IS THIS FALLING ON death ears?

How many times have you heard the words ‘yeah…vaping seems safer, but we don’t know the long term effects’. Lost count? We’re not surprised.

This seems to be a go to reply for every anti-vaper and harm reduction sceptic when asked about the overwhelming evidence supporting e-cigarettes as a reduced risk alternative.

But how long is enough before we can outright confirm vaping is less harmful than smoking…how much more data do we need?

As drug law reform doctor Alex Wodak highlights in this post, there are millions of smoking-related deaths each year and deadly cigarettes remain one of the biggest killers in the world.

On the other hand, there is no confirmed evidence of serious injury or death caused by legal nicotine vaping…a fact this poignant newspaper comicesque picture perfectly illustrates.