e- cigarette advertising on TV should be banned

Gingejoe

I don't understand that it has taken years for cigarette advertising to be banned from TV, Sports and other public places due to health reasons.
However, It seems OK for the tobacco industry to introduce e-cigarettes and advertise freely as though it is good for your health vaping in this liquid nicotine.

Do we have to wait years and years for studies to take place to prove that it isn't good for our health in the meantime the industry has found a new outlet to make billions of pounds after finally losing the battle over tobacco.

Come on Government lets ban the advertising of these e cigarettes placing them under the same conditions/restrictions as normal cigarettes until they are proved by the industry that they are good for us.

Piercedmrsp

Ecigs are under some of the same restrictions as tobacco, specifically in that they and any of the attendant paraphernalia can only be sold to over 18s.

Is there a reason you come across as so anti ecig or is it ignorance of what they are? I'm not being funny, it's just a lot of people don't understand what they are or how they work so automatically tar them with the same brush as normal cigarettes (pun intended, sorry).

There are several studies, including one commissioned by Public Health England, which have proved ecigs are a) considerably less damaging to health than tobacco and b) far more effective in helping smokers move away from tobacco than any nicotine replacement therapy (patches, etc). Traditional nicotine replacement therapy has a success rate of just 5%. In fact very recently ecigs have been approved for inclusion in the NHS stop smoking armoury.

There are many types of ecig and personal vaping devices (PVD) but they largely work in the same way - an electric coil of wire heats a liquid made up of nicotine (in tiny amounts), vegetable glycerine, food grade flavourings and propylene glycol (widely used as a food additive). They do not contain tar and do not give off combustion products because quite simply there is no combustion! What a vaper breathes out is not smoke and has categorically been proven not to be harmful to others. Remember that while it is the nicotine in tobacco which results in addiction it is the other substances in cigarettes which causes the actual harm.

There are many companies which produce vaping products and in fact the big tobacco companies are relatively late to the party. Some of the best and most well known in the vaping community are Kanger, Smok, Aspire and Provari, to name just a few. The vast majority of ecig manufacturers are not tobacco companies. Generally speaking products made by tobacco companies are "cigarette-a-likes" and not considered to be very good. There are also a wide range of eliquid manufacturers, including quite a number of "gourmet" mixers. Some vapers mix their own eliquid, which is very easy to do. Again, the stuff peddled by tobacco companies is not particularly good.

As to your proposition that ecig advertising should be banned on TV I must admit I have not seen a televised ecig advert for a very long time. To my mind it depends on the focus of the advert. If they are focused on enticing new no-smokers to try vaping then that's not ok and I agree should not be allowed. If in fact the adverts are focused on persuading smokers to make the change to ecigs then this is a good thing and should be encouraged as ecigs have been proven to be considerably less harmful than cigarettes, both to the smoker and those around them.

As for there needing to be proof they are "good" for us, there are a great many things which are widely and freely advertised which are most definitely not good for us. Fast food is a prime culprit. The point is that ecigs are a healthier alternative to cigarettes, not that they will make you super healthy if you are not a smoker in the first place.

Hopefully you are now better informed but if you want more information might I suggest you have a look on some of the vaping forums on the web. UK Vapers has a very informative section on up to date articles, studies, etc.

PasturesNew

What about pies, sweets and booze?
Could ban those too.

lynnejk

It would be better to campaign to ban all advertising for products which contain horrendous levels of sugar and are causing all the obesity - and on-going related health problems. I am amazed at all the advertising for sweet and alcoholic products that I see everyday and everywhere. It has been calculated that 71% of women in the UK are overweight or obese.


At least people who are vaping are trying to improve their health by not smoking regular tobacco products. I don't think it is likely to encourage people to smoke. These products do not contain the tar and arsenic of normal tobacco products and are therefore less detrimental to your health.


Could I suggest that you read some of the recent information available on these devices. You might like to know that the government is considering licensing these to be used as anti-smoking products.

Ben84

Tobacco advertising has been banned on UK television since 1965, so I don't agree with the claim it has taken years to ban TV advertising of cigarettes.