Vocalek;10309757 said:
Me? You've never told me anything, ever.
But, from the Reuters article:
1. It did not, however, compare the devices to traditional nicotine replacement therapies, such as gum or patches.
The full range of nicotine-replacement therapies (NRT's) have to be compared against each other. The Polosa study did not do that.
2. Since there was no control group of smokers who got no e-cigarettes at all, it's hard to know how many would have quit smoking on their own by the end of a year, experts noted.
..or would have reduced smoking on their own without inducement, I might add.
A control group is essential to making the case for a bulletproof study. Polosa did not have a control. But it is a beginning, and that's good.
You're an advocate, you have a particular position and thereby a particular axe to grind.
And that's also, in this case, good, because I am a vaper - just not a blind one.
I am a scientist professionally. I often encounter the null hypothesis. I respect it. YMMV.
