At least 4 million people have quit smoking thanks to vaping since the early 2010s, and 50% have gone on to stop vaping.1. The French vape sector is the No. 1 industry for smoking cessation and nicotine withdrawal.
On the occasion of an Interview2 for the launch of Mois Sans Tabac, Santé publique France lists the solutions available to help people stop smoking: nicotine substitutes, medication, hypnosis, acupuncture or laser therapy... But in this long list, vapotage has been forgotten.
Why all this silence about France's favorite smoking cessation tool? While the effectiveness of vaping has been established with a high degree of certainty3which is not the case for acupuncture or laser therapy.
Professionals in the French vape sector, who are independent of the tobacco industry and have been fully involved in the fight against tobacco for nearly 15 years, are at a loss to understand and wonder.
15 million smokers: our priority
It has been established that vaping is the best tool available4 to help people stop smoking. Smoking cessation is the number 1 objective on which the entire vape sector, independent of the tobacco industry, is focused. There are still 15 million smokers to help in France. That's our top priority.
Once they've weaned themselves off nicotine for good, ex-smokers who've become vapoteurs can decide to stop using nicotine, and then stop using vapors. And, here again, independent professionals can provide reliable support to help them achieve their emancipation goals, whatever they may be, with expertise, encouragement and kindness.
Customized products and support at the best price
Vaping is not a trivial product; it must be used wisely and, as an absolute priority, to break away from cigarettes and avoid succumbing to tobacco. Successful smoking cessation with vaping means finding the perfect match between the choice of equipment, the choice of flavours, the PG/VG ratio, etc.5ratio, nicotine rate and choice of nicotine, whether conventional or in the form of salts. Its adaptability to each smoker's profile, thanks to its multiple parameters, makes it an extremely effective tool, provided it is delivered with expert guidance and advice. And it's the expertise of vaping professionals, independent of the tobacco industry, that explains its success.
To achieve total cessation, the job of a vape professional requires the ability to offer a vast choice of products, and to devote time to each one individually. It's this choice and this time for discussion that enable sales advisors to define the strategy best suited to each individual, often unique and tailor-made, in order to promote the fastest and most solid weaning possible. The economic aspect6 is also a key factor in the decision to stop smoking, and it's thanks to the open systems promoted by the independent vape industry that weaning is achieved at the lowest possible cost.
French vape industry: MOIS SANS TABAC every day of the year
To this day, the French have a unique opportunity: 85% of the vape market.7 market is held by a solid independent sector, out of the hands of the tobacco industry. At least 70% of all e-liquids consumed are manufactured in France. A global exception built on the determination, know-how and tenacity of independent professionals in the French industry.
There are almost 4,000 stores nationwide. Every day, these independent professionals welcome, accompany, motivate and encourage tens of thousands of vapoteurs and smokers in the process of weaning themselves off tobacco, supporting each individual in his or her fight to quit smoking. Through their daily work, they enable millions of our fellow citizens to stay away from tobacco.
Europe's biggest websites specializing in vaping products are French. With professionalism, speed and efficiency, they ensure the availability of a wide variety of products to all consumers, and in particular to those with reduced mobility or who are isolated.
The No. 1 industry for smoking cessation and nicotine withdrawal
Whatever its detractors may say, vape has single-handedly brought about the steepest and fastest fall in smoking prevalence in France over the 2010 decade8. The key players in this historic decline are vape professionals who are independent of the tobacco industry, and who have themselves, for the most part, escaped from cigarette addiction thanks to the discovery of vaping. Personally confronted with the deleterious effects of tobacco, they have made the fight against this scourge their main activity, convinced of the breakthrough potential of vape as a way out of smoking. They have created a passionate business that makes sense: sharing their experience of a weaning solution that is finally effective with as many people as possible, having a real beneficial impact on public health and putting an end to the 75,000 smoking-related deaths in France every year.
This uniqueness underpins a unique set of values and ethics. A fierce determination to help smokers first and foremost.
Vape is the biggest exit from smoking that has ever existed. 4 million smokers have already quit smoking with the help of vape. Santé publique France and all the public and private organizations taking part in MOIS SANS TABAC need to know that they can count on the total daily involvement of French vape professionals, who are independent of the tobacco industry, to play their essential role at the forefront of the fight against smoking.
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- Santé Publique France Barometer 2017 - E-cigarette use, smoking and opinions 18-75 years old. ︎
- Interview with Olivier Smadja, Santé publique France - LE PARISIEN - Mois sans tabac : how to prepare for quitting? ︎
- Cochrane Library - Electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation ︎
- Smoking cessation: vape with nicotine in the top 3 most effective aids ︎
- Propylene Glycol / Vegetable Glycerin, basic component for creating vapor and transporting flavors and nicotine, ratio also involved on "hit" (more or less pronounced scratchy sensation in the throat). ︎
- Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin - Santé publique France: Factors associated with the desire to quit smoking and quit attempts among smokers. Results of the Santé publique France 2021 Barometer ︎
- FIVAPE key figures ︎
- Book MERCI LA VAPE - www.iurls.net/mercilavape ︎