Why no vape-induced lung disease has occurred in the UK

The Wall Street Journal reports that there are currently 3.6 million vape smokers and 5.9 million smokers in the UK. Encouraged by the government, many British smokers have completely switched to vape.

The official British position is that smoking vape is 95% safer than smoking, a claim that has now been supported by early research on the incidence of the disease. Signed statements saying organisations that smoke vape are far less harmful than smoking include British Public Health, the Association of Public Health Directors, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Public Health.

In the United Kingdom, no one died as a result, and almost no cases of lung disease were directly attributed to vape smoking. A recent study concluded that by smoking vape each year, it helps up to 70,000 people quit smoking by reaching out to other people who have failed to quit.

Professor Linda Bauld of the British Cancer Research Centre said that the British public had voted with their feet and chose to use vape. This is a positive choice and we should promote it. In contrast, in the United States, vape killed at least 33 people and injured about 1,500, and sparked outrage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President Trump.

Why do vape user experiences differ between the two countries?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that most diseases are related to the use of cannabis-based THC e-liquid related aerosolized products, especially those obtained from the street or other informal channels (eg, friends, family, illegal dealers) . In addition, many nicotine vapes in the United States are much stronger than the vapes allowed in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom limits the e-liquid nicotine concentration to 2% according to the EU's Tobacco Products Directive.

In the UK, manufacturers or importers of vape must submit notifications to the authorities six months before the product goes on the market and comply with strict product safety regulations, including toxicological testing of ingredients and releases, and ensuring protection against tampering and leakage package. Stimulants, pigments and vitamin additives are heavily regulated.

In the United States, there are few such regulations. Many observers claim that this explains the higher injury rate. John Britton said. The director of the University of Nottingham's British Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Research said that what is happening in the United States is not happening in the United Kingdom and has not happened in any other country where vape is widespread.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed rules to regulate vape, which will review tobacco product ingredients, ingredients, additives, ingredients, toxicological characteristics and health effects and how the product is manufactured, packaged and affixed label.

The Wall Street Journal believes that public health and safety will be best protected when the government treats users' harmful habits as a regulatory issue rather than a ban.

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