You want to start vaping but still have some reservations or lack of information? Here are five documentaries to watch!

1) A Billion Lives

This documentary film was released in France in 2016. Aaron Biebert cuts his narrative into three parts. In the first part, he presents the dangers of tobacco and exposes the tobacco and pharmaceutical lobbies in the world of public health based on the case of the United States. In a second part he highlights the value of the electronic cigarette in smoking cessation and how this method is the best that exists to date by interviewing Clive Bates, activist in the fight against tobacco and Dr. Derek Yach former head of tobacco control at the WHO. Finally in the last part, it focuses on the control of the market for electronic cigarettes by large tobacco companies and the alliance that exists between these companies, the pharmaceutical industry and governments who see, through the sale of tobacco, that the financial benefit that results.

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2) Vape Wave

Vape Wave is a documentary film mixed with fiction. It is directed by Jan Kounen, well known for his films 99 Francs or Doberman, who had at heart to talk about the subject of vaping, being himself a vapoteur and very committed. It turns for 2 and a half years in the four corners of the world to collect a maximum of testimonies. Thanks to his very cinematographic approach, he perfectly highlights the history and culture of vape. He managed to pay tribute to the device that took him out of tobacco. Throughout his narrative, he interviews vape professionals (French and foreign manufacturers) as well as public health experts.

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3) Beyond the Cloud

First French documentary of the list. It was produced by the exhibition Vapexpo, directed by Sebastien Duijndam who follows one of the founders of Vaping Post Ghyslain Armand. This film deals with the phenomenon of the electronic cigarette and deciphers it in depth. It takes the step back on the 10 years of existence of it, with its positive points and its detractors. During the story, they meet former smokers now vapoteurs, the inventor of the e-cig Hon Lik as well as vape professionals from around the world and experts such as doctors, sociologists or academics. Through this overview, we observe the opposition between the ignorance of public opinion and the opinion of health experts and scientists.

You can watch it on YouTube by clicking here.

4) E-Cigarettes : Welcome Back Big Tobacco

With this documentary, we focus on the tobacco industry and its vision on the alternatives present such as the electronic cigarette. This is a Canadian report with the premise of the decision of England to introduce the vape and encourage its use at the expense of tobacco companies. It envisages that Canada will follow the English model. You will follow Mark Kelley for 40 minutes through his interviews. He will ask tough questions to the big tobacco companies about their direct competitor: the electronic cigarette. It will highlight the projects of industry and the world of vape (benefits and potential risks of it). You will also see the willingness and investment of these tobacco companies to include in the manufacture of electronic cigarettes and the paradox that this creates on their self-regulation (selling cigarettes or selling electronic cigarettes, what is the real business?)

You can watch this report for free: here.

5) You don't know nicotine

This documentary is slightly different from the previous ones. It aims to understand exactly what nicotine does and what it is. Aaron Biebert chooses to present nicotine as a substance that has been analyzed based on scientific data and not as a harmful product. He wants to erase the received idea of the danger of nicotine. He therefore questions the benefits of nicotine and ends up demonstrating that under certain conditions it can become therapeutic. Moreover, he explains through interviews with specialists that the pathologies induced by cigarettes do not come from nicotine but from other extremely harmful components.

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