Hospitals allow PVs article

[leeshor]

You might find this interesting. I would do a short URL but some have problems with them. Kinda good news.

The Electric Cigarette Gains Approval In Many Hospitals As Debate Continues -- COLLEYVILLE, Texas, March 2 /PRNewswire/ --

 

[Darrigaaz]

Great news!

 

[aubergine]

Great find, Leeshor. Hope springs eternal.

 

[Symmetric]

Not to rain on the parade, but most things that find their way to those PR news sites are (not so) thinly veiled advertisements, and this one is no exception. We have no way of knowing how much of the info in this "article" is real and how much is fabricated.

Sorry again.

 

[martha1014]

I wonder where they got the statistics that 1 out of 40 smokers are now smoking ecig.

It's hard to believe that there are this many.

 

[Mary Kay]

I'd like to know which hospital in Tampa..I am hoping it is Tampa General! That place is so big and added on to, it requires a compass and hiking boots to get outside! The rest of the hospitals have better layouts.

 

[bornagainst]

It's just an ad for ecigarrettechoice.com

 

[Belletrist]

yeah, noticed that born. i was wondering if there's any truth to the *headline* but haven't found anything through searching yet.

 

[Darrigaaz]

Looks like here's the original article before ecigarettechoice got to it.

Tampa hospital allows use of electronic cigarettes

 

[Mary Kay]

Tampa hospital allows use of electronic cigarettes

I found the same artical with NO mention of that E-cig company. In fact I found it several times..I thought it was too well writen to be just an ad. Anyway If Steve was bottom feeder..he could do the same..just add his company on the bottom line and post it somewhere..

Darri..you beat me to it!!

 

[Malacha]

Thanks for this article. My wife works at a hospital "tobacco Free Campus" I'm sure she will make copy's and pass them out, lol

 

[Belletrist]

nope, that's still an ad. note the source.

 

[Adrenalynn]

I wonder where they got the statistics that 1 out of 40 smokers are now smoking ecig.

It's hard to believe that there are this many.

Absolutely no way. That'd be around 45,000,000 ecig smokers world wide (using the WHO numbers). Sorry - don't buy it.

 

[Lina]

oh thats sad... I was hoping its true... this would be HUGE!

 

[leeshor]

I took a long look at the possibility/likelihood that it was an ad before posting but I also had seen the same info elsewhere. Though that particular piece was at least partly promoting one E-Cig company the information was not totally incorrect as far as I can tell, even though the number of E-Cig users is suspect. But you get that with reporting on just about anything these days. Hard to trust the press.

What struck me was the last paragraph, which I feel is absolutely and most certainly true.

 

[aubergine]

dammit

dammit (i am required to reiterate in order to fulfil the character # requirement.)

dammit.

 

[WitchWay]

Not to rain on the parade, but most things that find their way to those PR news sites are (not so) thinly veiled advertisements, and this one is no exception. We have no way of knowing how much of the info in this "article" is real and how much is fabricated.

Sorry again.

I agree and you'll find the proof at the bottom of the article where it says SOURCE SS Choice, LLC. They are based in Colleyville, TX.

 

[Belletrist]

*nod* the thing is, these pr things don't have to be untrue, even if they are an 'ad', but since there's literally no information (like what hospital, for example), it doesn't strike me as a legitimate article.