E-Cigs By Prescription Only? Fox News

[Sirius]

Do e-cigarettes work? Yes they do.

A first of its kind highly scientific randomized study published this week in the prestigious British journal Lancet found that as many people were able to quit using e-cigarettes as using a nicotine patch, which is commonly used.

This study demonstrates an effectiveness for e-cigarettes that will ultimately prove useful, especially since what works for one patient may not work for another. Recalcitrant smokers who have failed other modalities may respond to e-cigarettes.

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www. foxnews .com/opinion/2013/09/12/e-cigarettes-let-make-them-available-by-prescription-only/


You sure could have fooled me as I haven't smoked in 7 months. lol



A small U.S. study raises new questions about whether using electronic cigarettes will lead people to quit smoking, adding to the debate over how tightly the products should be regulated.

The study, which looked at the habits of 88 smokers who also used e-cigarettes, was published as a research letter in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday. It found that smokers who also used e-cigarettes were no more likely to quit smoking after a year, compared to smokers who didn't use the devices.

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www. foxnews .com/health/2014/03/25/e-cigarettes-may-not-help-smokers-quit-says-study

 

[YKruss]

This article was discussed last September - http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/467628-dr-siegel-lets-make-them-e-cigarettes-prescription-only.html

 

[Sirius]

This article was discussed last September - http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/467628-dr-siegel-lets-make-them-e-cigarettes-prescription-only.html

He was back at it today on FNC. Spewing the FDA crap!
BTW that thread is closed.

 

[ckquatt]

I'm so tired of seeing/reading things they are saying on the news, bashing e-cigs, and trashing us the users... I've been thinking "why am I still even using these things, and trying to be an outspoken proponent of them?" It seems there is NO ONE on our side in these articles, telling the bashers to knock it off. All I see are people arguing in the comments sections, never in the article...

I'm just getting beaten down, if you know what I mean...

 

[-mj01-]

So let me get this straight, smoking is bad, e-cigs are bad... but could be good if available by prescription? I think I need each meal prescribed to me as well because I'm incapable of deciding what is suitable to eat.

 

[Sirius]

I'm so tired of seeing/reading things they are saying on the news, bashing e-cigs, and trashing us the users... I've been thinking "why am I still even using these things, and trying to be an outspoken proponent of them?" It seems there is NO ONE on our side in these articles, telling the bashers to knock it off. All I see are people arguing in the comments sections, never in the article...

I'm just getting beaten down, if you know what I mean...

Yeah I know ckquatt. I had posted an older report so now you got to go back and re-read it. Jkn
It does get old and the FDA probably will regulate nicotine juice. Guess my DIY days are numbered.

 

[Sirius]

So let me get this straight, smoking is bad, e-cigs are bad... but could be good if available by prescription? I think I need each meal prescribed to me as well because I'm incapable of deciding what is suitable to eat.

Great point mj01.

 

[MorpheusPA]

Has there been, in recent history, an example of anything that was non-prescription and became prescription later on? Off the top of my head, I'm not thinking of anything.

And precisely how would making these prescription medications make them more effective or safer than reasonable regulations on construction and liquid creation would? I'm not seeing it.

What it would do, of course, is make them much more expensive and insure a nice tidy profit for the pharmaceutical companies. That's about the only entity (corporations sure as heck aren't people, my friend) that would benefit.

 

[Sirius]

Here is the link to the Dr Marc Siegel report:

www. foxnews .com/opinion/2013/09/12/e-cigarettes-let-make-them-available-by-prescription-only/

 

[Sirius]

I really don't get it. Bug spray is poison and is it regulated by the FDA? Roaches and ants eat too!

 

[mostlyclassics]

Has there been, in recent history, an example of anything that was non-prescription and became prescription later on? Off the top of my head, I'm not thinking of anything.

Many states are making Sudafed prescription-only, because it can be used as one of the ingredients to make the substance on which Breaking Bad is based. (I don't think it's kosher to say the actual name here.)

But your point is basically correct.

 

[squee]

Sounds to me like the "doctor" is saying, this is a $2 billion dollar industry and I'm not getting a cut! Not only that, you're taking away from the stuff I do get a cut on!

Stop! Stop! Danger Will Robinson!

*Ahem* At least that's how it sounded to me

 

[Sundodger]

I think I need each meal prescribed to me as well because I'm incapable of deciding what is suitable to eat.

All you have to remember is that if it tastes good, spit it out.

 

[MorpheusPA]

Many states are making Sudafed prescription-only, because it can be used as one of the ingredients to make the substance on which Breaking Bad is based. (I don't think it's kosher to say the actual name here.)

But your point is basically correct.

I did not know that, thanks! At least as of this point, it's not happening in my state. Sudafed's site says that none require a script, but that some may be behind the pharmacy counter--I presume they just haven't updated yet.

 

[MorpheusPA]

Sorry, duplicate post, please delete if desired!

 

[mostlyclassics]

In Illinois, Sudafed is behind the pharmacy counter now.

But the Democrats in the State Legislature are trying to make it prescription-only.

Sadly to us libertarian-types, it looks like the act has a good chance of passage.

 

[AgentAnia]

Okay, let me see if I have this straight: He wants ecigs to be Rx only, classifying them as NRT. But most, if not all, of anti-smoking laws and local ordinances specifically exempt NRTs from their restrictions. So if they were Rx only, we could vape anywhere...? Or am I being naive?

(Of course, I'm totally ignoring the questions of price and availability here, so don't knock me on that, please...)

 

[Sundodger]

Okay, let me see if I have this straight: He wants ecigs to be Rx only, classifying them as NRT. But most, if not all, of anti-smoking laws and local ordinances specifically exempt NRTs from their restrictions. So if they were Rx only, we could vape anywhere...? Or am I being naive?

(Of course, I'm totally ignoring the questions of price and availability here, so don't knock me on that, please...)

Yes
Yes
Yes
Probably

 

[Sirius]

In Illinois, Sudafed is behind the pharmacy counter now.

But the Democrats in the State Legislature are trying to make it prescription-only.

Sadly to us libertarian-types, it looks like the act has a good chance of passage.

I really wished we could elect an all Liberian house and Senate. It won't ever happen though. Big Government has their hands in most everything. Big Government means Republican and Democrats, and they are use to not getting anything done. Or hurting society in the usual way with full of pork legislation.

 

[tommy2bad]

NO if they were rx only and on prescription as cessation aids they would still be included in public use bans because of the visible vapour. The WHO have stated that they should be treated as medicinal products and included in tobacco legislation.
It's all nonsense anyway, how could they prescribe something that they claimed wasn't proven safe or effective. Until something is tested as a medicine it cant be prescribed except in trials. Dr. Tom Frieden has a mouth on him but seems to not understand how medicine works. Which is scary in it's own way.