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Vapes were designed as a smoking cessation device and are vastly safer than smoking. Banning vapes increases smoking rates. Safer than smoking: https://www.cochrane.org/CD010216/TOBACCO_can-electronic-cigarettes-help-people-stop-smoking-and-do-they-have-any-unwanted-effects-when-used https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306416 https://www.health.belgium.be/nl/beter-vapen-dan-roken-maar-niet-zonder-risico http://www.academie-medecine.fr/lacademie-nationale-de-medecine-rappelle-les-avantages-prouves-et-les-inconvenients-indument-allegues-de-la-cigarette-electronique-vaporette/?lang=en https://www.e-cancer.fr/Comprendre-prevenir-depister/Reduire-les-risques-de-cancer/Tabac/La-cigarette-electronique https://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/343/gesundheitliche-bewertung-von-nikotinbeuteln-nikotinpouches.pdf https://dgsps.de/images/files/Positionspapier_E-Zigarette.pdf https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2023/01/statement-from-the-minister-of-health-and-the-minister-of-mental-health-and-addictions-and-associate-minister-of-health-on-national-non-smoking-week.html https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/tobacco-control/vaping-smokefree-environments-and-regulated-products/position-statement-vaping https://vapingfacts.health.nz/our-position-on-vaping.html https://global-uploads.webflow.com/5e332a62c703f653182faf47/5e332a62c703f60bd72fc64e_Smokefree-New-Zealand-Position-Statement_July-2017_FINAL.-docx.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update-main-findings https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/E-Cigarettes-Briefing_PDF_v1.pdf https://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/NCSCT%20service%20guidance%20on%20vaping%20products.pdf Including by the WHO themselves: https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2020-4572-44335-62638 Banning vapes increases smoking and black markets: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403238/ https://reason.org/commentary/cigarette-sales-increase-as-vaping-bans-push-people-back-to-smoking/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/24/disposable-vapes-ban-e-cigarette-use-quitting-smoking-research-study https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/25/ban-flavored-vaping-may-have-led-teens-cigarettes-study-suggests https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/danger-vaping-bans/600451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589069/ https://observatoireprevention.org/en/2021/09/27/banning-flavoured-vaping-liquids-a-very-bad-idea/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2780248

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• Vapes were designed as a smoking cessation device and are vastly safer than smoking. Banning vapes increases smoking rates. Safer than smoking: https://www.cochrane.org/CD010216/TOBACCO_can-electronic-cigarettes-help-people-stop-smoking-and-do-they-have-any-unwanted-effects-when-used https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306416 https://www.health.belgium.be/nl/beter-vapen-dan-roken-maar-niet-zonder-risico http://www.academie-medecine.fr/lacademie-nationale-de-medecine-rappelle-les-avantages-prouves-et-les-inconvenients-indument-allegues-de-la-cigarette-electronique-vaporette/?lang=en https://www.e-cancer.fr/Comprendre-prevenir-depister/Reduire-les-risques-de-cancer/Tabac/La-cigarette-electronique https://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/343/gesundheitliche-bewertung-von-nikotinbeuteln-nikotinpouches.pdf https://dgsps.de/images/files/Positionspapier_E-Zigarette.pdf https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2023/01/statement-from-the-minister-of-health-and-the-minister-of-mental-health-and-addictions-and-associate-minister-of-health-on-national-non-smoking-week.html https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/tobacco-control/vaping-smokefree-environments-and-regulated-products/position-statement-vaping https://vapingfacts.health.nz/our-position-on-vaping.html https://global-uploads.webflow.com/5e332a62c703f653182faf47/5e332a62c703f60bd72fc64e_Smokefree-New-Zealand-Position-Statement_July-2017_FINAL.-docx.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update-main-findings https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/E-Cigarettes-Briefing_PDF_v1.pdf https://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/NCSCT%20service%20guidance%20on%20vaping%20products.pdf Including by the WHO themselves: https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2020-4572-44335-62638 Banning vapes increases smoking and black markets: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403238/ https://reason.org/commentary/cigarette-sales-increase-as-vaping-bans-push-people-back-to-smoking/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/24/disposable-vapes-ban-e-cigarette-use-quitting-smoking-research-study https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/25/ban-flavored-vaping-may-have-led-teens-cigarettes-study-suggests https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/danger-vaping-bans/600451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589069/ https://observatoireprevention.org/en/2021/09/27/banning-flavoured-vaping-liquids-a-very-bad-idea/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2780248