Electronic Nicotine

[HighTech]

Since smoking has become such an issue in this country, companies are looking for a profitable solution. Many people believe an answer has been found in the form of electronic cigarettes. The electronic cigarette claims to have fewer chemicals than a regular cigarette, and no tar or ashes. It is also said to produce no secondhand smoke. All of these factors make the electronic cigarette sound like a good alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but the selling points may be a façade.

FULL ARTICLE: Electronic nicotine - Life & Times

 

[yanney]

articles like that piss me off. people need to do more research before writing such BS articles.

 

[AngusATAT]

Ahh... there is nothing like responsible journalism. And that was nothing like responsible journalism.

 

[dragonpuff]

Quote: "Nicotine is the main chemical that is negative in cigarettes; therefore an e-cigarette is not much better."

Was this written by a 5th grader??? Sheesh

 

[PlanetScribbles]

Anything that the FDA and the WHO (I had faith in this org to be honest, not now though) say from now on will have zero credibility in my eyes.
They are just puppets of big business, their biased views on e-cigarettes show that.

 

[aditas]

Quote: "Nicotine is the main chemical that is negative in cigarettes; therefore an e-cigarette is not much better."

Was this written by a 5th grader??? Sheesh

Makes you wonder if it is wise for newspapers to outsource their journalists.

 

[CJsKee]

It's a college paper, but that is no excuse for poor journalism!

 

[pcore]

I was talking to some friends of mine tonight who had never really heard about ecigs. I explained how they worked and they immediately saw the benefits over analogs. When I mentioned that they might be banned by the FDA, the response was that it was the work of big tobacco. I said "Ah - so it is really that obvious!"

 

[RooksGambit]

It's a college paper, but that is no excuse for poor journalism!

If anything it's less excuse than a career journalist has. I would imagine that's the point in time when an idealism-fueled, aspiring muckraker (a term I'm using with affection) would be striving to go above and beyond the quality of work of those they will be looking to replace.



-Rook

 

[Kate51]

It may just be that we've all created a JOURNALIST!! Gosh you think our posts will help? RESEARCH!!! VERIFY!!!
Guess a few thousand of us can verify that. I love it when these people get educated.
HighTech, nice work!

 

[mtndude]

"In September of 2008, the World Health Organization also released a statement, claiming that it does not believe the e-cigarette to be an effective method for the cessation of smoking, based on the premise that vaporized nicotine."

LOL, wha??