"Tobacco Control Journal" urges the use of research to "to counteract e-cigarette industry marketing"."

[MlrGrl]

I have to listen to this when I get home. Someone remind me, please

Hey Vick's! Got a new thread on here for you to listen to!!

Alright - I just listened to the podcast. One word, WOW! Don't ask me for 'Cliff Notes' you'll just have to listen for yourself.

And the link would be?? (just kidding; already have it posted)

bill goodshall served it UP. god bless the man! he said he's going to fight all the way till the cows come home on this! i believe it. nice to have him in our corner.

+1

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

WOOT! Did a fantastic job on the interview! You guys really do .... rocks

[MlrGrl]

WOOT! Did a fantastic job on the interview! You guys really do .... rocks

we really do need to move over one of these days.....LMAO......

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

Do you know how HARD it was to NOT complete that quote???

[MlrGrl]

Do you know how HARD it was to NOT complete that quote???

.....about as hard as it was for me NOT to do it for you? LOL
I love they have an emoti for it now, too. We need better emoticons here.....l

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

Yes, we do. But ECF would have a HUGE problem with some of the emoticons I'd like to be using

Oh well - I'll stay nice and clean here - over there - I can have REAL fun

[MlrGrl]

Speaking of the other side of the curtain, looky what I found while visiting:

E-cigarettes and smoking; life as a balancing act « Tobacco Harm Reduction: News & Opinions

my favorite part:

......if you say e-cigarettes are harmful and smokers avoid them because of that, you have in fact failed to protect smokers.

All risks occur in a larger context.

I sit at my terminal and type encouraging obesity, muscle degeneration and carpal tunnel syndrome. I decide to exercise instead and encourage muscle injury and possible long term disability. I drive to see a movie with a friend and risk an accident or stay at home watching a dvd and face social isolation which has its own risks. Perhaps an increase in my drinking.

Life is a balancing act with few absolutes. Knowing relative risks is a lot more useful than how harmful some behavior or substance might be in isolation. Because, being alive is all about doing things, its all about accumulating risks.

[Vocalek]

HEALTHWATCH: State Health Director urges caution regarding electronic cigarettes | WWAY NewsChannel 3 | Wilmington NC News

“Don’t be fooled into thinking an e-cigarette is a safe alternative to smoking, or a sure-fire way to quit,” (Dr.) Engel said. “There is no scientific evidence that either of those assumptions is true.”


Aren't Doctors also the ones who encouraged/conducted bloodletting before they discovered there might be better options? Hmmmmmm......

Don't be fooled into thinking that public health officials know what they are talking about, or thinking that they always tell the truth. There is no scientific evidence that either of these assumptions is true.