Editorial: How Health Regulators are Killing American Smokers

[Vocalek]

How Health Regulators Are Killing American Smokers - Forbes

By Dr. Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health.


Well worth reading, my friends. tobacco Harm Reduction is what smoke-free e-cigarettes, snus, and dissolvables are all about. It's what WE are all about.

 

[pianoguy]

Great article!

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Read the comments, they can't attack what he said so they are attacking him. Very common when they know he speaks the truth and there is no way to attack his statements.

 

[Vocalek]

Yes, the comments are positively vicious.

And then we have a person calling itself "NoCo10ine". Wonder how he/she feels about long-term use of nicotine.

Dr. Ross also needs to recognize that there are more recent studies, clear science-based research, and some tobacco cessation quit lines / programs from around the country that are clearly showing distinct efficacy and successful, sustained, NRT-supported tobacco cessation (even with little or no recidivism 12 months post treatment!).

Riiiiiight. They worked so well for all of us, didn't they? I couldn't resist pointing out the latest "NRTs don't work" article, plus the rebuttal from GlaxoSmithKline, essentially admitting that the success rate with NRTs works out to 6% (If you do the math).

 

[TennDave]

The are attacking him and latest post claims he went to jail for fraud and lost his medical license. If this is true, this cannot be good. Any "real" info on this...or the "rest of the story?"

 

[TennDave]

I found the following:
ACSH Statements on Mother Jones Article About Dr. Gilbert Ross > Facts & Fears > ACSH
He is exhonorated in my book!
I can't log in and post any of this as a rebuttal...can someone else?

 

[Luisa]

I found the following:
ACSH Statements on Mother Jones Article About Dr. Gilbert Ross > Facts & Fears > ACSH
He is exhonorated in my book!
I can't log in and post any of this as a rebuttal...can someone else?

In my opinion it is best to leave it be and not promote a continuing discussion on that sad fact. To repeat it even for support of Dr. Ross only keeps it alive.

 

[Cyatis]

Comment to attack on Dr. Ross

ACSH Statements on Mother Jones Article About Dr. Gilbert Ross > Facts & Fears > ACSH

I think people deserve to read the entire story, and decide for themselves.

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I think that if people are going to bring it up, in a public forum, such as they did, people should at least have the opportunity to read both sides of the story.

 

[Semiretired]

Great article. Wild comments. The growth of the positive outlooks is just so slow since the money is on the other side...

 

[Cyatis]

My comment on article in general:

I think the doctor is being very kind to the opponents of harm reduction. Overall its a good article. When you factor in the lost profits that big pharma is looking at, and who funds these "health" organizations. The money trail makes it perfectly clear, that the health of the citizen has been put on the backburner.

Harm reduction works, there is plenty of evidence out there, many studies have been done of the subject. Here are some resources to look at.

CASAA.org

Support harm reduction, and save lives.

 

[DC2]

I hate it when people in glass houses throw stones.

 

[simply me]

I think that his words speak for them selfs. Fantastic.