One hundred and twenty health professionals, including doctors, pulmonologists, tobacco specialists, addictologists and oncologists, are launching a "Call for Tobacco Risk Reduction" on Wednesday. supporting the electronic cigarette.
«Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in France and Europe"Write the signatories of the call who declare to subscribe"to conclusions»From a report Public Health England, an agency dependent on the British Ministry of Health, published last August, "according to which vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking».
Doctors from several countries
«Based on this observation and that of its virtual harmlessness for smokers and non-smokers, this report recommends the promotion of the e-cigarette to the general public and the medical profession to develop its use.», Underlines the call. "This risk reduction strategy thanks to the e-cigarette, combined with a policy of high price of tobacco, succeeds in the UK whose adult smoking population is falling below the 18% mark».
In France, one-third of the adult population smokes, and tobacco kills 78.000 people every year. "In France 2/3 of smokers think that the e-cigarette is more dangerous than tobacco, against 1/3 in Great Britain"Figures, according to this text, which illustrate a"difference between the two political visionsFrom these countries.
Different visions according to the country
The call is published Wednesday on the occasion of First meeting of the Vape in France, organized in Paris by the Fivape (Interprofessional Federation of the vape) and the Aiduce (Independent Association of Electronic Cigarette Users) on the theme: "The State and anti-tobacco associations: the scandal of the rejection of risk reduction».
This approach was launched at the initiative of Dr. Philippe Presles SOS addictions. Signatories include Drs. William Lowenstein, Anne Borgne, Alain Morel (addictologists), Alain Pavie (cardiac surgery) Marc Espié and Alain Livartowski (oncologists) and foreign specialists, especially from the United States.
Source : 20minutes.fr
