Good Magazine Article about Vaping

[bifff257]

Ran across this magazine that did a cover story on vaping

Healthy Living June 2016

 

[pennysmalls]

Love that the author took quotes from Mitch Zeller and the AHA and made them look pro vaping!

Ok just finished, this is a good one. It looks at formaldehyde, PL and the gateway theory. It uses the CDC's own figures to disprove the gateway theory and dismisses the PL theory and makes the formaldehyde researchers look like doofus's. Me thinks this author is a vaper.

 

[rico942]

Note that the author uses the term "nicotine-infused", not the usual "nicotine-laced" with heavy negative connotations, that is typically seen in anti-vaping hit pieces ...

As soon as I saw this, I knew the article was worth reading through to the end ...

 

[classwife]

Publisher's Letter as to why the article on page 9 is good.

 

[nicnik]

Publisher's Letter as to why the article on page 9 is good.

Here it is:

THE TRUTH ABOUT VAPING

Lately, I’ve seen a barrage of information about electronic cigarettes and
vaping. When this product first hit the market, it was deemed a miracle
invention and a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes. Most recently,
the tone has changed. Now it has become a very controversial topic as the
public is flooded with media questioning the safety of the delivery device
and the chemicals in the vape juice.
We wanted to know what our readers thought about this issue, so
we reached out to our social media friends and asked them for their
opinions about vaping and electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). The results were
overwhelmingly negative. There were a few people who said they felt it
was a healthier alternative to smoking, but most felt the product was more
harmful than smoking and extremely dangerous.
Why the sudden change? As a result of the feedback we received, we
decided to do our own research. Therefore, this month’s cover feature is
about Vaping; the good, the bad, and most important—the truth.
Healthy Living magazine is not condoning or condemning the use of
e-cigs in any way. However, we feel it is our responsibility to offer a non-
biased look into the facts since there seems to be so much misinformation
filling the media.
Is vaping completely safe? Too early to tell, but one truth remains clear:
cigarettes claim over 80 million lives a year worldwide. You would be hard-
pressed to find a medical expert to argue that electronic cigarettes come
even close to matching that lethal statistic.
If you are a smoker or have a loved one who smokes, I strongly
encourage you to read this month’s issue, and get informed so you can form
your own conclusions on this issue. Being more informed could save your
life.
Stay healthy,
Kendra Akers

 

[LaraC]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting the link, bifff257.
I loved it that the article dealt extremely well with debunking soooooo many of the scare tactics anti-smoking groups have used against e-cigarettes over the past several years.

My one minor quibble with the article were several references to nicotine being addictive. Nicotine continues to get an undeserved bad rap because of its association with combustible cigarettes.

I wish the author could have delved deeper into what's known to date regarding the relative non-addictiveness of nicotine alone. One small example...Dr. Newhouse's research at Vanderbilt.

From Dr. Newhouse's study, using nicotine patches for six months:

Nicotine treatment of mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month double-blind pilot clinical trial

Nicotine treatment of mild cognitive impairment
A 6-month double-blind pilot clinical trial
P. Newhouse, MD et al

[A few excerpts:]

Methods:
Nonsmoking subjects with amnestic MCI were randomized to transdermal nicotine (15 mg per day or placebo) for 6 months.

Discussion:
There was no withdrawal syndrome and no subjects continued to use nicotine products.

To simplify dose-ranging only nonsmokers were tested.