Mark Kleiman on e-cigarettes

[K.P.]

Stoppard on smoking, Pt. 2 « The Reality-Based Community

Nothing new here, but Mark Kleiman is not just any old blogger..

 

[Vocalek]

Couldn't resist responding to the person working in "smoking cessation field" who advised us (in effect) to just keep smoking for now.

 

[TennDave]

I posted 2 comments- One of them really ...... me off. You would think that someone who could write as eloquently as Mr. Gottlieb would have more sense than that.

And as I was finishing up my really long post, my computer started going wonky...thought I had lost everything I typed, so I just posted w/o a good proof-read...some mistakes, but oh well...

 

[TennDave]

Couldn't resist responding to the person working in "smoking cessation field" who advised us (in effect) to just keep smoking for now.

Haha...you and I wrote at the same time!! Similar reply- I think we compliment each other here.

 

[Vocalek]

Yes, and we complement each other as well.

 

[kristin]

And no, the life-years aren’t all “taken off the end;” smoking roughly doubles mortality at every age.

WTH does that mean?? So, an 18 year old who smokes has "roughly" twice the chances of dying (from any disease) AT 18 than one who doesn't smoke? Where the heck do they have proof of that??

EDIT: Looking for info I came across this gem: "In Australia, a child under 14 dies from tobacco every 10 days." (ASH Australia information parents children tobacco smoking Australia cigarettes)

WTH?? Looking at that page, I didn't see anything that supported that headline claim.

 

[jtpjc]

"In Australia, a child under 14 dies from tobacco every 10 days."

The poor thing.