Great counter of The New York Times Poison by the barrel piece.

[Painter_]

Dr. Amy Fairchild rips the National poison report to shreds.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-amy-fairchild/liquid-death-from-ecigare_b_5044145.html

 

[CabinetGuyScott]

Dr. Amy Fairchild rips the National poison report to shreds.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-amy-fairchild/liquid-death-from-ecigare_b_5044145.html

Excellent find Painter!

Calm, factual, reassuring are just a few adjectives that immediately come to mind.

I like her

A couple of pull-quotes:

Probably the most powerful, and the first time I've heard vaccines mentioned

An even better way to put the risks of e-cigarettes into perspective is to compare their risk of unintended harm to children with other public health measures that we accept in order to protect not just individual health but population health. Every year the CDC receives approximately 30,000 reports of adverse reactions to vaccines. Of these, 10 to 15 percent -- between 3,000 and 4,500 cases -- are considered serious, "resulting in permanent disability, hospitalization, life-threatening illnesses or death."

If they were a purely recreational product with no potential public health benefit, we would set the bar for poisonings much lower. A child's death is never just a statistic. But we have the potential to lose a great many current and future smokers if we take a zero-tolerance approach to these products. Some 400,000 Americans die each year from smoking-related causes. A billion deaths are predicted worldwide this century if the prevalence of smoking is not reduced.

We also need to ask ourselves why we don't talk about other exposures with the same sense of alarm. The National Poison Data System report for 2012 suggests that if we want to fly into a frenzy based on incendiary data, e-cigarettes need to get in line. We would prevent more harm by launching a cosmetics-free campaign. After all, there is no great public health benefit to wearing makeup or coiffing our hair. Would there be anything lost if we banned energy drinks, which are often high in calories? We could fight poisoning and the obesity epidemic in one stroke.

A good read & encouraging to see it at huffpo...

 

[CabinetGuyScott]

I thought the names sounded familiar!

The authors of the huffpo piece are professors at Columbia University, and had an op-ed at the NYtimes in December:

The Case for Tolerating E-Cigarettes

Dr. Amy Fairchild & Dr. Ronald Bayer
Professors of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health

Not surprisingly, this too is a very reasoned & positive - put everything in such a common sense harm reduction context. Leaves the reader feeling like it's just so natural & logical.

 

[DrMA]

What a great write up! Not only does it present the whole story and dispels the alarmist propaganda, but also it highlights the fact that the TCI is taking the same path as BT in distorting data and lying to the public.

The risk comparison to vaccines is brilliant because it goes directly towards the "protecting children" meme.

 

[rothenbj]

Thanks for the post. This is surely an article that should be shared via social media as much as possible.

 

[Jeffk123]

Talk about a breath of fresh air. Its nice there are other people willing to take a stand and fight the good fight.

 

[Painter_]

It was such a refreshing read after a week of bad press for the vape community. I was really feeling that this is a worthless fight and the antiz had won based on the lies.

 

[Jeffk123]

It was such a refreshing read after a week of bad press for the vape community. I was really feeling that this is a worthless fight and the antiz had won based on the lies.

This is nice but as my favorite book says "winter is coming" and we need to file all these kinds of helpful material away when the hammer of regulation comes down from the fda. Not trying to rain on anyones parade though. Who will win I wonder the people or the dollar...

 

[Uma]

What a wonderful insightful article!!

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

We would prevent more harm by launching a cosmetics-free campaign. After all, there is no great public health benefit to wearing makeup or coiffing our hair.

Yes! Mrs. Kodiak would save me a fortune.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Thanks. I have been compiling a list of resources and that one is well worth it.

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Great read. Hopefully more articles like this will flood the media.

 

[Rickajho]

Wha!? The Huffy Puffy Po allowed a voice of reason to be expressed about the e-cig debate? Correct me if I'm wrong - but isn't this a first?

But she did resort to using a "comparative risk" argument, using vaccines as the thing to compare to. Isn't that gonna make Blu spokesmodel Jenny McCarthy's head spin around and pop off?