In that report is a link to a table from another study re: cigarette smoke
http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/suppl/2003/12/12/12.4.424.DC1/124424table1.pdf
from California. That table shows contaminants that have been banned for YEARS & I have to wonder what the same values for our food supply would be under the same testing... some veggies & fruits would be clearly more susceptible than others... not going to give a biology/botany lesson here, but no comparison there, as usual, to cigarettes that are organically grown &/or that have no additives! The chloramines is most of our municipal water & in other countries, along with the DDT levels would suggest that this study was done in a country that has allowed he use of DDT & other chemicals until relatively recently (DDT sticks around for a LONG time!)
What are they smokin' & how long ago was that done? It "appears from the name given to the study that this was done in CA, USA...
There is CLEARLY an agenda to stop cigarettes & anything else THEY want to control financially. Are chemically laden cigarettes healthy? Clearly not, but I have to wonder where they got the "cigarettes" they say they tested for this, from what country (or for what country's export) as anyone who's tried foreign cigarettes knows they are NOT the same, even if made in the US.
Again, WHAT ARE THEY SMOKIN'? And why aren't they comparing to other plants grown in the same place, especially food plants that retain these sorts of chemicals?
This pseudo-"research" table, and the many, many others like it I've seen, are CLEARLY biased against ANY cigarettes AND they are trying to apply this to eCigs when it clearly doesn't even begin to compare?
"Tobacco Control is an international peer review journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco's effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
Essential reading for everyone with an interest in tobacco control, including public health professionals, researchers, policy makers and educators."
For those who don't know what the BMJ is, it is the "British Medical Journal". I never thought any medical journal would accept ANY so-called, "research" that is CLEARLY designed to mislead, but am learning fast it's all about the money & certainly NOT about health any more, not with the BMA or the AMA & certainly not the FDA.
Tobacco Control - BMJ Journals ... the name says a lot... Their apparent motto on their front page says even more...,
"Tobacco Control is an
international peer review journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco's effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
Essential reading for everyone with an interest in tobacco control, including public health professionals, researchers, policy makers and educators."
Peer reviewed by who? Others who agree with their agenda? What a sick joke with highly questionable pseudo-science.
-Altmed
