9 Things to Think About When Thinking About E-Cigarettes - Huffington Post

[Vocalek]

Excellent article by Lynn Kozlowski. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-t-kozlowski-phd/e-cigarettes_b_3492528.html

 

[AgentAnia]

Very encouraging to see someone of his ilk (Dean, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, SUNY) with such a reasoned, positive view of ecigs. Thank you, Vocalek, for posting this!

 

[BuGlen]

Excellent article / blog post! Please remember to leave positive comments on posts such as these so they get the Google-juice they deserve.

 

[CES]

Very nice article!!

 

[2coils]

Very encouraging to see someone of his ilk (Dean, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, SUNY) with such a reasoned, positive view of ecigs. Thank you, Vocalek, for posting this!

Saw your comments as well as Kristin's! Lots of good comments are coming in. The awareness lately in amazing! The ANTZ must be going nuts! I shared on my Facebook as well.

 

[AgentAnia]

The ANTZ must be going nuts!

One can only hope.....

 

[Vocalek]

Just came across this recent article by Kozlowski, published in the journal tobacco Control.

Ending versus controlling versus employing addiction in the tobacco-caused disease endgame: moral psychological perspectives -- Kozlowski 22 (suppl 1): i31 -- Tobacco Control

Excerpt

We recently applied a moral psychological analysis to expert and popular views of the use of smokeless tobacco for harm reduction.10 Those supporting harm reduction were found to be expressing anger at the violation of individual rights, and those opposing harm reduction were expressing disgust and concern that support of smokeless tobacco was violating public health norms, authority and inconsistent with values of bodily purity. The study of moral psychology has found that ‘anger’ and ‘disgust’ are linked to violations of different values. Of course, scientific evidence was also discussed in the disputes analysed, but especially when the science base is limited, there is an opportunity for values to have an influence on which findings and concerns are viewed as most important.

The point of applying moral psychology is not to say one position is either more or less moral than another, but that different moral principles are weighted more heavily from one position than another. As one moves from the positions of eliminating tobacco addiction, to minimising addiction, to actively trying to employ addiction to reduce deadly tobacco-caused disease, there is increased emphasis on individual rights and protection of the smoker who is not prepared to quit tobacco use and at the same time decreased emphasis on the principles of bodily purity, respect for authority and concern for the group.

 

[AgentAnia]

Thank you for posting this. I've been thinking about this perspective a lot lately. Interesting to have it spelled out so well.

 

[DC2]

Search words: moral psychology disgust

 

[AgentAnia]

Search words: moral psychology disgust

Did the search.

Wow.....

A whole field of psychology?! I can see I've got my homework for the near future... Fascinating...

 

[DC2]

Did the search.

Wow.....

A whole field of psychology?! I can see I've got my homework for the near future... Fascinating...

Wow, really?
I had no idea about all that.


I just put that in there so I could come back and find this thread again using an Advanced Search if I wanted to reference the linked article.
My main purpose on this forum is knowing what information is out there and being able to find it again.

 

[Lerxst]

I really liked this article - thank you fro posting! I especially liked this part:

"2) Say "No" to cigarette-type Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, but "Yes" to some regulation.

Existing FDA tobacco regulation is not an emergency response system for lowering risk or use of cigarettes. Moving e-cigs under FDA tobacco rules could favor the cigarette industry. The current "wild west" of e-cigs has led to winners and losers in the marketplace.

Under FDA rules, cigarettes cannot be banned, and no change in the product can be required that would promote contraband markets. Product regulation that is overly cautious could slow e-cigs competition with cigarettes, and protect sales of the deadliest tobacco product.

Perhaps FDA should regulate e-cigs more like dietary supplements. Knowing ingredients in all e-cigs and minimizing toxins would be desirable. Consumer groups should also be encouraged to do testing of e-cigs (battery life, nicotine levels, toxin levels)."

I grapple with the whole regulation thing, but that statement is as close as it can be to how I feel at the moment about it.