- January 10, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Published on January 6, 2019
Recently 2 things highlighted the plain contrast in between individuals’s beliefs about the security of vaping and the truth.
The reality
This is not surprising as the majority of chemicals in smoke are produced by burning tobacco, launching tar, carbon monoxide gas and 7,000 other toxic toxins. Vaporisers do not include tobacco and there is no combustion or smoke. The majority of the chemicals in smoke are absent from vapour and those that exist are at extremely low levels.
According to Public Health England
The truth is that while not safe, vaping is
at least 95% less damaging than smoking There is a widespread belief that nicotine is even more damaging than it actually is. Here is a good evaluation of nicotine safety: Nicotine. The Practical Drug with the Bad Credibility. As this post explains:”Nicotine by itself, assuming a reasonable dosage, is a mainly benign– and even helpful– substance”
The misconceptions
| Reality | Study reaction |
| Changing to vaping significantly decreases health dangers | 70% did not believe that switching would lower health damages ‘a lot’ |
| Vaping is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes | Just half thought vaping was less hazardous than smoking cigarettes |
| Vaping is less addictive than smoking cigarettes | Just 1 in 4 were mindful of this |
| Nicotine does not cause cancer | 40% believed nicotine was the chemical in smoke that the majority of triggers cancer |
| Nicotine only has minor negative impacts on health | 50% improperly believed nicotine caused at least half of the harm to health from smoking cigarettes |
Why are individuals puzzled?
The death and misery triggered by cigarette smoking is much less relevant and gets far less coverage.
In Australia, misinformation is shared by anti-vaping public health supporters, health charities and medical associations that have withstood the proof of tobacco damage decrease in spite of the growing research and abroad experience which plainly reveal an advantage. Cigarette smokers are less likely to change to vaping if they are disinformed and have actually exaggerated worries about vaping. This is essential because it will cost lives. As the< a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2018/december/phe-video-highlights-growing-consensus-on-safety-of-e-cigarettes-says-bma"target="_ blank"rel="noopener"> British Medical Association mentioned this week’There is no situation in which it is much safer to continue smoking cigarettes than to utilize an e-cigarette’Australia requires to get with the program!
