FDA article from Medscape

[VaporNebula]

This is an article posted on Medscape.com, a site for medical professionals. This is the info that the FDA is sending to our trusted physicians.

 

[eric]

My doctor is intelligent enough to read right through their spiel. He wouldn't buy it for a second.

 

[souporvapor]

Hi VN
I keep getting the message 'error opening file - file damaged'
Could you post the link again?
Thank You!

30 years of smoking....
Vaporized by my ScrewDriver!

 

[AngusATAT]

I shot off an e-mail to Michael Eriksen, director of the institute of public health at Georgia State University, the guy with the quote at the end of the article you provided. Tell me what you think.

Dr. Eriksen,

I stumbled across an article on Medscape.com which quotes you as saying:

"I have seen no evidence that people switch from tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarettes or other smokeless tobacco products," Eriksen recently told WebMD. "If you look at how smokeless products are marketed, they are sold as something to use at times you can't smoke. The implication is you will increase nicotine exposure, not reduce smoking." (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/706362)

Being a new e-smoker myself, I found this quote somewhat puzzling, I began using e-cigarettes on Tuesday of last week, and by Thursday morning, I have been completely tobacco free. I have not had even a small desire to smoke a regular cigarette since. And I am far from an anomaly where e-cigarettes are concerned. I know of at least hundreds of people who have switched to e-cigarettes, and have kicked the tobacco habit almost immediately, most of them for much, much longer than I have.

The users of e-cigarettes, and not all of them, by a long shot, have a community online where we share information about these products and help to educate new people about their use. I urge you go take a look at http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com and see for yourself. You will find that there are a large number of us who have not only quit tobacco products, but have become healthier because of it. In less than a week, I can breathe better than I have in years. Most people experience a return of their senses of taste and smell that have been dulled over many years of smoking cigarettes. Many of us have tried most available methods to quit smoking with no success. From nicotine patches, gum, inhalers, to presscription medications like Chantix that are known to be much more harmful, and in some cases fatal to people looking to quit smoking. We truly look at e-cigarettes to be a godsend.

In a world where tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of people each year and can still be legally purchased in any gas station or convenience store, it honestly boggles the mind why anyone would want to ban this much less deadly alternative. We are literally fighting for our lives here, as many people would have little choice but to return to slowly killing themselves with cigarettes if the FDA or e-cigs were to be banned. This is why I am writing to you. I'm not asking you to switch sides in this debate. I only wanted you to know that despite what has been printed in medscape, there are many of us who are very happily tobacco free because of this wonderful little device. I am hopeful that once you see this information, that the next time someone comes to you for a quote, you can tell them that there are in fact many people like me in this country.

Sincerely,

 

[souporvapor]

Actually -
I just joined that website.

I did not find reference that this is a letter from the FDA to physicians.

The article is credited as written by journalist Daniel J DeNoon - Senior medical writer at WebMD

WebMD.com labels itself as a health information website 'for patients'

I'm not clear on where the concept that this is information being given to physicians or that it originated from the FDA came from.

Blsssngs,
Kathy

30 years of smoking...
Vaporized by my ScrewDriver!

 

[kinabaloo]

WebMD has an FDA section on its fromt page and is linked with medicine.net, so ut's clearly in the the BP cartel.

 

[BigJimW]

Article shows nothing new. Just WebMD regurgitating the same speel that has been barfed for the past month.

When the safety truth finally comes to light, a lot of these "experts" will have a lot of splainin' to do. And they'll all point their fingers to the FDAs shoddy "test".

That will be fun to watch.

 

[crazybry79]

I have written a verrry simialr letter.

Anyone else care to contribute?
His email address is:
meriksen@gsu.edu
or, if you would like to be on a more personal level,
Office Phone: 404-413-1132

I have to aggree with every post Ive read here...

 

[crazybry79]

Also,

(sorry to double post)

Erikson is waiting approval for funding from

Gates Foundation​

Global Tobacco Control

I wonder what the gates foundation would think if they knew someone they are funding, is trying to stop a product that can assist in tobbacco control...his very cause.

Infor on funding can be found here,
publichealth.gsu.edu/pdf/CV_PDF_Eriksen (dot) pdf


If you should feel the need, as I did, to give your opinion on Mr Erikson's statment, feel free to email
info@gatesfoundation.org

 

[jamie]

I wonder what the gates foundation would think if they knew someone they are funding, is trying to stop a product that can assist in tobbacco control...his very cause.

I haven't kept up on their activities so take this with a grain of salt. When it was first announced that Gates was getting into tobacco control I did follow the story for awhile and my impression then about his partnership in this with Bloomberg is that he would be bankrolling worldwide smoker-nicotine-tobacco eradication (and therefore would not support a product like ecigs).

 

[nitewriter]

Angus, you should not post personal information.

 

[AngusATAT]

Angus, you should not post personal information.

You're probably right. Not that I am too concerned with folks here knowing my address, but this is the Internet, and anything can happen. Edited my post.

 

[rbrown]

Hi my name is Rachal. I just started vaping like 2 weeks ago. I have a speech i have to present for one of my college classes and I choose to inform people on e-ciggs. I have had a hard time finding information that is sourced. Can anyone help me? Send me some link to some good site with good information? I would really appriciate it.

 

[yvilla]

Rachal, two sites:

Alternative to Smoking?

http://www.tji-java-ide.com/e-cigarette/

 

[DC2]

Send me some link to some good site with good information?

Here is a link to a blog by Dr. Michael Siegal...
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary

This is from the above website...

I am a physician who specialized in preventive medicine and public health. I am now a professor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health. I have 20 years of experience in tobacco control, primarily as a researcher. My areas of research interest include the health effects of secondhand smoke, policy aspects of regulating smoking in public places, effects of cigarette marketing on youth smoking behavior, and the evaluation of tobacco control program and policy interventions.

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but he discusses many of the issues related to electronic cigarettes, and often has good links to other resources as well.

 

[Kate51]

Where ever you found it, thanks for the post VaporNebula! This is what I call transparency. We know this is being done. CYA mentality if not noticable is prominent in the big picture. Amazing what we're led to believe if we don't check ourselves isn't it. But I have to clarify something, as of just now we have : 17,535, Active Members: 5,553
So I would guess there a more than just hundreds of people involved in vaping or at least looking at it seriously. Look at my Banner, I don't know how many are displayed, but "quite a few" would be an understatement.