But when the alternative is smoking, people should be encouraged to use nicotine "delivered in a cleaner form than in deadly cigarettes." "This is what tobacco harm reduction is it reduces the harm from tobacco while recognizing that some people will still use nicotine in other safer forms." The anti-smoking group ASH UK welcomed the report, saying it showed "that switching to vaping is a positive and sensible life choice" for smokers
David Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine
Therefore, the legislation aims to introduce many improvements within existing regulations, such as implementing plain packaging and "properly categorizing emerging products" to enhance labeling and packaging
Some Internet-based e-cigarette companies no longer focus on cigalikes, since many people buy them in brick-and-mortar stores, and the tobacco companies have the best distribution networks
Wilens TE, Vitulano M, Upadhyaya H, Adamson J, Parcell T, Westerberg D, et al