NEJM poll on e-cigs for smoking cessation, please vote

[Bill Godshall]

The New England Journal of Medicine just published two vastly different recommendations
(by THR advocate Chris Bullen, and by vapor prohibitionist Stan Glantz) for doctors regarding vaping as a smoking cessation aid, and has posted a public poll asking readers if doctors should recommend or not recommend e-cigs to smokers.

The poll is currently at 59% for vaping, and 40% against vaping. Please cast your vote.

Public health advocate Chris Bullen tells truth about vapor products when ethically urging doctors to encourage smoker patients to quit smoking by switching to vaping
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Vapor prohibitionist Stan Glantz lies about scientific evidence when unethically urging doctors to discourage smoker patients from quitting smoking by switching to vaping
MMS: Error

 

[Heybilox]

Just voted, thanks Bill for posting.

 

[nclobo]

Thanks for posting this Bill. I voted. It's also refreshing to see there are some physicians in the world that aren't buying what Glantz is selling.

 

[Firestorm]

I voted - thanks Bill.

 

[rico942]

Cast my vote this morning ...

Poll is at 62 percent yea, 37 nay ...

 

[Kent C]

63 to 64% on my vote :- )

 

[WhiteHighlights]

Voted!

 

[avpx1]

voted...
202 total Responses as of now
currently 64% in favor and 35% against

 

[Rickajho]

We can vote. But cannot comment.

Glantz drives me insane, speaking in generalisms without citation as if they are scientific facts.

 

[Rickajho]

Bump.

The poll is currently at 62 to 37 percent in favor of e-cigs. (Must be a rounding error in there somewhere...)

Poll is open to cast a vote until June 15th.

 

[OldBatty]

Now 63 to 36% in favor of e-cigs. Only 266 total votes which seems low to me! Have seen petitions get to 10,000 in one day.

 

[nomore stinkies]

Voted.
The misinformation is so strong. Why? I just want to understand why. We are talking hard core smokers here who have tried everything they have offered. Nicotine is nicotine. But you can shove mg after mg of gum in your mouth forever and that is perfectly fine. I am of the belief that it is not so much the nicotine as it is the action. The hand to mouth inhalation. Otherwise why wouldn't the other NRT products have a higher quit rate if it was about nicotine? I believe it is not. And that is the reason for vaping's success.

 

[nomore stinkies]

NOTE: I tried to vote and was unable to do so at first. The poll was not active. I closed the link several times and then it was available without signing in. May have been a fluke but FYI.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Voted. I clicked on the link just below the first statement and it took me to the NEJM. I did not see a place there to vote, so I assume the link was the manner of voting.

 

[BuGlen]

Voted. I clicked on the link just below the first statement and it took me to the NEJM. I did not see a place there to vote, so I assume the link was the manner of voting.

There's a small poll panel in the right pane of the page, and it's not that obvious if you don't know where to look.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I saw that panel. It had the current percent for and against. But, it did not have a Hotspot for voting.

 

[BuGlen]

I saw that panel. It had the current percent for and against. But, it did not have a Hotspot for voting.

I just tried the link in a different browser (in case it was using cookies to track who voted), and the panel just showed me the results as well. The first time I visited the page, it didn't show the results until after I voted. I can only assume that they're either tracking by IP address (in which case, your IP address was assigned to you after the previous person who had it already voted), or more likely, they've close the poll.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I suspected that I had voted and it sent me to the current results. Hmmm.

 

[Lessifer]

Voted, I have to say though, that if any medical professional is going to base a decision on the results of an online poll, I'm scared.

 

[Pamawoman]

Done.