FRANCE – Doctors Call For Gov’t Support Of Vaping

“16 French doctors, researchers and medical professors have called for government support of vaping, in response to a publication by the French High Council for Public Health last year which was critical of the sector. Everything must be done to find effective ways to reduce smoking rates. A tried and tested means would be the e-cigarette: “According to the highly recognized international scientific consortium Cochrane, the most effective of these means of nicotine substitution are electronic cigarettes…“. Pointing to the high relapse rates among smokers seeking to quit with medical cessation devices—an estimated 70 percent to 80 percent of users return to smoking—the authors call on healthcare professionals to recommend e-cigarettes to smoking patients as a significantly less harmful alternative.”

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Author: Bill Tarling