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Kellie Ann

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 and 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.

In 2013, bought a vape online and I haven’t had a single urge to smoke since. Vaping freed me from the grip of tobacco addiction when all else failed!

 

I wanted to understand what I was inhaling, so I read hundreds of scientific articles on vaping. As a result of my Bachelor of Science in Nursing, I am trained to interpret science and 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 and is preventing future smokers.

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, information out of context, and worse, they didn’t know very important information. I became concerned that the public and my colleagues lacked the facts to make informed decisions about vaping.

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 patient’s quality of life and negatively affect their friends, family and society.

 

Smoking-related diseases are 100% preventable.

I formed VAEP to help people learn the truth about vaping. Smokers have a right to know, and so does the public. 

 

-Kellie Ann

Kellie Ann did her original research on vaping in 2014. In 2015, she copyrighted a paper, “Vaping, the Truth” in both English and French reflecting on Canadian data. Another version was produced reflecting American data.

This is a timestamp illustrating the evidence that vaping is a harm reduction strategy has been available since 2014.

Vaping, the Truth

For more information on Kellie Ann’s work history, please visit her LinkedIn account.

LinkedIn profile

Kellie Ann guest appearances

Wednesday Night Live - May 31
Son of Liberty - June 2

Kellie Ann

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.

Shareables

Dozens of images on key concepts to share on social media.
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Kellie Ann

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 ethics

 

Kellie Ann, Founding member

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

Basic Vaping Info

Basic Vaping Info

by | Sep ,Mon, 2020 | basic info, education, shareables, youth

Basic vaping information

The facts will surprise you

In a nutshell:

Reduce the toxins, reduce the harm

Harm reduction means to reduce the consequences of risky behaviours such as wearing a helmet when biking or using a condom during sex. Vaping provides the smoker with nicotine but does not contain the chemicals found in cigarette smoke that cause disease. Therefore, vaping is tobacco harm reduction (THR).

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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.

Harm reduction in healthcare

Since 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) has been successfully helping smokers quit by utilizing vaping. Vaping has been studied since it’s invention in 2004. Through ongoing review of the credible evidence, the UK scientific community continues to affirm that vaping is less than 5% the risk of smoking and an effective smoking cessation aid.

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Pages in this section:

Cigarettes

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

quitting smoking

Vaping satisfies the habit of smoking without the devastating consequences.

vaping

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

outcomes

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

flavours

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

nicotine

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

Start here:

Cigarettes

Basic Vaping Info

Outcomes

by | Sep ,Mon, 2020 | basic info, education, shareables, youth

Outcomes

Reducing harm improves health.

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

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

Who profits from smoking?

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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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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Youth and industry

Youth have always done stupid stuff

Commercial industries aren’t responsible to the stupid stuff youth do. Youth abuse alcohol & drugs. Yet, alcohol and pharmaceutical industries aren’t being held responsible for teen alcohol and drug abuse. Youth are also abusing vaping. The vaping industry aren’t responsible for teens abusing vaping.

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Ex-smokers helping smokers

Mom and Pop vape shops were started by people who quit smoking with vaping. They quit their careers and invested their savings into their own businesses to help smokers in their communities. The are small businesses employing local people,  NOT tobacco companies. Misinformation from media & authority have demonized them and turned their communities against them.

For more information on youth and vaping, please visit our VAEP Shareables gallery and choose the “Youth” category.

VAEP Shareables

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quitting smoking
vaping
Nicotine