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Board of Trustees

Louise worked in learning disabilities for over 30 years, both in nursing and managing a care home, before taking on a second career in tobacco control/smoking cessation in 2004. Excited by the potential of vaping to accelerate quit rates, she coined the phrase 'ecig-friendly stop smoking service' and has worked ever since to encourage other services, commissioners and healthcare workers to adopt this approach.

She retired in March 2018 and now works as a freelance clinical consultant for the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training.

Bernice switched to electronic cigarettes several years ago and since not smoking, she has returned to a normal blood pressure level, after being on a maximum medication dosage for several years and suffering a transient ischemic attack.

Having had a varied career, she has now just returned to Probation and Offender Management. Through her previous work in the electronic cigarette sector she supported many hundreds of smokers in their journey to stop using combustible tobacco.

Bernice previously stood as a candidate for South Wales Central in the 2016 General Election for Vapers in Power and continues to take an active role in advocacy regarding electronic cigarettes.

Since leaving school 'a very long time ago' Sarah Jakes has worked in the shipping industry, the foreign exchange market and now runs her own business in property management.

A smoker of some 35 years Sarah switched to vaping in April 2013, only to find that the choice of this safer alternative for smokers was under threat from excessive and ill founded regulation. Having joined forces with other consumers in the battle against over regulation in the EU parliament Sarah is convinced that a better understanding of e-cigarettes and other harm reduced products among key influencers and decision makers is required if these products are ever to reach their full potential for public health gains.

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Michelle had originally trained as a Mechanic on Military Vehicles and eventually became a Technical Author writing Service Manuals / Handbooks for Agricultural / Construction Vehicles. After 3 redundancies, Michelle became a full time editor for the Ecigclick Team (http://www.ecigclick.co.uk/), where she covers news on THR, reviews Vape products, preview new products, write news stories and edit others reviews. She have been a reviewer for Ecigclick since 2017 and became replacement Editor after the sad loss of Neil Humber.
 
Michelle had been smoking since she was 15, and tried every prescription method to stop due to her Asthma. Often with horrible side effects, especially Zyban and Champix and was allergic to Nicotine Patches. She had started vaping alongside smoking in 2013, and quit smoking entirely by 2019. In this time her Asthma symptoms dramatically reduced.
 
"I am passionate about helping people know what kit to choose when they start e-cigarettes. I get sad when people are sold the wrong kits and end up spending more money than they really need with the vape getting resigned to a drawer. I know so many people who have quit smoking with vaping (myself included) and it can be daunting - but I want to help guide people to find the miracle that finally got me away from tobacco when nothing else worked."