Yesterday the California Department of Public Health started a new public relations campaign focused on discouraging the use of electronic cigarettes and vapor products.While we’ve all seen the media frenzy and state legislators proclaiming the so called dangers of vaping, California is taking a more extreme approach.A government funded five year campaign with an estimated $75 million dollar price tag to the taxpayers.Now, if the information being portrayed was based in scientific evidence with the intent of educating the public on the realities of electronic cigarettes and vaping we would rejoice and applaud their movement.Unfortunately, the information being portrayed, while not untrue, is skewed in such a way that vaping electronic cigarettes actually appears more harmful than smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes.Let’s take a look at some of the information the state of California is sharing with these tax dollars.The website, Still Blowing Smoke makes the following claims of the health dangers lurking in e-cigarettes, however no links were provided to studies validating the information they provided.

Here we are going to show the statements made by this campaign and our response: In addition to these health related claims, the website also makes several claims regarding the intentions of the vaping industry, such as marketing and attempting to addict children to vaping.e cigarette iskustvaWhile big tobacco’s motives can and should be questioned, the grass roots vaping industry is aimed at offering an alternative to big tobacco for adult smokers.e cigarette jobs ukWe have previously addressed the claims of What About the Children Part 1 Advertising Selling to Minors, What About the Children Part 2 E-Liquid Safety, and What About the Children Part 3 the Allure of Flavors.e cigarette lieu publique

It’s more important than ever, with the launch of this campaign, to educate the public and speak out for our right to vape.e cigarette miribelEducate yourselves, educate your community, and let your legislation know how vaping has affected your life.e cigarette milford ctIt seems like new ‘vape shops’ have been opening nonstop for the past few years.e cigarette nano iiAcross the US, e-cigarettes are gaining in popularity, especially among teenagers.This relatively new tobacco product is surrounded by many concerns, but little is actually known about the long-term health risks of using these devices.We’ve decoded four popular myths about vaping, and how e-cigarettes can compare to the health risks of smoking cigarettes.

Here's what we know right now.Back in January 2015, a peer-reviewed letter from the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the vapors e-cigarette users inhale contain multiple forms of formaldehyde.A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that there is not enough evidence to show that e-cigarettes actually help people stop smoking.For years, the global public health community has been split over whether e-cigarettes are more positive or negative.“While e-cigarettes offer a significant opportunity to public health, there are also risks.One is the way the tobacco industry uses harm reduction to secure reputational and access possibilities and to split the public health camp,” Anna Gilmore, professor of public health at the University of Bath and the UK Center for Tobacco Control Studies, told The Guardian.Early last year, a study found that e-cigarettes may also reduce the body’s ability to fight off infections from strep and flu germs.According to Science News, mice exposed to e-cigarette vapors for two weeks had an increase in inflammation and susceptibility to infections.A 2014 study found that using e-cigarettes has the same short-term effects on the lungs as smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes, according to Science News.There Were 8.5 Million Google Searches Related To Vaping In 2014, But Only Rarely About Its Health RisksSmoking vs.

Vaping: Vaporizers May Lessen Damage Associated With Smoke Inhalation× × This PDF is available to Subscribers Only Sign In Sign in as individual > Sign in as institution > Forgot your password?Skip to content SHARELINES Electronic cigarettes seem to have become as ubiquitous as the vapor they produce.Their popularity has been skyrocketing over the past two years, even in the midst of a fierce debate about their potential risks and benefits.Because they’re new, there is a lack of long-term scientific evidence on their safety.Some experts fear they could lead to nicotine addiction and be a gateway to tobacco smoking, while others say they have enormous potential to help millions of smokers around the world to quit.And now the tobacco companies are weighing in with dire health warnings on their e-cigarette packaging about the dangers of smoking, in an apparent effort to dominate the new and fast-growing industry.UConn Today asked UConn Health psychologist Mark Litt, who is conducting research on e-cigarette tastes and behaviors, what is currently known about the pros and cons of vaping.

For those not familiar with e-cigarettes, how do they work?The electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) uses a battery-powered heating element known as an atomizer to heat a propylene glycol or glycerin-based liquid solution into an aerosol mist.The mist can contain nicotine and may be flavored with menthol or other flavors.The mist is directed through a tube, and can then be inhaled, simulating the act of tobacco smoking, but without delivering the toxic products of tobacco combustion.Q. Why do people smoke them, what is their appeal?A. There are a lot of reasons why people use e-cigarettes.Many cigarette smokers use them because they think they are safer than regular cigarettes.Among teenagers, those most likely to use e-cigarettes are those who have already tried cigarettes.In part they are attracted to e-cigarettes because they seem less harsh than cigarettes, and because of the many flavors available.At this time there are numerous unregulated manufacturers of e-liquid, and they are producing dozens of flavors.

Flavors can be anything from menthol and tobacco-flavor to coconut, chocolate, vanilla, or mango.In addition, with some types of e-cigarettes the user can mix his or her own e-liquid, and can therefore mix up any variety of flavor combinations.Q. Are e-cigs safer than traditional cigarettes?It is not known right now if e-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes.It is true that some of the most dangerous ingredients in regular cigarettes are the products of combustion – the chemicals that are produced when processed tobacco burns.Because e-cigarettes do not burn tobacco they do not carry those dangers.However, the e-liquids themselves may have any number of ingredients that we don’t know about.Because there are currently no regulations on e-cigarettes or e-liquids, and because ingredients and quality control measures can vary widely across manufacturers, it is often not possible to know what you’re getting when you use an e-cigarette.The Food and Drug Administration is starting to address some of these issues.

They have been funding a large research effort in the past two years to discover what is in e-cigarette vapor, and to find out how e-cigarettes are being used.Do they help people quit smoking traditional cigs?We don’t really know yet whether people can use e-cigarettes to help stop smoking.Certainly, many people hoped e-cigarettes would help people stop smoking regular cigarettes.Because they deliver nicotine, e-cigarettes might act like other nicotine replacement products, such as nicotine gum.And because the act of using e-cigarettes is much like smoking, they might be more effective than gum at delivering nicotine in the same way that cigarettes do.To date, however, there has not been very much controlled research using e-cigs to help people stop smoking.Some small uncontrolled trials have shown some effects for e-cigarettes, but the only controlled trials of e-cigarettes have not shown very strong effects.This is an important area of research right now, and I expect that in the next year or so we will have results from some large well-controlled trials of e-cigs.

Q. There is a concern about teenage use – are they more likely to “graduate” to traditional cigarettes if they start smoking e-cigs?A. Many people are concerned that using e-cigarettes may lead teenagers to start smoking traditional cigarettes.As of now we don’t know the answer to this.For one thing, most of the teenage users of e-cigarettes started as users of regular cigarettes, rather than the other way around.The number of teenagers who have gone directly to e-cigarettes is currently small, but rising rapidly as peers start using them.As for progression to regular cigarettes, there is one large study from the CDC that indicated that teenagers who were using e-cigarettes were several times more likely to say that they intended to smoke regular cigarettes in the future than those who did not use e-cigarettes.This was a study about intentions, however, and not actual behavior.So we don’t really know how this will play out.There is also a concern that early exposure to nicotine, which is the primary drug delivered by e-cigarettes, can prime the person to be more receptive to drugs of all kinds.