Good Positive Huffington Post Article

[kakiser56]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-..._6374744.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

 

[pennysmalls]

Thanks for sharing, that was good.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

A good positive article. I commented.

 

[Kent C]

Good... but a more appropriate title might be "Good Positive Tony Newman article". He's the only writer at HuffPo that is pro-ecigs. All others are antz. And I'm not sure that equating us with drug addicts is helpful.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I didn't address that. I just mentioned how vaping helped my health.

 

[DrMA]

I too am concerned that equating nicotine use with hard drug addiction plays into the ANTZ narrative. Other than that, Tony had a few ideas worth considering...

 

[LaraC]

Hans Schmidt posted a good comment to that article. Hans wrote:

"VAPERS ARE NOT ADDICTED
Most nicotine users do not want to quit nicotine just as most caffeine users don´t want to quit caffeine. Both substances are not addictive. Nicotine alone, i.e. without MAOIs (monoaminooxidase inhibitors) is not addictive. Prof. Etters studied dependence levels in users of e-cigarettes, and compared them with dependence levels in users of nicotine gums and tobacco cigarettes.
Results:
Some e-cigarette users were dependent on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, but these products were less addictive than tobacco cigarettes. E-cigarettes may be as or less addictive than nicotine gums, which themselves are not very addictive.
Read: “Dependence levels in users of electronic cigarettes, nicotine gums and tobacco cigarettes”
Cigarettes are addictive for approx. 30% of all smokers (the hard core). Nicotine plus MAOIs makes the difference."

 

[WickedSick]

Thanks for sharing. Huff post is not among the media outlets I keep track on, so I would have missed that one for sure .