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A new book designed to educate smokers about vaping is so good it is recommended as required reading for regulators and health care providers too .
Words : Patrick Griffin
It is easy to see why Dr Colin Mendelsohn ’ s book ‘ Stop Smoking Start Vaping – the healthy truth about vaping ’ has been so highly praised .
It is a book designed to cut through the confusion , misinformation and bad science which has plagued the discussion about vaping for years .
‘ Stop Smoking Start Vaping ’ acts as a powerful antidote to the general anti-vaping bias which serves to keeps smokers addicted to deadly cigarettes .
Author Colin Mendelsohn is a smoking cessation expert who founded the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association .
It contains case studies of smokers who successfully quit with vaping , explains how it is different to smoking , tackles many myths about nicotine and has an entire chapter on the relative risks about smoking and vaping .
The book points out that there is ‘ overwhelming scientific agreement that vaping is less harmful than smoking ’ and then walks the reader through the evidence .
Written in plain English without complex jargon , there are ten chapters which explain everything a smoker needs to know to successfully switch to vaping .
This section covers everything from how devices work , how to choose e-liquid and how to vape safely .
It tackles , head on , some of the major vaping controversies , including the risk to young people , safety concerns , social justice and discusses common reasons that people oppose vaping .
For anyone who wants to learn the facts about vaping , this book should be required reading .
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