Has seen an ad for E-cigarettes that claim all the user inhales is "harmless water vapor"?

[trentenmarschel]

I am going over my sources for my 8 page research essay on vaping, and one of my sources makes a claim that there are ads that claim that vapers only inhale harmless water vapor. I have spent the last 3 hours trying to find any proof of an ad that makes this claim. Has anyone see this ad? If so, can you give me a link. Thanks. Here is the full paragraph that the author uses.

"Physicians all over the country are encountering the same questions from
their patients. Out of nowhere, it seems, e-cigarettes—or electronic nicotine
delivery systems, as they are formally known—are appearing at gas stations,
convenience stores, and anywhere else cigarettes are sold. Advertisements claim
e-cigarettes offer health benefits by helping smokers quit. All e-cigarette users
inhale is “harmless water vapor.”1 The e-cigarette, it would seem, takes all the
risk out of smoking."

source:

Arnold, Carrie. "vaping and Health: What Do We Know about E-Cigarettes?" Environmental Health Perspectives 122.9 (2014): A244-A249. Academic Search Complete. Web. 16 October 2016.

 

[Mice Elf]

Just out of curiosity, why don't you ask Carrie Arnold for the source?

 

[Mice Elf]

"Marketing statements may claim e-cigarettes offer health benefits by helping smokers quit, and all e-cigarette users inhale is “harmless water vapor.”1"

"This article originally referred twice to e-cigarette emissions as “secondhand smoke.” However, e-cigarettes do not produce smoke; they produce vapor. In addition, “Advertisements claim e-cigarettes offer health benefits by helping smokers quit” should have been attributed to reference 1, and reference 1 itself should have indicated that the cited marketing statements were provided as an example. Finally, the statement “One team of researchers observed increased levels—albeit less than those associated with tobacco cigarettes—of coarse particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and aluminum following indoor vaping sessions lasting two hours each” should have specified that researchers observed these increased levels in indoor air. The article has been corrected accordingly."

EHP regrets the errors.

 

[snork]

I think I remember such claims when I first started vaping. Try the Wayback Machine.

 

[Mice Elf]

I think I remember such claims when I first started vaping. Try the Wayback Machine.

One might find an ad, but it's clear that the cited author made up her cited example and the publisher retracted it.

 

[trentenmarschel]

Just out of curiosity, why don't you ask Carrie Arnold for the source?

I am getting to that later. I am still reviewing source material and I just found a second source with the same claim.

 

[trentenmarschel]

One might find an ad, but it's clear that the cited author made up her cited example and the publisher retracted it.

I noticed that. I went to view the citation and the page was deleted.

 

[trentenmarschel]

I may contact him as well for that marketing claim. The only ads I've found said something along the lines of "water based vapor" not just "water vapor".

 

[Mice Elf]

You certainly don't need me to explain to you how to do this, but I am going to share something I've learned; always check, always, the source of the cite AND the funder.
About
I'm struck by the fact that she doesn't claim any scientific experience, degree, or frankly anything that would qualify as gravitas.

 

[trentenmarschel]

You certainly don't need me to explain to you how to do this, but I am going to share something I've learned; always check, always, the source of the cite AND the funder.
About
I'm struck by the fact that she doesn't claim any scientific experience, degree, or frankly anything that would qualify as gravitas.

Yea, These articles will most likely be bashed around in my essay. There is a big difference in opinion between health professionals who have never used E-cigarettes and those who have used them and quit smoking. I am finding in many of these articles, they take small claims from testing on specific and unknown E-liquids and say they have harmful chemicals, but they don't specify the brand or composition of the liquid. It gets me heated when I read claims that vaping could be as bad as the real thing. Like where the hell are they getting this information? from people with no experience who painstakingly pick out certain things to test that they know will contain chemicals that back up their view. Lets just go ahead and test the effects of a coil made with lead wire and use that to say vaping should be banned.

 

[Mice Elf]

Exactly.

 

[DC2]

Back a few years ago almost everyone claimed it was harmless water vaper.
Thankfully, almost everyone has backed off those incorrect claims.

Here's a fun thread from long ago...
Vaping Myths: Are we exhaling water vapor?

You'd probably have a hard time finding such claims nowadays.

 

[beckdg]

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

Tapatyped

 

[trentenmarschel]

Tapatyped

Thanks. Any idea if they still run this ad?

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[bigdancehawk]

Thanks. Any idea if they still run this ad?

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Their website is shut down, current Starfire products can't be found on the Internet, so it seems that the company is out of business.

Most, if not all, e-cig companies have disclaimers saying that they are not marketing products for smoking cessation and they make no health claims. For example, NJOY says, "WARNING: NJOY® products are not smoking cessation products and have not been tested as such, nor have the long-term effects of using this product been established."

In fact, I have not seen any current e-cig ads containing smoking cessation or health claims. Have you found any?

 

[beckdg]

Thanks. Any idea if they still run this ad?

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IIRC, there were others too.

None of which I've seen in a while.

But I'm tethered to my truck and Netflix anymore.

So I wouldn't see them anyway.

But it seems to me the "smoke anywhere" coupled with the "it's only water vapor" was the common angle at the beginning.

Tapatyped

 

[stonesfl]

It was the tv ad spot for blu ecigs it ran atleast in south fl through around sept, oct of 2015 with the advertising points no tar no ash and you inhale only harmless water vapor. Did not check but you can more than likely find the commerical on youtube.

 

[Cheallaigh]

yeah Stephen dorf did the commercials.

 

[eyerhere]

Pretty sure there is a blue tv commercial that said it.