David Sweanor Interview on the Electronic Cigarette
I’ve just finished an interview with David Sweanor, a very well respected and experienced figure in the field of Tobbacco Harm Reduction (see his biography here) on the issue of the Electronic Cigarette, Snuss and Tobacco Harm Reduction in general.
The interview is too long to put here, however here are some extracts:
On Alternative Smoking Products in General:
“There is also no longer any scientific doubt that combustion-based products are massively more hazardous than non-combustion products such as Swedish snus.”
On Snus
“Had there been greater awareness of relative risks and a less risk-averse mentality snus could have been seen the way auto safety advocates saw Volvos – an agent of change for the marketplace.”
On Electronic Cigarette Safety:
“If there is anyone who believes cigarettes are no more hazardous than e-cigarettes I’d recommend a remedial course in basic sciences.”
“We certainly know that inhaling a heated nicotine vapour into the lungs is one heck of a lot less hazardous than inhaling the same vapour along with the thousands of chemicals and dozens of known carcinogens that are inhaled when that vapour is delivered by smoking a cigarette.”
On those Campaigning Against Electronic Cigarettes
“For anti-nicotine campaigners who say we need to wait for more research I would point out the way they are proving Nietzsche correct – we take on the attributes of our enemies. Cigarette companies spent decades making spurious claims that we need ‘more research’ before we could move on policy measures, despite the already-existing basis for informed policy measures. They provide very poor role models.”
On the Future
“I think we are in the early stages of a revolution on recreational nicotine delivery….”
“But hundreds of millions of smoking-caused deaths will be averted by greater consumer choice and a proliferation of products, untold billions of dollars will be made by the owners of the successful products, and innumerable jobs will be created as this market transforms.”
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