The Vaping Lounge: Stoptober 2017 Campaign

Public Health England advocates vaping in campaign for the first time

Today Public Health England have stated that they will promote the use of E-Cigs as part of their Stoptober quit smoking campaign for the very first time.  Although it has been a couple of years since PHE came out and said that vaping was at least 95% safer than smoking they have been reluctant to endorse it.
This is great news not only for vapers but for smokers looking for a proven way of stopping as it may just reinforce what a lot of people have been saying for years now about the benefits of vaping and perhaps dispel a few myths that have been wrongly banded about among the ignorant. Stoptober is an smoking cessasion campaign held annually in October (surprisingly!) by the NHS/PHE for those who don't know.
It's certainly true that stopping smoking with the use of E-Cigs is more likely to be successful compared to using nicotine gum or inhalers. I know of at least ten people who have managed to quit the fags this way and with relative ease.
Its all good

And in other news NHS Health Scotland have came out today and said that E-Cigs are 'Definitely' safer than smoking cigarettes in a bid to clarify the harms and benefits of vaping.
More welcome news for the advocates who have worked tirelessly to get the message across about vaping up and down the UK over the past few years.

So far vaping has been recognised as a safer alternative to smoking by The Royal College of Physicians, NHS England, NHS Scotland, Cancer research UK and Public Health England. (there could be more). Its a step in the right direction.

Im all for it.

This post was only meant to be brief so here are the links for further reading!

To see the full BBC report on Stoptober click HERE
To see the full BBC report on NHS Scotland statement click HERE
To see what Stoptober 2017 is all about click HERE

Thank you NHS England and NHS Scotland for helping so many people to stop smoking year on year