article from Joplin, Mo

[nojoyet]

Short e-cig article for those who wish to read/comment

http://www.joplinglobe.com/healthandfamily/local_story_084110413.html?keyword=topstory

Very slow to load, comes up a while after it says done.

 

[Janetda]

Actually, it's a pretty long article an IMO pretty fair. It loaded fine for me.

 

[CES]

it was less unfair than some- but the statement that e-cig costs are comparable to approved nicotine replacements seemed a bit off. Nic gum (where i live) is double the price of cigs, which makes it about 4x the price of e-cigs.

 

[nojoyet]

Actually, it's a pretty long article an IMO pretty fair. It loaded fine for me.

You're right Janetda, it is pretty long. Thanks to your post I returned and was able to access page three this time. Thanks.

 

[rob33]

Here and another half assed article (much like rachel ray) when someone has a small column in a newspaper or three minutes of air time to fill and not giving the full story. Notice the they mentioned njoy and gave the outrageous price for their product, didn't saying thing about njoy being the only supplier to test positive for the diethylene glycol they included in the article. They should have at least checked out this forum and got some good information.

 

[basic_atheist]

Here and another half assed article (much like rachel ray) when someone has a small column in a newspaper or three minutes of air time to fill and not giving the full story. Notice the they mentioned Njoy and gave the outrageous price for their product, didn't saying thing about Njoy being the only supplier to test positive for the diethylene glycol they included in the article. They should have at least checked out this forum and got some good information.

Ummm... I thought that was Smoking Everywhere's 555 High cartridge that had a trace detection of DEG in it... not Njoy.

And I agree. It's a half-assed article. They clearly did not do any research. And they probably didn't want to do any research either. The article gives tell-tell signs of it only being another part of the anti-ecig campaign orchestrated by ignorance.

 

[clyde2801]

I noticed a bit of bias because their experts would not declare it 'safe', and raised the boogey man about inducing kids to vape.

Number one, the discussion is not whether it is safe, but if it is more safe than burning and inhaling tobacco. Unless there's lead or arsenic in ejuice, it has to be safer than a product known to contain tar, carcinogens and five hundred assorted chemicals.

And the cause kids to start vaping argument is a strawman, IMHO. Someone under the age of 18 is very unlikely to buy one over the internet because most kids do not have a paypal account or a credit card. Secondly, I don't think kids are going to spend that much money on a product unless they're somehow seen as insanely cool.

But I don't see it as a 'hit piece', just slightly lazy journalism.