In late April 2016, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) — Britain’s professional association dedicated to setting and improving medical standards — issued a groundbreaking report lauding the benefits of e-cigarettes as safer alternatives to smoked tobacco. The 200-page report summarizes the science, public policy, regulation, and ethical issues related to e-cigarettes and concludes that vaping is not a “gateway” to smoking. On the contrary, “the available evidence to date indicates that e-cigarettes are being used almost exclusively as safer alternatives to smoked tobacco, by confirmed smokers who are trying to reduce harm to themselves or others from smoking, or to quit smoking completely.” The report estimates that e-cigarettes are only 5% as harmful as traditional cigarettes and that long-term effects of nicotine from vaping are likely to be minimal. The report concludes that it is in the … [Read more...] about Viva Vaping: Food Law
Vape cancer risk
Discipline or Treatment? Schools Rethinking Vaping Response
Besides nicotine, e-cigarettes can include other harmful substances, including heavy metals like lead and cancer-causing agents. The vaping liquid is often offered in a variety of flavors that appeal to youth and is packaged in a way that makes them attractive to children. And the long-term health effects, Goodwin noted, are unknown. … [Read more...] about Discipline or Treatment? Schools Rethinking Vaping Response
E-cigarettes are MORE harmful than first feared, experts warn
“However, since e-cigarettes are used almost exclusively in the UK by current or former smokers, the key question is how this adverse effect compares with that of exposure to cigarette smoke. … [Read more...] about E-cigarettes are MORE harmful than first feared, experts warn
Could flavoured e-cigarettes be BANNED? Health experts are considering it
Public Health England and other experts have said vaping is 95 per cent safer than smoking - adding switching completely brings substantial health benefits. … [Read more...] about Could flavoured e-cigarettes be BANNED? Health experts are considering it
Families Begin Burying the 28 Victims of Mexico Bar Fire
Authorities are searching for the men who burst into the White Horse nightclub late Tuesday, taking over the entrance at gunpoint and dousing it with gasoline and setting the bar afire. The attack was apparently carried out by the Jalisco drug cartel in retaliation for the bar owner's refusal to pay extortion demands. … [Read more...] about Families Begin Burying the 28 Victims of Mexico Bar Fire
