Let Them Use Ecigs! Medscape Internal Medicine

[aikanae1]

But they are pretty specific in their terms that it's tobacco companies research that's banned. I don't think that includes ecigs. However it's concerning because they assume ecigs are owned or will be owned by BT.

Speaking of JAMA, did you see the announcement about dropping ecig research articles ( until SG comes up with far fetched zingers).
BMJ Group blogs: BMJ Open » Blog Archive » Journal policy on research funded by the tobacco industry
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"As editors of the BMJ, Heart, Thorax, and BMJ Open we have decided that the journals will no longer consider for publication any study that is partly or wholly funded by the tobacco industry". And they then go on to talk about how tobacco companies & eCigs...

 

[LaraC]

When I hear people speak negatively about "addiction" to nicotine, or that using e-cigarettes is simply continuing an "addiction" to nicotine, I think a more realistic way to look at nicotine use in e-cigs is as a "dependency" rather than as an "addiction."

Traditional cigarettes are associated with negative consequences for many people. E-cigarettes have not been shown, thus far, to have negative consequences either to the user himself/herself, or to bystanders.

In response to one of the articles aikanae1 linked to in Medscape: Electronic Cigarettes: No Adverse Effects on Coronary Microcirculation, a Family Medicine nurse made this comment:

I think it's useful to distinguish between dependence and addiction. If dependent, one experiences a withdrawal syndrome ( caffeine, Paxil, beta-blockers ) but if there is no associated negative consequence, it's not addiction according to the DSM IV and V.

 

[Anjaffm]

When I hear people speak negatively about "addiction" to nicotine, or that using e-cigarettes is simply continuing an "addiction" to nicotine, I think a more realistic way to look at nicotine use in e-cigs is as a "dependency" rather than as an "addiction."

Traditional cigarettes are associated with negative consequences for many people. E-cigarettes have not been shown, thus far, to have negative consequences either to the user himself/herself, or to bystanders.

In response to one of the articles aikanae1 linked to in Medscape: Electronic Cigarettes: No Adverse Effects on Coronary Microcirculation, a Family Medicine nurse made this comment:

I think it's useful to distinguish between dependence and addiction. If dependent, one experiences a withdrawal syndrome ( caffeine, Paxil, beta-blockers ) but if there is no associated negative consequence, it's not addiction according to the DSM IV and V.

Thank you very much! I love that distinction!
The word "addiction" has such nasty negative connotations. Which are, of course, used quite deliberately by the ANTZ to demonize those whom they themselves despise.
"Dependence" however, is neutral, to my mind.