a smoking alternative.

Our objectives

Unify the growing numbers of knowledgeable vapers and their passion for vaping by engaging them in the development and implementation of a population education campaign.

Mature man smoking electronic cigarette outdoors

Create support for the effective utilization of vaping within non-vaping populations such as government, non-profit organizations and healthcare agencies by providing access to vaping information and facilitating informed decision making within those groups.

Our Mission

Through advocacy and education, disseminate to the general population accurate and comprehensive information about vaping. Ensure smokers can make an informed decision about vaping as a smoking alternative.

Our objectives

Unify the growing numbers of knowledgeable vapers and their passion for vaping by engaging them in the development and implementation of a population education campaign.

Create support for the effective utilization of vaping within non-vaping populations such as government, non-profit organizations and healthcare agencies by providing access to vaping information and facilitating informed decision making within those groups.

Our team

Mark Prociuk DC, BN
Vice chairman

Rick Siba
Secretary

Chrissy Marshall
Facebook group host

Luke Marshall
IT consultant

Kellie Ann, Chair

In keeping with nursing principles, our corporate code of ethics is based on medical bioethics.

Nonmaleficence

to not cause harm or minimizing the possible harm to reach a beneficial outcome. It prohibits causing offence, suffering, or deprivation. Nonmaleficence includes respect for confidentiality and privacy. VAEP considers potential harm and its effects in the decision-making process and in the outcomes of its actions.

Beneficence

to act in a way that aims to benefit others. Examples would be preventing harm, reducing harm, protecting rights or improving a situation for others. Beneficence also means to create a safe, inclusive and supportive environment on our social media. Beneficence is the objective of all of VAEP planning and actions.

Autonomy

to respect a person’s right to make their own decisions and support their decisions. This prohibits manipulation and coercion. Autonomy includes giving people all of the information they need to make an informed decision. Promoting autonomy requires VAEP to stay current in credible evidence and providing that evidence without bias.

Justice

to treat people fairly without discrimination or prejudice. It’s a respect for people’s rights and distribution of resources evenly. Justice prohibits favoritism towards individuals or groups; bullying of anyone at any time; and abuse of any nature. We at VAEP are mindful to communicate respectfully and to facilitate inclusiveness whenever possible.

Kellie Ann, Chair

Cigarettes

by Kellie Ann Forbes | Apr ,Mon, 2021 | basic info, education, shareables, youth

Cigarettes

The most deadly form of nicotine

VAEP Shareables are images utilizing graphics, colour and text to quickly teach people about vaping. Each Shareable provides the reference on the bottom.

Everyone knows smoking is very bad for health

Smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and death in North America. The harm from tobacco is overwhelmingly due to its combustion. When a cigarette is burned, the smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds of these chemicals cause diseases and around 70 cause cancer.

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The reality

Up to 600 chemicals are added to cigarettes

Over decades, scientists were paid millions of dollars to experiment with adding chemicals to tobacco to create the modern cigarette. Many of the chemicals in cigarettes enhance the effects and delivery of nicotine. Some chemicals are addictive in themselves.

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The fear-based narrative claims there is a vaping epidemic

An epidemic is a widespread disease that affects many people. Globally, smoking kills 17,000 people every single day and over 200 million people suffer with chronic smoking-related diseases! These diseases and deaths are 100% preventable. A safer source of nicotine lets smokers eliminate the disease causing chemicals found in cigarette smoke.

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Once addicted, smokers have very poor quit rates

Before vaping, about half of smokers tried to quit every year but annually only 2.5% of smokers quit long term. Despite the financial cost, health consequences and social shaming, most smokers are hopelessly addicted and continue to harm their health..

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The reality

Up to 600 chemicals are added to cigarettes

Over decades, scientists were paid millions of dollars to experiment with adding chemicals to tobacco to create the modern cigarette. Many of the chemicals in cigarettes enhance the effects and delivery of nicotine. Some chemicals are addictive in themselves.

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The fear-based narrative claims there is a vaping epidemic

An epidemic is a widespread disease that affects many people. Globally, smoking kills 17,000 people every single day and over 200 million people suffer with chronic smoking-related diseases! These diseases and deaths are 100% preventable.

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Once addicted, smokers have very poor quit rates

Before vaping, about half of smokers tried to quit every year but annually only 2.5% of smokers quit long term. Despite the financial cost, health consequences and social shaming, most smokers are hopelessly addicted and continue to harm their health..

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Tobacco harm reduction

The biggest myth: there isn’t enough evidence

Keeping harm reduction safe

We don’t know if vaping is less harmful than smoking

Second hand vapour is dangerous

Nicotine causes disease

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)

Vaping is a gateway to smoking

The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

Flavours are to attract youth

Vaping’s ineffective for cessation

Controlled clinical trials

Approved cessation methods are effective

Vaping is ineffective for smoking cessation

Dual user isn’t quitting smoking

Listen to the experts

Quotes from those that have done the research

“The most important

“Vapers should

“Saying e-cigs

“People smoke

Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos

“The most important toxins in cigarette smoke are missing – those that remain are orders of magnitude lower.”

Riccardo Polosa

“Vapres should be more concerned of the air they breathe in polluted cities rather than their vaping!” Dr.

Professor Hajek

Saying e-cigs are 95% safer is not a medical claim, it’s a truth.”

Professor Michael Russell, 1976

“People smoke for nicotine but they die from the tar.”

Kellie Ann

I started smoking before my teens. I didn’t enjoy smoking. It harmed my health, made me stink, but what bothered me most was I was powerless over my addiction.

I tried everything to quit. Sometimes, I would quit for a few months or even a few years, but one drag and I was a pack-a-day smoker within a week.

I bought a $30 vaporizer online and I haven’t had a single urge to smoke since. Vaping freed me from the grip of tobacco addiction!

During my years as a hospital RN, I have provided care, including palliative, to hundreds of patients with smoking-related diseases. These diseases destroy the patients’ of quality of life. The consequences of these diseases adversely effects their friends, family and society.

Smoking-related diseases are 100% preventable.

I formed VAEP to help people learn about vaping as an effective harm reduction option for smokers and future smokers. Smokers have a right to know the truth, and so do you.

Kellie Ann BScN

Education

Learning sections

Quickly gain comprehensive understanding of the major areas in vaping. Sections consist of several pages, each on a specific topic. You choose which topics you want to learn about.

Basic Vaping Info

Learn from the science, everything you need to know about vaping as a harm reduction strategy. This section covers cigarettes, quitting smoking , tobacco harm reduction, vaping outcomes, flavours and nicotine.

Vaping & Lung Injuries

From August to September 2019, an outbreak of vaping related lung injuries occurred in the USA. The cause was illegal THC cartridges and had nothing to do with vaping nicotine. Authority and media did not tell the truth.

Shareables

Currently under renovations

Health Professionals

If, despite your efforts to help your smoking patients, smoking cessation is not being achieved, the next best strategy for your patient is harm reduction. We invite you to look at the credible evidence to ensure best practice.

Adolescents and Adult Activities

It’s normal teenage behaviour to experiment with adult taboos. This is the first generation to encounter vaping. We explore the reasons youth try vaping, the consequences and unintended harm reduction in regards to smoking uptake.

About us

Our vision

To make the truth about vaping common knowledge throughout the general population

Our vision

To make the truth about vaping common knowledge throughout the general population

VAEP is a grass roots nonprofit founded by a registered nurse to help people learn the truth about vaping.

After reviewing the scientific evidence, we format the information in a way that anyone can understand it.

VAEP is founded on nursing principles such as:

self-directed learning from credible resources.

teaching others so they can make informed decisions.

respecting a person’s right to make their own decisions.

Our Mission

Through advocacy and education, disseminate to the general population accurate and comprehensive information about vaping. Ensure smokers can make an informed decision about vaping as a smoking alternative.

Our objectives

Unify the growing numbers of knowledgeable vapers and their passion for vaping by engaging them in the development and implementation of a population education campaign.

Create support for the effective utilization of vaping within non-vaping populations such as government, non-profit organizations and healthcare agencies by providing access to vaping information and facilitating informed decision making within those groups.

Our Mission

Through advocacy and education, disseminate to the general population accurate and comprehensive information about vaping. Ensure smokers can make an informed decision about vaping as a smoking alternative.

Our objectives

Unify the growing numbers of knowledgeable vapers and their passion for vaping by engaging them in the development and implementation of a population education campaign.

Create support for the effective utilization of vaping within non-vaping populations such as government, non-profit organizations and healthcare agencies by providing access to vaping information and facilitating informed decision making within those groups.

Mark Prociuk DC, BN
Vice chairman

Rick Siba
Secretary

Chrissy Marshall
Facebook group host

Luke Marshall
IT consultant