Historique
Article de Périodique
The renormalization of smoking? E-cigarettes and the tobacco "endgame" (2014)
Auteur(s) :
FAIRCHILD, A. L. ;
BAYER, R. ;
COLGROVE, J.
Année
2014
Page(s) :
293-295
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
5
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
TABAC
;
E-CIGARETTE
;
PUBLICITE
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
REGLEMENTATION
Résumé :
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes - battery-operated nicotine-delivery devices that mimic the look and feel of smoking by vaporizing a liquid solution such as propylene glycol - appeared in European and American markets less than a decade ago. Sales have reached $650 million a year in Europe and are projected to reach $1.7 billion in the United States in 2013. Though these figures are a small fraction of sales figures for traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes represent a substantial market achievement; indeed, some people predict that they may eventually eclipse tobacco cigarettes.
But e-cigarettes are the subject of a public health dispute that has become more furious as their popularity has increased. Whereas some experts welcome the e-cigarette as a pathway to the reduction or cessation of tobacco use, opponents characterize it as a dangerous product that could undermine efforts to denormalize smoking. Already, Boston has applied workplace smoking bans to e-cigarettes. New York City and Los Angeles are poised to go a step further, prohibiting their use in public (including in parks and on beaches), though a similar proposal recently stalled in Chicago. This debate occurs as tobacco-control advocates have begun examining policy options for a tobacco "endgame" - the implementation of radical strategies for eliminating tobacco use globally. [Extract]
But e-cigarettes are the subject of a public health dispute that has become more furious as their popularity has increased. Whereas some experts welcome the e-cigarette as a pathway to the reduction or cessation of tobacco use, opponents characterize it as a dangerous product that could undermine efforts to denormalize smoking. Already, Boston has applied workplace smoking bans to e-cigarettes. New York City and Los Angeles are poised to go a step further, prohibiting their use in public (including in parks and on beaches), though a similar proposal recently stalled in Chicago. This debate occurs as tobacco-control advocates have begun examining policy options for a tobacco "endgame" - the implementation of radical strategies for eliminating tobacco use globally. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA