E-Cigarettes May Not Be Gateway to Smoking: Study

[pamdis]

E-Cigarettes May Not Be Gateway to Smoking: Study

Apparently the gentleman does not like the results of his own study, because the article finishes with this:

"It might be less than regular cigarettes, but at the end of the day, they're still putting something that has carcinogens and toxins into their system," Wagener said.

Or maybe someone else made him add that lie, oops, I mean caveat?

 

[AgentAnia]

Researchers surveyed 1,300 college students about their tobacco and nicotine use. The average age of study participants was 19.

"We asked what the first tobacco product they ever tried was and what their current tobacco use looked like," said researcher Theodore Wagener, an assistant professor of general and community pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in Oklahoma City.

Overall, 43 students said their first nicotine product was an e-cigarette. Of that group, only one person said they went on to smoke regular cigarettes. And the vast majority who started with e-cigarettes said they weren't currently using any nicotine or tobacco.

"It didn't seem as though it really proved to be a gateway to anything," said Wagener

Good find, pamdis! One out of 1,300... Oh my!

 

[Uma]

And went on to Zero nicotine at that! Just what we been saying. Finally, a non biased study instead of a biased assumption. :faint:
Oh, and at the end, he instructs to learn more about the carcinogens at the FDA house of ruin.

 

[cdsaint66]

Quick, Somebody email Stan Glantz! I'm sure he'll be very interested in this study!

 

[BuGlen]

News Day picked up this story as well:
E-Cigarettes May Not Be Gateway to Smoking: Study

Let's see if it gets any real distribution (not holding my breath).

 

[Shopan]

What Carcinogens are in e-cigarettes...?

 

[Uma]

I'd love to see those non- biased studies too, Shopan.

 

[Anjaffm]

Very nice find, indeed!

 

[Bill Godshall]

I think the last quote attributed to Wagener was in regards to youth use of e-cigs (i.e. e-cigs are bad for kids).

Many/most researchers try to act like they're sitting on the fence when presenting a controversial findings (as to not piss off those who dislike or disagree with their findings).

 

[DrMA]

Quick, Somebody email Stan Glantz! I'm sure he'll be very interested in this study!

Actually, let's not do that. I'm sure Glantz will interpret this study as showing strong evidence for the fact that e-cigs do indeed function as a gateway for many young people to experiment with nicotine, which could then very easily escalate into a daily [injectable drug] habit or worse.

 

[Uma]

OMG! I bet the ANTZ are already pushing for higher age restrictions for eCigs and smoking, so they can be almost honest when they declare "minors" are using them.

 

[Petrodus]

.............

 

[BuGlen]

A couple more media outlets that picked up this story, or summarized and linked out to it:

Study Suggest E-Cigarettes Are Not A Gateway To The Conventional Kind - Forbes

Study: E-Cigarettes Not a Gateway for Teen Smoking | Convenience Store Decisions

 

[Uma]

A couple more media outlets that picked up this story, or summarized and linked out to it:

Study Suggest E-Cigarettes Are Not A Gateway To The Conventional Kind - Forbes

Study: E-Cigarettes Not a Gateway for Teen Smoking | Convenience Store Decisions

Sweet!!!!!!!!!

 

[Phairoh]

Is it concerning to anyone else that there is not a link to the actual results of the study?

 

[AgentAnia]

Is it concerning to anyone else that there is not a link to the actual results of the study?

I don't believe the study has been published yet.

"It didn't seem as though it really proved to be a gateway to anything," said Wagener, who presented his findings at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, in National Harbor, Md.

Study findings presented at medical conferences are considered preliminary since they haven't been carefully reviewed by outside experts for publication in a medical journal.

And per Michael Siegel:

The study has not yet been published, but it was presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C.