Another Good source Published Today in Addiction.

[NorthOfAtlanta]

SmokeyJoe had a link to a press release on this and I followed it to Addiction and the full article is available. On a skim it's full of good points to use for FDA comments and has 115 references to back up comments.

Electronic cigarettes: review of use, content, safety, effects on smokers and potential for harm and benefit - Hajek - 2014 - Addiction - Wiley Online Library

 

[Augmented Dog]

How does one access the full article?

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

How does one access the full article?

The link takes me to the full article, there's also a link to a pdf download in the tabs. I'm not signed in and can see them using google chrome.

 

[DrMA]

Thanks for posting this, NoA. FDA must be made aware of this study. I'll send it to them with a new comment and I encourage others to do so as well.

 

[dragonpuff]

I cannot access the full article. Clicking on either "full article" or "download pdf" takes me to a log in page.

I may find other means of access as a university alumni, but how can those who are not access it?

 

[ClippinWings]

This needs to be Posted EVERYWHERE....

Share it... like it.
Include it in your FDA comments

This is a huge article in our favor.

Results
EC aerosol can contain some of the toxicants present in tobacco smoke, but at levels which are much lower. Long-term health effects of EC use are unknown but compared with cigarettes, EC are likely to be much less, if at all, harmful to users or bystanders. EC are increasingly popular among smokers, but to date there is no evidence of regular use by never-smokers or by non-smoking children. EC enable some users to reduce or quit smoking.

Conclusions
Allowing EC to compete with cigarettes in the market-place might decrease smoking-related morbidity and mortality. Regulating EC as strictly as cigarettes, or even more strictly as some regulators propose, is not warranted on current evidence. Health professionals may consider advising smokers unable or unwilling to quit through other routes to switch to EC as a safer alternative to smoking and a possible pathway to complete cessation of nicotine use.

Abstract:
Electronic cigarettes: review of use, content, safety, effects on smokers and potential for harm and benefit - Hajek - 2014 - Addiction - Wiley Online Library

Addiction Journal Press Release:
Addiction Journal - Press Releases

London Times article on Study:
Doctors urged to help smokers quit with

vaping.com overview:
http://vaping.com/news/e-cig-advocacy-by-health-gurus-turning-tide-or-tsunami

 

[dragonpuff]

My mom sent me an email with a link to another article discussing this study:

Health News - Current evidence suggests benefits of e-cigarettes outweigh harms

This study is blowing up everywhere!

 

[bewlay]

good article, well worth a read!

 

[DrMA]

Thanks for posting this, NoA. FDA must be made aware of this study. I'll send it to them with a new comment and I encourage others to do so as well.

In case anyone is interested, I posted the comment I sent to FDA re: Hajek study on my ECF Blog. As always, feel free to reuse any/all of the text and submit as your own comment to the FDA deeming docket (link below in my sig).

 

[Hattivatti]

How does one access the full article?

You can find it from here for free: Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: a systematic review

It is the same study from R Polosa and K Farsalinos from Feb but now it has been published as peer-reviewed by P Hajek

 

[DrMA]

The Hajek study is not the same as the one by Farsalinos linked above. Link to the Hajek study, which is currently available for free download, is post #6 above.

 

[Hattivatti]

My bad, I thought they were the same as Farsalinos published the link to his study in twitter at the same day as Hajek study was published. Also the study material and conclusions were the same.

Anyway Farsalinos states:

The two reviews are consistent in findings and conclusions, unlike another recent review by Grana et al. published in Circulation, which involved a lot of mispresentations and misinterpretations of evidence.

A new review of research on e-cigarettes verifies their beneficial risk profile compared to tobacco cigarettes

 

[DrMA]

I look forward to Dr.F's paper exposing the lies and misinformation from the Grana junk study.