Here's a particularly virulent article about e cigarettes.
E-cigarettes are not a simple cure all
Hunter Rhoades
Between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, several types of cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, stroke and even cataracts, diseases contracted from cigarette smoking are the single most preventable cause of death in the United States and are some of the top players in the worldwide death rate.
Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths, and is even responsible for a varied array of cancers such as kidney, pancreatic, cervical, esophageal and even bladder cancer. Reading such facts used to make me wonder - if smoking is so bad, what are we doing to combat it? How are we helping those who are addicted and ill, or those that may become smokers?
E-cigarettes are not a simple cure all - Medical Incredible
Here is my comment:
I guess the writer must be an anti-smoker, otherwise he would not have presented inaccurate facts. First, the average price of an electronic cigarette is not $100. It is about $50, less than a carton of cigarettes. The drug companies have a primitive version of the e cig called the Nicotrol inhaler. It runs about $250, not including the doctor's visit to get a prescription. Secondly, the FDA is not confiscating all e cigs, since many e smokers have recently gotten shipments from overseas. One can walk into a gas station and buy NRT's including nicotine gum and lozenges without being carded. A 12 year old could buy them. E cigarettes contain nicotine, just as the gums and lozenges do. As for safety, the FDA allowed Chantix to enter the market. It has led to the suicides of over 100 people and is still available for sale although it does now have a black box warning. Smokers choose e cigarettes because they replicate the smoking experience minus the known toxins of setting anything on fire and then inhaling it. That, of course, includes BBQ's, fireplaces, and campfires. Children can purchase energy drinks laced with high levels of caffeine. My guess is that those are probably not very healthy, but that does not mean they should be banned. Wake up, America. Start taking charge of your own choices. Do not allow the government, the FDA, or even this journalist to make those choices for you. Electronic cigarettes are a wise alternative to smoking cigarettes.
E-cigarettes are not a simple cure all
Hunter Rhoades
Between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, several types of cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, stroke and even cataracts, diseases contracted from cigarette smoking are the single most preventable cause of death in the United States and are some of the top players in the worldwide death rate.
Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths, and is even responsible for a varied array of cancers such as kidney, pancreatic, cervical, esophageal and even bladder cancer. Reading such facts used to make me wonder - if smoking is so bad, what are we doing to combat it? How are we helping those who are addicted and ill, or those that may become smokers?
E-cigarettes are not a simple cure all - Medical Incredible
Here is my comment:
I guess the writer must be an anti-smoker, otherwise he would not have presented inaccurate facts. First, the average price of an electronic cigarette is not $100. It is about $50, less than a carton of cigarettes. The drug companies have a primitive version of the e cig called the Nicotrol inhaler. It runs about $250, not including the doctor's visit to get a prescription. Secondly, the FDA is not confiscating all e cigs, since many e smokers have recently gotten shipments from overseas. One can walk into a gas station and buy NRT's including nicotine gum and lozenges without being carded. A 12 year old could buy them. E cigarettes contain nicotine, just as the gums and lozenges do. As for safety, the FDA allowed Chantix to enter the market. It has led to the suicides of over 100 people and is still available for sale although it does now have a black box warning. Smokers choose e cigarettes because they replicate the smoking experience minus the known toxins of setting anything on fire and then inhaling it. That, of course, includes BBQ's, fireplaces, and campfires. Children can purchase energy drinks laced with high levels of caffeine. My guess is that those are probably not very healthy, but that does not mean they should be banned. Wake up, America. Start taking charge of your own choices. Do not allow the government, the FDA, or even this journalist to make those choices for you. Electronic cigarettes are a wise alternative to smoking cigarettes.
