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WHY? THE BENEFITS OF E-CIGARETTES THE REPORTED DANGERS OF TOBACCO *Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons **Tobacco-specific nitrosamines Public health experts say that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than smoking and could save millions of lives WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ? E-CIGARETTES HAVE HELPED 15 MILLION SMOKERS IN EUROPE “As they do not produce smoke, research suggests that electronic cigarettes are relatively harmless in comparison with smoking.” – Action on Smoking and Health “They are undoubtedly safer than tobacco cigarettes.” – Zachary Cahn (University of California) and Michael Siegel (Boston University) 1 / Public Health England. E-cigarettes: an evidence update (2015). Available at: https://www.gov.uk/gov- ernment/publications/e-cigarettes-an-evidence-update. 2 / U.K. Action on Smoking & Health. Smoking statistics (2016). Available at: http://www.ash.org.uk/- files/documents/ASH_93.pdf. 3 / U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents in Tobacco Products and Tobacco Smoke: Established List (2012). Available at: http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Guid- anceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ucm297786.htm. 4 / Tayyarah R and Long GA. “Comparison of select analytes in aerosol from e-cigarettes with smoke from conventional cigarettes and with ambient air.” Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology 70 3 (2014). 5 / Farsalinos KE, Poulas K, Voudris V and Le Houezec J. “Electronic cigarette use in the European Union: analysis of a representative sample of 27 460 Europeans from 28 countries.” Addiction (2016). 6 / U.K. Action on Smoking & Health. ASH Briefing on electronic cigarettes (2016). Available at: http://ash.org.uk/information/facts-and-stats/ash-briefings. 7 / Cahn Z and Siegel M. “Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: a step forward or a repeat of past mistakes?” Journal of Public Health Policy 32 1 (2011). tobacco combustion side stream tobacco smoke have QUIT TOBACCO using e-cigarettes 6.1 MILLION have REDUCED SMOKING using e-cigarettes 9.2 MILLION E-CIGARETTES chemicals 7000 known carcinogens 79 95% less harmful than 2 3 4 5 1 7 6 Carbon monoxide 100% REDUCED Metals > 98% REDUCED PAHs* > 99% REDUCED TSNAs** > 99% REDUCED Carbonyls > 99% REDUCED Volatiles > 98% REDUCED

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Page 1: Are e-cigarettes less harmful than cigarettes?

WHY?

THE BENEFITS OF E-CIGARETTES

THE REPORTED DANGERS OF TOBACCO

*Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons**Tobacco-specific nitrosamines

Public health experts say that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than smoking and could save millions of lives

WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ?

E-CIGARETTES HAVE HELPED15 MILLION SMOKERS IN EUROPE

“As they do not produce smoke, research suggests thatelectronic cigarettes are relatively harmless in comparisonwith smoking.” – Action on Smoking and Health

“They are undoubtedly safer than tobacco cigarettes.”– Zachary Cahn (University of California) andMichael Siegel (Boston University)

1 / Public Health England. E-cigarettes: an evidence update (2015). Available at: https://www.gov.uk/gov-ernment/publications/e-cigarettes-an-evidence-update.2 / U.K. Action on Smoking & Health. Smoking statistics (2016). Available at: http://www.ash.org.uk/-files/documents/ASH_93.pdf. 3 / U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents in Tobacco Products and Tobacco Smoke: Established List (2012). Available at: http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Guid-anceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ucm297786.htm. 4 / Tayyarah R and Long GA. “Comparison of select analytes in aerosol from e-cigarettes with smoke from conventional cigarettes and with ambient air.” Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology 70 3 (2014).5 / Farsalinos KE, Poulas K, Voudris V and Le Houezec J. “Electronic cigarette use in the European Union: analysis of a representative sample of 27 460 Europeans from 28 countries.” Addiction (2016). 6 / U.K. Action on Smoking & Health. ASH Briefing on electronic cigarettes (2016). Available at: http://ash.org.uk/information/facts-and-stats/ash-briefings. 7 / Cahn Z and Siegel M. “Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: a step forward or a repeat of past mistakes?” Journal of Public Health Policy 32 1 (2011).

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have QUIT TOBACCOusing e-cigarettes

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E-CIGARETTES E-CIGARETTES DO NOT POSE AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE

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known carcinogens79

95%lessharmful

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Carbon monoxide

100%REDUCED

Metals

> 98%REDUCED

PAHs*

> 99%REDUCED

TSNAs**

> 99%REDUCED

Carbonyls

> 99%REDUCED

Volatiles

> 98%REDUCED

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