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Tobacco harm reduction

Tobacco harm reduction

by | 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 years58,60.
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 annually71,72. 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).

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Kellie Ann

by | 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

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Education

by | 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 | 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

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.

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

Cigarettes

by | Apr ,Mon, 2021 | basic info, education, shareables, youth

Cigarettes

The most deadly form of nicotine

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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 toxic 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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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 toxic 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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Smoking kills

The suffering effects more than the smoker

When breadwinners of a family become disabled, the medical costs and the loss of income ensure their children can’t afford post secondary education.

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Long before they die, smokers suffer with disease

The toxins in cigarette smoke cause intermittent illnesses and slowly deteriorates a smoker’s health to eventually cause chronic disease.

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Smoking destroys quality of life

Retirement with chronic disease can mean dragging around an oxygen tank, loss of ablility to golf and the inability to play with grandchildren.

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Treating chronic disease is expensive and time consuming

They become reliant on pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare and medical devices to continue functioning.

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Smoking is everyone’s problem

Social cost of smoking

Reducing the cost of smoking to the taxpayer is everyone’s best interests. Public costs include disability, health care, fires and loss of productivity.

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Youth and smoking

Smokers start in their teens

The tobacco industry relies on youth experimentation for their next generation of smokers. The pharmaceutical industry relies on smoking for future customers.

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Normal teen behaviour

Human adolescence involves high levels of risk taking, experimentation, new experiences, sensation seeking, social development and playing around. This involves trying adult taboos such as smoking, vaping and sex.

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It’s a numbers game

Youth become smokers because they inhale smoke from chemically laden cigarettes. Cigarette smoke is so addictive that after just 2 cigarettes, over 10% of youth have trouble saying ‘no’ to the next one. After 100 cigarettes (4-5 packs), 94% have trouble saying ‘no’.

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Help the parents, help the children

One of the most influential relationships a child has is with their parents. Parents who smoke model self harming behaviours and influence what children will experiment with in their teen years. Parents that quit smoking model self-caring behaviours for their children

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Quitting smoking
Vaping
Outcomes
Flavours
Nicotine

Gov’t and MSA payments

Gov’t and MSA payments

by | Mar ,Wed, 2021 | education, evali, shareables

State governments & the MSA

On November 23, 1998, all but 4 states entered into the Master Settlement Agreement with the 4 big tobacco companies.

 

The tobacco companies committed to pay out around $200 billion over twenty years to the state governments… based on annual cigarette sales.

What would motivate authority to demonize harm reduction?

Money.

Vaping has been proven successful at getting smokers off of cigarettes and keeping them off.

If smoking rates drop because of vaping then the states get less money.

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Ignoring the purpose of MSA

In the first section of the MSA, this agreement was made “to avoid the further expense, delay , incovenience, burden and uncertainty of continued litigation” by the state against the tobacco industry for expenses occured to Medicaid as a result of smoking.

Unfortunately, the MSA did not make provisions for how the MSA money is to be spent.

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MSA protects the 4 tobacco companies

Since the 4 tobacco giants entered an agreement to pay the state though the MSA, other tobacco companies are to be penalized by the state for doing business. So, since vaping helps smokers get off of cigarettes (which would lower MSA payments) the states catigorized vaping as tobacco.

Vaping is no more tobacco than vitamin C is an orange.

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Spending money before payments

Some of the state governments issued bonds based on the projections for future MSA payments. Unfortunately, they underestimated the rate at which smokers would stop smoking which means the payments were lower than they banked on. Those payments were short to pay the bonds when due.

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MSA backed bonds at risk for default

The S & P securities ratings assessed the immerging vaping industry as reducing the amount of smokers. Therefore they anticipated a drop in cigarette sales and the amount of MSA payouts. This means the governments that issued the bonds would have to find money elsewhere to pay them out when due.

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Expert warnings from the UK
what happened
what went wrong in Canada
Canada gov't THC cartridges
what went wrong in the USA

What went wrong in the USA

What went wrong in the USA

by | Mar ,Sat, 2021 | education, evali, shareables

What went wrong in the USA

During the investigation into the cause of EVALI, governments, health-related nonprofits, health authorities, medical professionals, anti-smoking groups and media repeatedly claimed that vaping was injuring people without specifying that the injuries were caused from illegal THC cartridges.

Over and over again, they included nicotine eliquid in their conversations, statements and announcements. A false narrative that blamed tobacco harm reduction (vaping nicotine eliquid) for the lung injuries spread throughout the public and the health community.

CDC contradicts their evidence

As a national health authority, the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a responsibility to report on the facts. During the lung injury outbreak, despite the growing evidence that THC cartridges were the cause, the CDC alluded that nicotine eliquid was to blame. They are guilty of confirmation bias.

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FDA vs CDC accuracy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC advised the public about the facts on the lung injuries. Both released reports on Sept. 6, 2019. It is very clear, when reading the reports that the CDC chose a fear-based narrative about tobacco harm reduction and glossed over THC products that were causing the injuries.

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Health-related regulatory bodies

During the outbreak, health-related regulatory bodies, such as the American Medical Association, joined the CDC in avoiding the truth as to the causality of the outbreak. They continued to deceive the public about tobacco harm reduction with the fear-based narratives they have been promoting for years. As a result, health professionals continue to be misinformed about tobacco harm reduction.

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State officials & harm reduction

In 1998, the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) guaranteed states would receive annual payments from the tobacco industry. These payments are based on a portion of cigarette sales for the year. If smokers switch to vaping, then the states receive less. Utilizing the outbreak, Gov. Baker discouraged the smokers in Massachusetts from switching to a 95% safer alternative source of nicotine, vaping.

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Federal government complicit

Smoking makes people very sick. Sick people are very profitable for the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry is the largest lobbying power in the USA; the oil and gas industry has half the lobbying power of the pharmaceutical industry. This may explain why the US House of Representatives attempted to ban tobacco harm reduction which didn’t cause the lung injuries and promote cannabis use which did cause the lung injuries.

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Fake news

The United Kingdom (UK) promotes vaping for smokers. They are different than most of the world because they reviewed the science on vaping before the global false narrative got to them. The lies were so pervasive that even their citizens became misinformed.

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The lies are working

The pervasive misinformation has successfully convinced the public that eliquid is a source of EVALI. The lies convinced 13% of people that vaping is MORE harmful than smoking, The public now demand tobacco harm reduction bans.

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For over 20 years, RealClearPolicy has been reviewing US domestic policy and analyzes “the most pivotal information on the day’s need-to-know issues”. They reviewed how the CDC handled EVALI in their article titled, Heads Should Roll at CDC after Botched Vaping Investigation.

Filter is a nonprofit, their mission is to …”advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights”. Their critique of how CDC handled EVALI is titled, Vapes and Lung Disease: The CDC’s Lesson in How Not to Handle an Illness Outbreak.

State governments and the MSA
what happened
what went wrong in Canada
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Expert warnings

Expert warnings

by | Mar ,Sat, 2021 | education, evali, shareables

Expert warnings from the UK

Since the 2016 publication of Nicotine Without Smoke, UK health authorities have been promoting vaping as a smoking cessation aid for their citizens.

 

Scientists, health authorities and doctors in the UK issued statements and reports to help people see the deception about the 2019 vaping related lung injuries (EVALI).

Dr. Britton calls out the deception

When asked about the USA authority’s reaction to EVALI, Dr. Britton said that it was “complete madness.”

Smoking experts in the UK spoke out against the misinformation spread about EVALI and continue to encourage smokers to choose harm reduction.

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Prof. Newton reassures smokers

We can argue that Canada’s reaction has been and continues to be madness because our authorities are discouraging smokers from harm reduction and therefore encouraging continued smoking.

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Dr. Leonard observes misinformation

Smoking kills over 40,000 Canadians and over 400,000 Americans every single year! How many North Americans have been diagnosed with a chronic smoking-related disease because they didn’t know they had an effective and safe harm reduction option?

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Dr. Shahab addresses false belief

Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable disease & death in North America. Yet, health-related authorities and nonprofits in Canada and the USA, blame nicotine vaping as the cause of the lung injuries and demand stricter restrictions on tobacco harm reduction.

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Dr. Aberegg sums it up

Utah remained true to the evidence as the balance of health authorities and media lied to the public. Dr. Aberegg identifies the false self-reporting by lung injury patients: people are afraid to say they used illegal drugs.

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Repeated fear provoking narrative

The pervasive message in North America is that we have to ban vaping because their is a ‘youth vaping epidemic’.

In Great Britain, vaping is recognized as a significant harm reduction strategy and is promoted by their public health. Yet, less than 2% of 11-18 year olds vape more than once a week.

WHERE is the youth vaping epidemic in Great Britain?

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Teens mess with stuff they shouldn’t

Youth experiment with adult activities, this is why 52% vaped “to give it a try”. Cigarette smoke is far more addictive than nicotine vapour and far more harmful. Since smoking tastes gross, perhaps the flavours in eliquid are preventing them from becoming smokers.

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CALL TO ACTION

Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs wrote a referenced paper about EVALI. It is the perfect document to enlighten health professionals about how they have been deceived about tobacco harm reduction.

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by | Mar ,Sat, 2021 | education, evali, shareables

Canada gov't THC cartridges

The Canadian federal government controls the sale of cannabis products and taxes the sales.

 

On October 19, 2020, during the EVALI outbreak, THC cartridges were approved for sale. The fact that EVALI was caused by illegal THC cartridges could have an adverse effect on legal THC cartridges sales revenue.

Nicotine eliquid was blamed.

HC acknowledges the cause

In December 2019, Health Canada (HC) was questioned by CBC as to the cause of EVALI because the Gov’t of Canada approved the sale of THC cartridges during the EVALI outbreak. HC clearly communicates that they understand EVALI is cause from illegal THC carts and not from nicotine eliquid.

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Myths or facts

In late February 2020, the CDC closes the case on EVALI because they had identified the source, took action and the injuries disappeared.

However, over a year later the Health Canada, Vaping-Associated Lung Illness, page states: “The cause or causes of cases in Canada is still under investigation.”

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Protecting THC cartridges revenue

March 2021 Health Canada website: “In Canada, most cases of vaping associated lung illness do not appear to have been associated with the use of THC-containing products.”

When reading this statement, consider that Health Canada relied on patient self-reporting during a time that THC carts were illegal. They did not conduct biopsies, product analysis nor toxicology screening.

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Hiding the truth

As of March 2021, the Government of Canada’s webpage on EVALI mentions nicotine 5 times but only mentions vitamin E acetate just once.

This is the source of information that all provincial health authorities and all Canadian health professionals would consider to be the most current, unbiased and accurate.

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Increased cannabis sales

Due to the deception that nicotine vaping was the cause of EVALI, sales of the new cannabis products were not interupted but how many vapers switched back to the most lethal form of nicotine: tobacco cigarettes?

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What went wrong in Canada

What went wrong in Canada

by | Mar ,Fri, 2021 | education, evali, shareables

What went wrong in Canada

During the investigation into the cause of EVALI, governments, health-related nonprofits, health authorities, medical professionals, anti-smoking groups and media repeatedly claimed that vaping was injuring people without specifying that the injuries were caused from illegal THC cartridges.

Over and over again, they included nicotine eliquid in their conversations, statements and announcements. A false narrative that blamed tobacco harm reduction (vaping nicotine eliquid) for the lung injuries spread throughout the public and the health community.

First case of EVALI in Canada

Dr. Chris Mackie, the medical officer for the Middlesex-London Health Unit in Ontario declared the first of 19 cases in Canada. His diagnosis was lipoid pneumonia. Countless headlines, articles, TV news programs and experts repeated the narrative and blamed harm reduction.

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Enduring false causation

For weeks, Dr. Mackie continued to blame nicotine vaping for the lung injury during interviews with media. Anti-smoking agencies across Canada and the US demanded banning flavours in eliquid making tobacco harm reduction less attractive to smokers.

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The science is clear

A 2016 study “Respiratory infections and pneumonia: potential benefits of switching from smoking to vaping” concluded vaping cannot cause lipoid pneumonia. Water based vapor cannot cause a oil based lung injury.

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First case of EVALI in Canada

Dr. Chris Mackie, the medical officer for the Middlesex-London Health Unit in Ontario declared the first of 19 cases in Canada. His diagnosis was lipoid pneumonia. Countless headlines, articles, TV news programs and experts repeated the narrative and blamed harm reduction.

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The science is clear

A 2016 study “Respiratory infections and pneumonia: potential benefits of switching from smoking to vaping” concluded vaping cannot cause lipoid pneumonia. Water based vapor cannot cause a oil based lung injury.

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Enduring false causation

For weeks, Dr. Mackie continued to blame nicotine vaping for the lung injury during interviews with media. Anti-smoking agencies across Canada and the US demanded banning flavours in eliquid making tobacco harm reduction less attractive to smokers.

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Anti-harm reduction advocates

Daily, health authorities & media deceived the public about EVALI. Experts repeatedly referred to vaping as causing the injuries without specifying that it was illegal THC cartridges that was hurting people. They repeatedly include vaping nicotine eliquid in their discussions!

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Recommends inhaling nicotine

Dr. Tereza Martinu, respirologist, was a guest on media. She admitted that vitamin E acetate was found in all the EVALI biopsies & is used in THC concentrates. She suggests that inhaling nicotine through vaping may be the cause. Then she encourages people to use nicotine inhalers.

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Trying hard to blame harm reduction

Question: since vaping has been around for 10 years, why the sudden outbreak of EVALI? Dr. Martinu’s answer was there was such an increase in vaping that there are now enough cases to see it. She failed to give the percent of increase or the time frame.

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Deceptive authority

With endless resources and funding, the government is fully capable of reviewing the evidence on vaping. Yet, they are still deceiving the public by blaming nicotine eliquid for EVALI. Eliquid has been legal & regulated in Canada since May 2018.

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Fake news

The United Kingdom (UK) promotes vaping for smokers. They are different than most of the world because they reviewed the science on vaping before the global narrative got to them. The deceptions were so pervasive that even their citizens became misinformed.

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The lies are working

The misinformation has convinced the public that eliquid is a source of EVALI. An increase of 13% of the people believe that vaping is MORE harmful than smoking, The public now demands tobacco harm reduction bans.

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What happened

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What happened

Suddenly, there were hundreds of cases of severe lung injuries in areas around the USA. All the patients had vaped.

Yet, millions of smokers had been vaping nicotine for more than a decade without any cases of these lung injuries.

Vaping history of 15 years with no lung injuries

In August of 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they were investigating an outbreak of lung injuries.

Over 2800 cases were identified, causing 68 deaths in the USA; in Canada there were 19 cases and no deaths.

76% of the patients were under 35 and 66% were male.

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Injuries were isolated to North America

Vaping nicotine eliquid is a harm reduction strategy used by millions of smokers all over the world. Since the injuries only occurred in North America, it was clear the injuries were being caused by something other than standard nicotine eliquid.

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Patients admitted illegal drug use

Almost 100% of the injured patients reported using illegal THC cartridges. Despite the evidence, the injury was named EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping product use-Associated Lung Injury) implying the cause was nicotine eliquid.

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Lung biopsies found vitamin E acetate

To identify the substance causing the injuries, lung samples from the patients were analyzed. The fat based substances identified as causing the injuries can not be disolved in nicotine eliquid because they would separate in the container.

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Vaping products used were analyzed

The patients submitted the products they were vaping to help identify the cause of the injuries. Nicotine eliquids contained no unexpected or harmful chemicals but 9 out of 10 illegal THC carts contained vitamin E acetate which is used as a cutting agent.

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Public warnings from the FDA

The Food and Drug Administration issued warnings that were specific to the injuries. To best ensure the public can make informed decisions about safety, the more specific information about the dangers, the better.

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Lung injuries declined rapidly

Word spread on the street that illegal THC cartridges were making people sick. Law enforcement busted several illegal THC cartridge makers and distributors. A legal thinning agent, ‘Honey Cut’ was removed from the market. The injuries declined.

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EVALI patients use of vaping products vs vapers without injuries

Vaping habits of 66 vapers that suffered with the lung injury were compared to the vaping habits of 519 vapers that didn’t have the lung injuries. The injured vapers clearly showed a significant increase in THC vaping, illegal THC use and purchased the illegal brand that was associated with the lung injuries. This study further confirmed the safety of nicotine eliquid.

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Law enforcement seizures

Confiscated illegal THC cartridges from 2018 and 2019 found that the vitamin E acetate was only detected in the 2019 cartridges and not the 2018 cartridges. This shows that the causative agent was recently introduced to illegal THC cartridges.

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Nicotine eliquid is proven safe

Illegal THC cartridges caused the death of 68 people. Smoking kills half a million Americans and over 45,000 Canadians every year. Vaping nicotine eliquid has helped millions of smokers quit and has killed no one.

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Shocking images alarmed the public

Despite the overwhelming evidence, the public were constantly bombarded with claims that nicotine eliquid caused EVALI. Thousands of vapers that had successfully quit smoking with vaping, returned to smoking out of fear.

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Cannabis was/is still illegal

Because illegal drug use has very serious legal consequences, patients sometimes lie about what they have taken because they are afraid of getting into trouble. Canadian authorities neglected to test lung samples, perform toxicology screening and analyze vaping products used. 

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Buy products from legitimate sources

Since May, 2018, eliquid has been regulated by the Canadian federal government. Nicotine based eliquid from a vape shop is a 95% reduction in risk compared to smoking. This is called tobacco harm reduction or simply “vaping”.

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Utah Department of Health warnings

The public was bombarded by media, gov’t, nonprofits and health authorities blaming tobacco harm reduction (vaping regulated nicotine eliquid) for what was causing EVALI. Utah Department of Health were one of the few health authorities that told the public the truth.

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Wording matters

When we say “smoking” we think of smoking cigarettes. When people smoke something else, we specify such as smoking a pipe or cannabis. Just the word “vaping” or “e-cigarettes” is referring to nicotine eliquid. Vaping THC carts is vaping cannabis products.

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Warnings were not specific enough

North American health authorities recommended people stop all vaping and did not specify the injuries were caused from THC cartridges. Cannabis users were left at risk because “vaping” is commonly known as vaping nicotine eliquid.

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Utah activated vape shops

With a disease outbreak, it’s important to notify the public & the population at risk. Vape shops across Utah were utilized to get the word out about the cause of EVALI & ensured their customers could make informed decisions about harm reduction

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Confirmation with mouse study

30 mice were studied: 10 for vitamin E acetate; 10 for eliquid (propylene glycol & glycerine); and 10 for air (control). The first group were given the equivalent of human dose for a THC cart user and labs results showed the same lung injury. The injury was not present in the eliquid nor air groups.

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Basic Vaping Info

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Basic vaping information

The facts will surprise you

Reduce the toxins, reduce the harm

The health community in the United Kingdom reviewed the scientific evidence on vaping before the World Health Organization designed the vaping narrative for the world.

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This 30 second video explains the  epidemic that is related to vaping.

Learn how vaping compares to smoking in this two minute video.

Hospitals in the UK have vape shops

Since 2016, the UK has been successfully helping smokers quit by promoting a tobacco harm reduction strategy: vaping. They confirm over and over that vaping is less than 5% the risk of smoking.

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Smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and death in North America.

Cigarettes

Vaping satisfies the habit of smoking without the devastating consequences.

quitting smoking

The simple ingredients in eliquid have been thoroughly analyzed for safety.

vaping

By reducing the toxins that enter the body, health has been shown to improve.

outcomes

The transition to harm reduction is easier if it is pleasurable.

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Nicotine is a stimulant that can cause dependency but does not cause disease.

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Flavours

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Flavours

Adults like flavours

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Making harm reduction appealing

Adults like flavours. The drive to enjoying flavours has lead to 27% of adult Canadians and 42% adult Americans to obesity. Flavours in vaping don’t cause obesity but they offer a more pleasurable taste experience for smokers than cigarettes.

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People vape to quit smoking

The fear-provoking narrative is that youth are trying vaping because of flavours. It’s normal for youth to mess with adult taboos like cigarettes which taste gross. Surveys clearly show that the majority of people who try vaping do so to quit smoking.

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Essential to success

Vaping market is driven by demand

Adult smokers have driven the demand for the eliquid flavours sold in adult only vape shops. This lead to competition between eliquid manufacturers and thousands of flavours are now available.

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Tobacco flavours for transition off of smoking

 Smokers prefer the taste of their cigarette brand. That is why they want tobacco flavours when they start vaping. Once get used to vaping, they move away from tobacco flavours to stay away from cigarettes.

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Flavours to quit and stay quit

Cigarette smoke is more addictive than nicotine. Flavours in eliquid offer an incentive to detox off the chemicals found in smoke while still getting nicotine. New flavours make vaping novel & help them stay quit.

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What happens if you take away flavours?

Banning flavours in eliquid won’t stop youth from abusing adult products but it will make harm reduction less appealing to smokers. Many vapers may return to the most deadly form of nicotine: cigarettes.

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Harm promotion

Black market means great risk

Canada has strict eliquid manufacturing regulations and in the USA, eliquid manufactures self-regulate to keep eliquid safe.  Harm reduction is what attracts smokers to vaping and flavours is what makes it pleasurable.
Banning flavours will drive eliquid into the black market which will promote harm.

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Doctors promoting harm

In 2019, health agencies such as the Canadian Medical Association Journal unjustly included eliquid as a contributor to EVALI. The deception was followed by a demand to create new harm by making flavours in eliquid illegal & driving it underground.

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Nonprofits benefit from smoking-related diseases

It’s all about money

Around 1 million Canadians and 14 million Americans suffer with smoking-related diseases. Nonprofits for smoking-related diseases such as lung, cardiovascular, cancer and stroke are working hard to stop harm reduction for smokers.

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Nonprofits want flavour bans

If smokers switch to vaping and never get smoking-related diseases, what happens to the nonprofits that rely on these diseases for continued  donations and fund raising? Industries that profit from smoking illnesses also fund these nonprofits.

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Same people, same agenda

Did you know that people that run ‘health-related’ nonprofits have histories of working for big corporations that profit off of sick people? These same people cycle into gov’t agencies, academic institutions & back to high paying corporate positions.

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It’s all about money

Around 1 million Canadians and 14 million Americans suffer with smoking-related diseases. Nonprofits for smoking-related diseases such as lung, cardiovascular, cancer and stroke are working hard to stop harm reduction for smokers.

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Nonprofits want flavour bans

If smokers switch to vaping and never get smoking-related diseases, what happens to the nonprofits that rely on these diseases for continued  donations and fund raising? Industries that profit from smoking illnesses also fund these nonprofits.

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Same people, same agenda

Did you know that people that run ‘health-related’ nonprofits have histories of working for big corporations that profit off of sick people? These same people cycle into gov’t agencies, academic institutions & back to high paying corporate positions.

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Youth and flavours

Using youth to sway you

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 and how vaping is preventing their friends from becoming smokers.

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Youth try adult stuff

All teenagers are curious about adult activities. This is why 52% vaped “to give it a try”. 14% vaped because they “liked the flavours”. Since, smoking tastes gross, perhaps the flavours in eliquid is preventing them from becoming smokers.

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It’s the ‘heady’, not the flavors

Youth are seeking a head buzz from abusing JUULs by inhaling too much nicotine. Teens call it a “heady” and 8.3% of grade 8-12 students are “JUULing” to get high. JUUL has less than 5 flavours. Banning 1000’s of eliquid flavours will make harm reduction unattractive to adult smokers.

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Youth are vaping drugs

Over 20,000 US youth were surveyed. Of the high school students that reported they had ever tried vaping, 1 out of 3 admitted they used cannabis in a vaping device. They are abusing vaping to get a heady or to get high. Is this a reason to ban flavours and make harm reduction less appealing to adult smokers?

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Ban flavours in alcohol first

Flavors are KEY to helping smokers switch to vaping and stay off of cigarettes. Governments are pushing to ban flavors in eliquid to save the children although no one has died from eliquid. There are thousands of alcohol flavours and each year 4300 youth die from alcohol.

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Outcomes

Outcomes

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Outcomes

Reducing harm improves health.

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Health improvements

It just makes sense

Due to the toxins, smoking causes adverse health consequences. The good news is that when you stop smoking, the toxic chemicals are no longer entering the body. This means health will improve with quitting smoking. Vaping significantly lowers these toxins which improves health.

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Immediate health improvements

We don’t know the long-term effects of vaping but we do know the long-term effects of smoking: it destroys the smoker’s health. Smokers that switch to vaping, report improved health. Smokers that don’t switch to vaping continue to destroy their health.

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Gaining better health

When asthmatic smokers switched to vaping: spirometry data, airway hype-responsiveness, exacerbations and subjective signs & symptoms ALL showed improvements.
Of those that continued to smoke, they went from 22 cigarettes a day to just 2.

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Lungs get healthier

The majority of vapers reported a decrease in lung infection rates after they switched to vaping. Of the 5% that reported an increase in lung infections, the increases were due to lifestyle changes such as having children and the resulting exposure to more infectious illnesses.

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Smokers are profitable for pharmaceuticle companies

Improved health means less drugs

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. As a result, these people may not develop the inevitable smoking-related diseases and those with  chronic diseases improve. This means billions of dollars lost in potential revenue for the pharmaceutical industry.

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Ineffective treatments keep smokers smoking

Vaping is a “disruptive technology” in that it replaces other smoking reduction methods. The pharmaceutical industry makes smoking cessation aids and drugs for all those smoking related diseases. Compared to vaping, the smoking cessation aids produced by pharmaceutical companies have very poor success, which keeps smokers smoking and ensures they will develop smoking-related diseases.

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Follow the money

Smokers get smoking-related diseases that are treated with drugs. Future smokers are future revenue for BigPharma. Youth are experimenting with vaping instead of smoking which means they won’t become smokers and get those smoking-related diseases. Agencies that are funded by BigPharma are pushing to ban vaping.

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Cancer

Reducing the causes of cancer, reduces cancer

Anyone who suggests that vaping is not safer than smoking does NOT know what they are talking about! Whoever it is, your physician, a nurse or a representative from a health-related nonprofit, question EVERYTHING they say after that.

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Calculating the benefits of vaping

Science is universal. The United Kingdom’s scientific community reviewed the evidence on vaping in 2014. As a result, vaping is promoted by their health agencies. Health professionals in Canada and the USA have followed WHO instructions to reject vaping.

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The Canadian cancer industry

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has an annual revenue of about $187 million. Yearly, cancer from smoking kills over 21,000 Canadians and more suffer with cancer. What would happen to CCS revenue if smokers switched to harm reduction and got less cancer?

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Cancer is profitable

The American Cancer Society (ACS) makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year because people get cancer. This ensures funding and donations to their organization. Vaping has o.5% the risk for cancer compared to smoking. ACS strongly discourages smokers from switching to vaping.

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Junk science

Global misinformation

Workers in a popcorn butter flavouring factory, (diacetyl was a main ingredient) had higher cases of “popcorn lung”. A study found diacetyl in some eliquids, The amount was 750x less than found cigarettes. Headlines around the world read: “Vaping Causes Popcorn Lung!”

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More bad science

This study made headlines claiming that vaping produces carbon monoxide (CO). No CO was produced at manufacture specified levels (55-70 W). They tested only 2 eliquids & at 3 times higher then the specified levels. They measured CO from the wreckage.

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