After the United Kingdom, France must take a clear position on the e-cigarette! This is the message 8 sends to the associations that invite Health Minister Marisol Touraine to participate in the 1er Summit of the Vape. here is the official press release offered by Aiduce (Independent Association of Electronic Cigarette Users).
« In its report 'Nicotine without the smoke: reducing the harm of tobacco' released this week, the Royal College of British Physicians concludes that e-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to public health and that smokers can be reassured and encouraged to use it as an alternative
at the cigarette shop.
After the publication last summer of Public Health England's report stating that vaping was at least 95% less harmful than smoking, the Royal College added, saying "Although it is not possible to estimate precisely the risks long-term health associated with e-cigarettes, the available data suggests that they should not exceed 5% of those associated with smoked tobacco, and could be significantly lower than this figure. "
The Committee for the Public Hearing on “Reducing the Risks and Damages Related to Addictive Behaviors” held on April 7 and 8 in Paris, is proposing a new alliance. He insists on the fact that users of addictive substances must be considered as experts in their uses and be actors in the approaches and policies implemented to reduce the risks associated with their consumption.
Like almost all risk reduction tools, the personal vaporizer (or electronic cigarette) has developed under the influence of users. They are the ones who have improved its effectiveness and safety through a community approach. Forums, then social networks, have become places of discussion and support, allowing smokers who are new to the subject to be informed and to progress towards reducing consumption or completely abstaining from tobacco. Many specialized shops have become places for the transmission of this knowledge, and their salespeople have become public health actors. As often in the RDR, scientific work and expertise have been called upon to support and secure these new paths found by users. Despite this, the public health authorities have remained deaf to this expertise coming from the field and then from the scientific community. In France, the Health System Modernization Act and the future transposition of the European Directive threaten the development of vaping. They slow down innovation by promoting electronic cigarettes marketed by the tobacco industry, which alone will have the financial means, like the pharmaceutical industry, to bear the administrative and financial constraints imposed by this Directive.
The 9 May 2016 will be held in Paris (Conservatory of Arts and Crafts) the 1er Summit of the vape * (www.sommet-vape.fr) which will bring together the main actors of the vape and those of the fight against
the tobacco. The associations signatory to this press release ask the Minister of Health, Mrs. Marisol Touraine, to come and honor this summit with her presence in order to dialogue with the associations and users. The lives of millions of smokers are at stake, because, let us remember, smoking kills 78000 per year in France each year, and the smoking prevalence in our country (34% of smokers, and 33% of 17-year-olds) place far behind our neighbors across the Channel (18% smokers). The electronic cigarette is a weapon of massive reduction of the fatal risks associated with tobacco. "
signatories :
Dr. Anne BORGNE (RESPADD)
Jean-Pierre COUTERON (FEDERATION ADDICTION)
Brice LEPOUTRE (AIDUCE)
Jean-Louis LOIRAT (Oppelia)
Dr. William LOWENSTEIN (SOS ADDICTIONS)
Professor Alain MOREL (FRENCH FEDERATION OF ADDICTOLOGY and OPPELIA)
Professor Michel REYNAUD (ACTIONS ADDICTIONS)
Dr. Pierre ROUZAUD (TOBACCO AND FREEDOM)
Source : Aiduce.org
