Historique
Article de Périodique
The mixed messages that led to an e-cigarette shambles (2017)
Auteur(s) :
HAWKES, N.
Année
2017
Page(s) :
j4460
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
2
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
E-CIGARETTE
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
ACTION DE PREVENTION
;
PROGRAMME
;
COMPARAISON
;
SEVRAGE
Résumé :
Journalists had fun with conflicting information on the safety of vaping, writes Nigel Hawkes, but behind the reporting were some interesting new data.
To vape or not to vape: that is the question. It divides public health specialists, some of whom favour electronic cigarettes to aid smoking cessation and some of whom do not. Feelings on both sides run strong.
There’s much need, then, to tread carefully. So when Public Health England decided to include e-cigarettes in its annual "Stoptober" smoking cessation television advertisements for the first time this year (www.nhs.uk/oneyou/stoptober/home), it might have been wise to ensure that no other government body was poised with advice that could conflict. [Extract]
To vape or not to vape: that is the question. It divides public health specialists, some of whom favour electronic cigarettes to aid smoking cessation and some of whom do not. Feelings on both sides run strong.
There’s much need, then, to tread carefully. So when Public Health England decided to include e-cigarettes in its annual "Stoptober" smoking cessation television advertisements for the first time this year (www.nhs.uk/oneyou/stoptober/home), it might have been wise to ensure that no other government body was poised with advice that could conflict. [Extract]
Affiliation :
UK