With the imminent arrival of " Me (s) without tobacco", The vape begins to take more and more place in the media and it is also the case of Jacques le Houezec, public health consultant, specializing in tobacco addiction and nicotine that we see intervening in recent days on the airwaves and in the newspapers.
J. LE HOUEZEC: "THE DANGEROSITY OF VAPE IS AT LEAST 99 TIMES LOWER THAN TOBACCO"
Jacques Le Houezec answered questions from the newspaper « Le Télégramme ”Passing through Brest for the screening of the film“ Vape Wave ”by Jan Kounen.
Jacques Le Houezec, how did you get the idea to work scientifically on vaping? ?
It's an old story. Let's say that the subject that fascinates me since my science thesis on nicotine, and, as such, I have intervened in several universities. When vaping first came into our society, I had to take an interest in it. When not smoked, nicotine is not dangerous. It is found in foods such as eggplants, potatoes, without anyone finding fault. Nicotine is very similar to caffeine in that it is a stimulant that provides pleasure. It can even be beneficial in several situations. There is a pilot study on its effect on Parkinson's patients. The problem is the smoke and the harmful effects that are linked to the combustion of any plant, for that matter.
And this is not the case with the vape ?
No, because you are not spitting out smoke but steam. This is a fundamental distinction. And in an e-cigarette juice, you have up to five elements, none of which are carcinogenic and all of which are well known in the culinary world. In a cigarette, there are 7.000 of which at least 70 are. The English have also taken the bet, following very serious studies, to promote the use of e-cigs while admitting the reduction in risk of 95%. For me it's 99% at least. I repeat that in this form nicotine is not dangerous. I have also trained pulmonologists in Lannion and the majority are starting to become favorable to this discourse.
Why such reluctance then ?
The new legislative provisions, very strict and applicable to 1e r November, will they bury the vape ?
No. The vape is made to stay because it is the best technology to break with tobacco. The other essential fact is that it is the smokers who have grabbed it by realizing this reality. For them, it's a revolution, because they stop an addiction by taking more pleasure.
How do you advocate for the promotion of this break ?
We organized the first vaping fair with scientists, doctors, vapers… An association was born, “Sovape”, which prefers the concept of risk reduction to that of precaution. It is up to us to bring the debate to the public and to tell the truth. It's up to us to ensure that vaping remains a consumer product as it was before the law. We are told that pure nicotine is deadly, that it is harmful to the skin for example. I remind then, for all practical purposes, that the contact of nicotine on the skin is exactly the principle of the patch. Sticking the vape in the tobacco directive is real bullshit.
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Jacques Le Houezec was also on the air on the show « The experts of France Bleu Armorique Accompanied by Dr. De Bournonville to talk about stopping smoking.
