As a lapsed academic I tend to follow research interests on Academia.edu (www.academia.edu). Last week I had a look to see what vaping related papers were out there and came across an article Abstract with an intriguing title: "E-cigarettes: Smoking Pleasure Reinvented? The Many Faces of Harm Reduction in France". The actual article wasn't available but I wrote to the author and she kindly sent it through. Although she is not allowed to upload it to Academia.edu yet, she was happy for it be disseminated.
Here's the Abstract, but the article itself is well worth reading. It deals with the pleasure of vaping (and smoking) and offers a fresh take on vaping as a sub-culture.
Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are growing in popularity among young smokers in France seeking
to reduce tobacco-induced harms without abandoning the small everyday pleasures and social relationships that unfold around smoking. But e-cigarettes raise ideological challenges: The World Health Organization and the French Agency for Safety of Medicine and Health Products (Agence Nationale de Se´curite´ du Me´dicament) have denied e-cigarettes the status of pharmaceutical substitution products in the cessation of smoking, while their possibilities for pleasure are seen as a threat by France’s public health council, the Haut Conseil de Sante´ Public. This paper discusses how different actors (policy makers, tobacco companies, and users themselves) have embraced this new technology. I argue that e-cigarettes have become a valued form of substitution precisely because they provide occasions for social bonding, gustatory pleasure, and the non-medicalized management of health with endless possibilities for individualized tailoring.
Here's the Abstract, but the article itself is well worth reading. It deals with the pleasure of vaping (and smoking) and offers a fresh take on vaping as a sub-culture.
Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are growing in popularity among young smokers in France seeking
to reduce tobacco-induced harms without abandoning the small everyday pleasures and social relationships that unfold around smoking. But e-cigarettes raise ideological challenges: The World Health Organization and the French Agency for Safety of Medicine and Health Products (Agence Nationale de Se´curite´ du Me´dicament) have denied e-cigarettes the status of pharmaceutical substitution products in the cessation of smoking, while their possibilities for pleasure are seen as a threat by France’s public health council, the Haut Conseil de Sante´ Public. This paper discusses how different actors (policy makers, tobacco companies, and users themselves) have embraced this new technology. I argue that e-cigarettes have become a valued form of substitution precisely because they provide occasions for social bonding, gustatory pleasure, and the non-medicalized management of health with endless possibilities for individualized tailoring.
