Last Wednesday, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) looked into the question of the positioning of the e-cigarette within the framework of the presentation of an opinion on addictions to tobacco and alcohol. For rapporteurs vaping would be a good way to quit smoking!
OFFICIALIZE THE E-CIGARETTE AS A TOOL OF TOBACCO WANTING!
Le Social and Environmental Economic Council (CESE) looked into this issue on Wednesday, as part of the presentation of an opinion on addictions to tobacco and alcohol. The rapporteurs, the mutualist Etienne Caniard and the pharmacist Marie-Josée Auge-Caumon, have formed an opinion on the subject: for them, vaping is a good way to stop smoking.
"On the reduction of risks, the State hesitates on certain practices and we try to be a little more courageous" - Marie-Josée Augé-Caumon
They advocate « position the electronic cigarette with or without nicotine among other smoking cessation devices », gums, patches or drugs, to advertise them and to train health professionals to support dropouts. According to the Academy of Medicine, they recall, the toxicity of the electronic cigarette is reduced because it does not contain certain carcinogenic substances, carbon monoxide and volatile aldehydes « that increase the desired effects of nicotine ».
EXCESSIVE CAUTION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
The rapporteurs regret « the very restrictive framework applied to electronic cigarettes, which reflects the public authorities' probably excessive caution ». They charge the very high tax level and the restrictive regulation of advertising, « identical in their effects to those of tobacco ».
“Regarding the examples in the context of tobacco, we can see that everyone is hesitant about electronic cigarettes, and we are trying to show that it can be useful and that studies must be carried out to do so. " - Marie-Josée Augé-Caumon
On the other hand, they do not go so far as to formulate a recommendation for reimbursement of the electronic cigarette as an instrument for smoking cessation, while in addition, they consider that current nicotine substitutes should be fully covered.
This change in the status of the electronic cigarette should not be a blank check for the tobacco industry, however, the rapporteurs temper. On the one hand, it is right to ban selling to minors and vaping in certain public spaces. On the other hand, in this prevention approach, we must keep the industry at a distance, and in particular prevent it from « confuse » by promoting its heated tobacco products that have nothing to do with electronic cigarettes.
Etienne Caniard et Marie-Josée Augé-Caumon, on behalf of the Social Affairs and Health Section, chaired by Aminata Koné, presented at the plenary session of January 9 the draft opinion " Tobacco and alcohol addictions" The opinion was adopted with 133 votes in favor, 33 against, 6 abstentions. To view this notice meet here.
Source : Lesechos.fr
