Updated selection of best films/videos

 I have collected below links to a few of the videos  and films I found the most instructive (still a work in progress)

Last updated March 2021
Thank you for sharing links of videos you think are worth watching

March 2021, Vaping demystified (32 minutes) by Yorkshire Cancer Research *****

February 7, 2020 Vaping, what people are getting wrong  ( 13 minutes) by The Economist (includes Robert West and Mark Slis ) Now seen by more than 1 million people *********

September 13, 2019 Testimony by Mark Slis ( 10 minutes) Vapeshop Owner and scientist in Michigan. *******

December 28, 2018 Smoking v Vaping (2.41 minutes) video by Public Health England comparing residues from one-month smoking and vaping. ******

September 23, 2018  Seduction of smoking Are e-cigarettes less harmful  52 minutes, documentary by Peter Taylor who was the reporter in the 1976 classic Death in the West (Link for watching Death in the West).

In the Seduction of smoking, see at 15min25 the interview of Dr John Ashcroft MD who opened a vapeshop
Another link  

August 21, 2018  Video clip from the Health Ministry of Mexico (in spanish)  (30 seconds)
The video claims that “e-cigarettes harm and kill”, that the vapor releases nicotine which affects those surrounding us and causes cancer, strokes and "kills at an early age” just as tobacco.  This video is broadcast in the radio every 15 or 30 minutes, also in national TV. Millions of ordinary Mexicans are watching this


May 6, 2018, Inspiring testimony of Dr Mark Tyndall in Vancouver (BC Center for disease control), here (look at 2.30 and then 3.35 where he says people with HIV die from their smoking and 5.25 and 6.15 where he says he congratulates people he sees vaping in the street!) by Brent Stafford of Regulator Watch.com  (here the link to vimeo) producer of Reg Watch

December 7, 2017 Heart surgeon says vaping is safer, Gopal Bhatnagar is interviewed (20 minutes) by Brent Stafford of Regulator Watch 
April 21, 2017 Testimony of Bill Godshall in Hartland WI about FDA regulation of e-cigs
On YouTube (41 minutes)

May 8, 2017 Short (5 minutes) animated video What's wrong with e-cigarettes? narrated by Caroline Kitchens (of R Street) for Prager U. The most viewed (I think) on YouTube. Very well done.

October 21, 2016. E-cigarettes, Welcome Back Big Tobacco (40 minutes), produced by The Fifth Estate, CBC program

September 28, 2016  Beyond the cloud
A documentary by Ghyslain Armand and Sébastien Duijndam about vaping (65 minutes)  (Mostly in French but with English subtitles)

May 11, 2016  A billion lives,
Documentary by Aaron Biebert, $3,49 for rent  (95 minutes)

I have put the following at the bottom because I think they are not useful

September 29, 2020 beginning of limited local airing of You don't know Nicotine, by Aaron Biebert 

September 21, 2020, first airing on ARTE TV channel of Nicotine, a drug with a future (90 minutes) by Bärbel Merseburger-Sill  in French or German. This film is extremely biased against nicotine and vaping. I wonder why. It's interesting to study how it disinforms by cherry picking speakers and ignoring what does not fit their antivape argument. ARTE should be ashamed of airing such a film or program an antidote, like the new film by Aaron or a some of the 'oldies' listed below.\

October 2, 2019: interview of Patrick Bédué (Vapexpo) by Ghyslain Armand (in French) 40 minutes

E-cigs are -by far- the main choice by young smokers who want/try to quit, in France

 Just looked at the abstracts from one of the most recent studies published in France concerning young smokers trying to quit (in French). The figure below shows they prefer, by far, to use e-cigs to try to quit.

The abstract does not elaborate about how e-cigarettes are incorporated in the program and how those young people obtain and choose e-cigs. Unfortunately, vaping and e-cigs are not mentioned once in the official press release from the Health Ministry. They keep ignoring the reality and keep pushing the traditional approaches that don't work :(

Vaping: what people are getting wrong - A video from The Economist

118K+ views for this video produced by The Economist about e-cigarettes (February 7, 2020)

Governing global Health: who runs the world and why?

The book by Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar was published in 2017 by Oxford University Press (Amazon link).
Watch the one hour video presentation by the authors on Vimeo.

Meharry Medical College accepts $7.5 million research grant from Juul

I start again to post with this interesting info. I'll try to get more details but here is the link to the press release of the college.

PAUSE

Taking some time off this blog to think more about what's next :) I am still updating the articles posted by JY Nau.

Best stories for the week starting January 7 ending January 12

January 12:  Un article sur l'e-cigarette en Belgique dans le journal Moustique, signalé par Jacques Le Houezec sur Facebook, and an opinion piece in The new York Times, by Kevin Roose, Juul's convenient smokescreen.

January 11: A French Facebook group, Je ne fume plus,  that helped thousands to quit smoking (often by switching to vaping) in Le Télégramme de Brest  

January 10: Why I canceled my membership to the Australian Medical Association, by Colin Mendelsohn

January 9, 2019: Public Health France ED approves of e-cigs as first cessation tool in a radio interview, as reported by JY Nau (in French)
Also positive report (PDF) from the Conseil Economique Social et Environnemental, et la video signalée par vapoteurs . net (merci).

January 8, 2019: Opposite Domi's and Angelica's stories, this article by Joanna for GQ UK about her complete addiction to Juul and the risks for teens.
Juul lanuches its new ad campaign "Make the switch" (source techcrunch)

January 7, 2019: Found via twitter, the blog of Domi Niessen, in French. She was a COPD patient who died in December but vaping helped her to quit and to live several years longer. The blog puts together the monthly text she wrote during the 56 months she vaped.

Public Health France ED approves of e-cigs

Public Health France ED approves of e-cigs as first cessation tool in a radio interview, as reported by JY Nau (in French)

Puis la grande question, celle de la place de la cigarette électronique dans une politique de lutte contre le tabagisme. Où l’on entend, médusé, le directeur de Santé Publique France (hier encore adversaire acharné)  déclarer :

« C’est le moyen le plus utilisé pour arrêter de fumer. C’est important à savoir. Aujourd’hui, il y aurait entre 2,5 à 3 % d’utilisateurs de cigarette électronique. C’est un bon moyen de réduction du risque. Après, elle peut comporter des risques et il faut suivre le comportement des Français afin de s’assurer qu’elle n’est pas détournée, et que ce ne soit pas un objet qui serve les fabricants pour promouvoir les cigarettes ».

An article in GQ UK about Juul

Joanna Della Ragione is seriously addicted to Juul. In her article, she describes her addiction and explains she is concerned for teens in the UK although her examples appear restricted to kids from wealthy families. She says so herself:
With the Juul retailing in the UK at £29.99 and a packet of four pods for £9.99, it’s a cheaper habit than cigarettes but still pricey. Thus it’s the affluent public schools of this country, where kids have access to disposable income, that are proving prime breeding ground for a new generation of Juul-ripping youths.
She does report there are differences of opinion (see below) but her article is essentially a fear story.
Academics are split into two camps: 1) those who believe that vapes are viable nicotine therapy treatment akin to nicotine patches and can ultimately have positive impact on the lives of smokers and 2) those who believe that products such as Juul is creating a new generation of nicotine-addicted youths who would never have smoked. Although both camps concur that e-cigarettes are “less harmful” than their combustible counterparts, opinion is polarised to what extent.

Also this article in The Sun that links at the end to the shocking videos produced by the FDA for their "the real cost" campaign. For a different approach see the excellent 2017 video "What's wrong with E-cigarettes". A more neutral article in Metro.

Le blog de Domi Niessen

Une fois par mois, pendant 56 mois Domi Niessen, atteinte de BronchoPneumopathie Chronique Obstructive (BPCO) convertie à la vape témoigné sur sa page Facebook, textes rassemblés sur ce blog par Zaza Ludivape.

"10 mois d’arrêt…youhouuuuuuuuuu…je suis chaque fois comme une gosse qui voit briller des étoiles dans les châteaux mis à part que je ne suis pas une princesse et que je n’ai pas perdu mon soulier de verre…juste failli y laisser ma vie !!!

Je vape et mes médecins n’ont jamais entendu mes poumons aussi clairs…sans sifflements…si il y a des jeunes qui me lisent…qu’ils fument…arrêtez !!!

Je suis la preuve vivante qu’il y a moyen…merci à tous ceux qui m’accompagnent de près ou de loin dans ce beau voyage…"

Presentations (videos)

Global Forum on Nicotine, June 13-15 2018 in Warsaw

E-Cigarette Summit, USA, April 30, 2018

Selection of presentations at e-cigs summits and other conferences like Global Forum on Nicotine ( once a year since 2014)

My favorite pictures for this week

I have two. I want to select again Rosemary Leonard and Lion Shahab during their experiment comparing smoking with vaping and I chose the picture taken by Angelica de Vito of her father Juuling instead of smoking Marlboros.

They make me wish two things:
1. I'd like for the 'experiment' video to become available in other languages (than English) and be replicated with advocates from other countries. Any takers?
2. One of the first projects I managed when I got involved in tobacco control was the adaptation in French of the 1976 Death in the West documentary by Martin Smith, narrated by Peter Taylor and released in the US by Stanton Glantz. Seeing Casper de Vito who switched from Marlboro to Juul I wonder about a documentary Hope in the West that would show 4 or 5 people (like the cowboys of Death in the West) who have switched. Their testimonies would be complemented by testimonies of their physicians (like in DW).
Any takers?

Best stories for the week ending January 6, 2019

January 5, 2019: "I bought my Dad a Juul e-cigarette to see if he would give up his Marlboros. Here is what happened", by Angelica La Vito for CNBC
January 4, 2019: in The Guardian, article by Suzi Gage and Linda Bauld about E-cigarettes and the differences between the US and the UK
January 3, 2019: Podcast Say Why to drugs by Dr. Suzi Gage about E-cigarettes with Pr. Linda Bauld (41 minutes)
January 2, 2019: Public Health England video Smoking v Vaping with Rosemary leonard and Lion Shahab
January 1, 2019: Article by JY Nau in Slate.fr (In French) about using systematic early sans to detect lung cancer (what about e-cigs as a prevention tool?) Follow his chronicles on his blog Journalisme et santé publique

Le dépistage du cancer du poumon moyen de réduire les risques? et la vape?

Dans chronique du 1er janvier sur Slate.fr,  JY Nau évoque la demande formulée par des experts français en cancérologie thoracique visant à la mise en place d'un dépistage systématique des personnes à risques via un scan associé à une aide au sevrage. Je me deamnde quelle est leur position sur la vape comme outil de réduction des risques et d'aide à l'arrêt?
Le site de l"intergroupe Francophone de Cancérologie Thoracique, IFCT

Taking a break from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

As of today, January 2nd, 2019, I have resigned from my position of 'online community manager' with the Foundation for a smoke-Free World.
Why? It's a bit too early for me to explain the mix of internal, external, professional and personal reasons that led me to make such a decision. 
In the short term, I plan to try to publish a few more rendez-vous, write about my experience in the tobacco harm reduction universe on my blog mythrjourney and see if some ideas I care about in this field can become reality. 
My best wishes to all readers for a happy new year.

Philippe 

Les billets/articles de J-Y Nau sur la réduction des risques et le tabagisme

Qui dit/écrit mieux? Voici un début d'index des articles de JY Nau sur e-cigarettes, lutte antitabac, postés sur son blog Journalisme et Santé Publique pour la période la plus récente (début 2019 et quatrième trimestre 2018). Vous pouvez les trier sur son blog en sélectionnant la catégorie 'tabagisme". on devrait en faire un livre.

15 avril 2019: Cigarette électronique contre Champix: voici nos réponses à quelques méchantes critiques

15 avril 2019: E-cigarette contre champix: 1 million d'euros d'argent public vont-ils partir en fumée?

12 avril 2019: La farce et les dindons Français: comment l'Etat pourrait-il en finir un jour avec le tabac?

Smoking versus Vaping, Public Health England video

 Smoking v Vaping (2.41 minutes) video posted on December 28, 2018 by Public Health England comparing residues from one-month smoking and vaping.
On the BBC
In October 2016, the Canadian program The Fifth Estate aired an episode devoted to e-cigs that started with a similar experience.
Meanwhile, in the US, the misperception of comparative risks is still very high.

The lies of The Truth campaign

As exposed by Michael Siegel.

We don't have a teen vaping crisis in the US

We don't have a teen vaping crisis in the US, is the title of this post by Hank Campbell. I don't know him or his Science 2.0 blog and therefore I am not sure I share all his analyses but I certainly share this one. Unfortunately, that's not the dominant story.

Better smoking cessation strategies needed for COPD patients

This article shows low cessation rates. I wonder how vaping improves (or not) cessation outcomes for COPD patients. Despite alarmist studies, it looks like vaping can help COPD patients.