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Letitia O'Dwyer: Are e-cigarettes really safer?

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Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 9:24AM
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation have concerns over e cigarattes. (Photo \ iStock)

Letitia O'Dwyer: Are e-cigarettes really safer?

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 9:24AM

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation's raising a sceptical eyebrow over safety claims on E-Cigarettes.

The Government's taking a 'less harmful than smoking tobacco' approach to regulating the smoke-free nicotine delivery products.

But Asthma and Respiratory Foundation CEO Letitia O'Dwyer said the government should be more conservative.

She believes there's not enough information backing the claimed benefits.

"There's no long-term good studies out there that say that these are safe and there's also no long-term good studies to show these actually are effective in giving up smoking."

LISTEN ABOVE AS LETITIA O'DWYER SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING

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