ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT – from the rise in popularity of disposable vaping goods to the components and plastics in reusable vaping devices , everyone in the vaping industry is acutely aware of its impact on the environment and responsibility towards sustainability . As an Association we talk to our members about this constantly and wherever innovation is shown we will share as best practice .
NON-COMPLIANT VAPING PRODUCTS – crackdowns and raids on unscrupulous sellers of non-compliant products have continued ever since the launch of our campaign to combat this illicit trade was launched last year . We will continue working closely with our partners in Trading Standards and the MHRA to do everything we can to stamp out the sale of non-compliant goods which have the potential to stain our entire industry .
HEALTHCARE – while great strides have been made in getting vaping accepted by health services there ’ s a huge amount of education work to be done . We have written to more than 300 NHS Trusts across the UK offering support and advice to healthcare workers , to give them the confidence to properly show smokers how to use vaping to give up their habits . In addition , we ’ ve partnered with the Smoke Free App and launched a “ healthcare hub ” at WWW . UKVIA . CO . UK
ANTI-VAPING PROPAGANDA – this has been a constant battle in recent years and nothing tells me that it won ’ t continue into 2022 and beyond . The World Health Organization , funded by the Bloomberg billions , shows no indications that it will budge from its anti-science position that there “ isn ’ t enough data ” about vaping . This is despite organisations such as the former Public Health England , Cancer Research UK and , most recently , the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence publicly backing the use of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation services .
LEVELLING UP – all evidence points towards an indisputable correlation between smoking prevalence and deprivation ... in short the poorer people are , the more likely they are to smoke . We believe that , as part of the Government ’ s levelling up agenda , it needs to address this life-shortening issue and promote vaping in these areas of deprivation alongside other nicotine replacement therapies such as gums and patches .
FIGHTING MISPERCEPTIONS – from the EVALI scare to the fear of “ popcorn lung ”, myths and misperceptions about vaping have swirled around online and in print for more than a decade . Every few days a new story appears in the media linking vaping to anything from erectile disfunction to helping spread COVID ! Wherever we get the chance we will provide rebuttals to this nonsense – much of it driven by the desire to publish “ clickbait ” headlines – and try to keep some sanity in these discussions focusing on science , evidence and plain old common sense !
While great strides have been made in getting vaping accepted by health services there ’ s a huge amount of education work to be done .
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