Following the World Health Organization report presenting the vape as " unquestionably harmful ", many health specialists have gone to the crenel in order to refute the words of the AFP dispatch taken up by many media. Among them, Jacques Le Houezec, scientist and tobacco specialist who spoke to our colleagues from the site " Aufeminin.com". recalling in passing " qu'atith tobacco, we know the risk, one in two smokers will die from their smoking. "
“VAPING IS DISTURBING BECAUSE IT IS A PLEASANT STOP OF TOBACCO! "
If the World Health Organization warns against "current and actual threat"What is the misinformation conveyed by the tobacco industry about e-cigarettes, Jacques Le Houezec protests against the repetition by several media of the words of an AFP dispatch on the 2019 tobacco report which would denounce the " undeniable harm Of the electronic cigarette,
« These waves of misinformation based on fake news increase the number of people who will be suspicious vis-à-vis the vaper". Faced with criticism of this device, which appeared on the market in the mid-2000s, the scientist qualifies, « We do not say that the electronic cigarette is safe, we should not fall into the opposite effect, but we talk about reducing the risk there ... With tobacco, we know the risk is a smoker in two who will die of his smoking. Now, when we analyze the emissions of the vaping machine, we are on something that is miles away from cigarette smoke. An 2015 report shows that we are at least at 95% or more of risk reduction“, Assures the tobacco specialist.
« With vaping we have something that is infinitely less dangerous than cigarettes "- Jacques Le Houezec
« We have the impression of a rear guard fight, because the vapoteuse disturbs since it allows to quit smoking in the pleasure. This is especially what bothers people, is that it is the first time in the history of quitting smoking that we can quit with pleasure« , continues Jacques Le Houezec, who considers that the "vape '" is a " extraordinary tool to get smokers out of smoking". " The problem is that stopping smoking is the last area in addictions where risk reduction is not taken into account. And yet, this is mentioned in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control“, He continues.
« Antibiotics are also harmful, in the true sense of the word, and that does not stop us from using them because it saves livescontinues the specialist, the risks, in the case of the vaper, are the risks that remain of past smoking especially. With the electronic cigarette, the risk rate is so low that I am convinced that we will never be able to demonstrate its harmfulness", He said. « There is something that is infinitely less dangerous than cigarettes“, Concludes the tobacco specialist who, in the event of significant dependence, also recommends combining vaping and nicotine substitutes.
