Dear HIFA colleagues,
As we discuss the pros and cons of vaping, and as a diversion, I'd like to share with you a 2-minute video on the origin of the word.
I have a personal interest in this because the person who first coined the word (in 1983) is a good friend of mine, Rob Stepney, a medical writer who lives in the same Cotswold town as me (Charlbury UK).
Here is the video of him being interviewed by Oxford Dictionaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToAfsnpyrXw
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
