Local hit piece on e cigarettes

[jangofett]

not sure where to post this but check out this incredibly biased story that was on the local news today:

Electronic Cigarettes, what's really in them?

Green says with no real data on e-cigarettes-- this three year old tobacco alternative may actually be more harmful that traditional cigarettes.

So there's no data, and that means we should lead people to believe they're more dangerous than cigarettes which have tons of data showing that they kill?? E-cigarettes may also contain a pork pie

"The doses of nicotine that you get could, conceivably, be higher than what you would get in a typical cigarette," he said.

Or, conceivably, one billion trillion times lower. Conceivably. Remember he said there was no data, so he's making these claims based on nothing at all of his own admission!

While federal authorities don't know all the ingredients inside e-cigarettes. the FDA tested a small sample a few years ago and found a number of toxic chemicals include one called like diethylene gylcol, the same ingredient used in antifreeze.

I'd like to see that report. I think they're purposely confusing it with propylene glycol.

From Wikipedia:

Propylene glycol, on the other hand, is considerably less toxic and may be labeled as "non-toxic antifreeze." It is used as antifreeze where ethylene glycol would be inappropriate, such as in food-processing systems or in water pipes in homes where incidental ingestion may be possible.

You know what else is a major component of antifreeze? WATER! We should ban that too! They even make crack ....... with water!

The tobacco vapor electronic cigarette association says e-cigarettes contain five ingredients: water, nicotine, glycerine (a by-product of soap) polyethylene glycol and flavoring.

I can't believe people fall for this .... and don't see the bias staring them in the face. What a nasty chemical that must be if it's a byproduct of soap! They don't mention that it's in nearly every food too though do they?

From wikipedia:

In foods and beverages, glycerol serves as a humectant, solvent, and sweetener, and may help preserve foods. It is also used as filler in commercially prepared low-fat foods (e.g., cookies), and as a thickening agent in liqueurs. Glycerol and water are used to preserve certain types of leaves. As a sugar substitute, it has approximately 27 calories per teaspoon (sugar has 20) and is 60% as sweet as sucrose. Although it has about the same food energy as table sugar, it does not raise blood sugar levels, nor does it feed the bacteria that form plaques and cause dental cavities. As a food additive, glycerol is labeled as E number E422.

 

[kristin]

Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

Actually, the FDA did find diethylene glycol in ONE sample out of the 18 cartridges they tested, but it was such a tiny amount (detectable doesn't mean there was a lot) it wouldn't be anywhere near toxic and they didn't detect any in the vapor itself. The FDA allows certain levels of DEG in other products at similar levels, but made a stink about it in e-cigarettes. So they made it sound a LOT worse than it actually was!

 

[Stop Smoking]

Obviously from the general response to the article, especially in the comment section, there is some knowledge base of the incredible fiction published in the article. There is a long way to go as many posts seemed to be as uniformed as the esteemed author. Many of her "expert" articles were actually non-peer reviewed commentaries. Nice post- got a lot of attention in the vapor world and a lot of comments!


If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
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[Placebo Effect]

Jango, you should personally contact the reporter of the piece (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katie-LaGrone-WPTV/129118720493518) and encourage her to do a story focusing on people who have had their lives changed by an e-cigarette.

 

[Higbe33]

I sent her an email about how it turned my life around.

Hig

 

[Animeguy]

such bs... I had one guy that used the PG quote. It just so happen that he was adding this liquid flavoring thing you add to water. I ask him if it was good and how often he uses it. He said all the time and it make water taste good. Then I told him check the ingredients. Sure enough there was PG. I already knew this since I picked one of those up before. He got off my case after that.