Historique
Article de Périodique
E-cigarettes. Smoking pleasure reinvented? The many faces of harm reduction in France (2016)
Auteur(s) :
BEVAN, I.
Année
2016
Page(s) :
228-241
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
E-CIGARETTE
;
PLAISIR
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
SEVRAGE
;
NICOTINE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
DISCOURS
;
POLITIQUE
;
SOCIABILITE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
Résumé :
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are growing in popularity among young smokers in France seeking to reduce tobacco-induced harms without abandoning the small everyday pleasures and social relationships that unfold around smoking. But e-cigarettes raise ideological challenges: The World Health Organization and the French Agency for Safety of Medicine and Health Products (Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament) have denied e-cigarettes the status of pharmaceutical substitution products in the cessation of smoking, while their possibilities for pleasure are seen as a threat by France’s public health council, the Haut Conseil de Santé Publique. This paper discusses how different actors (policy makers, tobacco companies, and users themselves) have embraced this new technology. I argue that e-cigarettes have become a valued form of substitution precisely because they provide occasions for social bonding, gustatory pleasure, and the non-medicalized management of health with endless possibilities for individualized tailoring.
Affiliation :
University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, UK
Cote :
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