What are e-cigarettes? Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), also known as ‘vapes’ are devices that enable the user to inhale nicotine. They work by heating and vaporising a solution that contains nicotine, glycerine and sometimes flavourings. Inhaling nicotine from an e-cigarette is…
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The ENDS justifies the ends
You would think that a product with the potential to save a billion tobacco-related deaths this century without costing tax-payers a penny would be universally welcomed by governments and the global public health community. You’d be wrong. Startling revelations from…
Druglink article 2013 – Vapor trials by Clive Bates
The booming e-cigarette trade has thrown down the gauntlet to the tobacco industry. Yet if the new, safer smokes are classed as a medicine, the battle could be over before it even begins. Vapor trials (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Vapour Trials Revisited by Deborah Arnott
In a response to Clive Bates’ comment piece in the last issue of Druglink, Deborah Arnott of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) argues that proper regulation of e-cigarettes is needed if they are to become truly effective and widely accepted, while not allowing…
Druglink article 2014 – Scary monsters by Neil McKeganey
Have health professionals started a new moral panic over e-cigarettes? Neil McKeganey thinks they have. Scary monsters (PDF)
Tobacco
What is tobacco? Tobacco is the dried leaves of the plant that grow in many parts of the world. The main active ingredient is nicotine. Most tobacco used in this country comes from America and is sold as cigarettes. Cigars…