E-cigarette : the United Kingdom, the recommends that during Stoptober

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Published the 24.09.2017 at 16: 30

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A month to stop smoking : this is the challenge launched by the United Kingdom to its citizens in 2012. Six years ago that Stoptober was a huge success. The point to be emulated abroad. France has followed the example set in 2016.

In this month of October 2017, our neighbour across the Channel will still get a figure of a model. For the first time, the use of the electronic cigarette is openly recommended for smokers.

The spot which will begin airing on October 1, leaves no doubt on the subject : the e-cigarette is finally recognized as one of the many methods to stop smoking. The device is now part of everyday life, and the video represents it well. In the course of the video, a man is shot in the process of gardening, her device in hand.

Not refunded

The website of the campaign is also changing. A complete space is devoted to the vapor. We find the testimony of Mark, who has been using the vape in order to not crack. The functioning of an e-cigarette is quickly explained, without evacuating the question of the risk.

“Use an electronic cigarette is not totally without risk, but it is only part of the dangers associated with smoking,” says the web site. In fact, the absence of carbon monoxide in the vapour is a significant step forward. But the authorities invite all smokers in withdrawal to turn to tabacologues or a crisis line.

But if the shape changes, the substance remains the same. The e-cigarette is still not prescribed or reimbursed in the country of Her Majesty and is still not recognized as a device for smoking cessation outside of Stoptober.

The NICE, a british equivalent of the High Authority of Health, has cut the pear in two. “It recognizes that the electronic cigarettes are used by people who are trying to quit smoking,” explains the BBC Radio 4 professor Gina Radford, associate chief medical officer. Reason enough to talk about it openly.

France moderate

In France, the status of the e-cigarette and vapor remains unclear. Lung specialists and tabacologues tend to encourage its use, without that this position is not be followed by the health authorities. The wave of vaping seems, moreover, to take a breather.

As evidenced by the Health Barometer 2016, the number of followers of the electronic cigarette brand. All in all, one French person out of four has already tested the device. A stable rate doubled a decline in use among young people.

The organizers of the “Me(s) tobacco-Free” does not have, a priori, no need to worry. 180 000 people have registered on the site in 2016.