Monday 10/21/13 - NPR radio will discuss e-cigs this afternoon.

[Barbara21]

Hi all - Just driving home from work and heard this on the radio. NPR (National Public Radio) will be discussing e-cigs on their 'All Things Considered' show this afternoon at 4:00 PM.

Just an FYI in case anyone else is interested.

I'll try to catch it and report back.

 

[Debra_oh]

Thanks for posting. I was just going to do the same; just heard the blurb on NPR.

 

[flowerpots]

I will try to catch this also - thanks for the post.

 

[Uma]

I can't find it but I found these articles at their site. 15 Years Later, Where Did All The Cigarette Money Go? : NPR
Where indeed.

 

[Elnroth]

4pm what time zone?

 

[Debra_oh]

EST, on now, may be diffrent times in other areas.

 

[stewdude]

I missed it, what did they talk about?

 

[BuGlen]

I believe this is the recording of that show:

NPR Media Player

 

[Uma]

I don't have flash player on iPad

 

[Debra_oh]

there is a good npr app, NPR player I think itis called. Should be able to get th podcast on that

I don't have flash player on iPad

 

[Debra_oh]

It was on ok segment. Mostly just a re-hashing of the two sides of the debate. The pro side mostly focused on the big players Big Bacco. In these segments they rarely talk about all the devices we all know and love.

 

[Racehorse]

At least they mentioned that they contain NO tobacco.

As for the sexy ads and the glamorizing of ecigs......I use mine simply as a tool, like I woud use my microwave, etc. so I really can't comment on that. The furthest I ever went was to buy a pouch to keep it in when I'm out......I mean, I REALLY don't care what my ecig looks like, any more than I care about what my coffeemaker looks like. I just want it to work good.

I know that some people still think holding an analog can be glamorous, but watching my mom gasp for breath w/COPD is hardly glamorous.

Perceptions are weird, we can't fix that stuff.

I think there will be some regulation, etc. and that as time passes, a lot of this will straighten itself out. Right now ecigs are like pink elephants or something, they have everyone's attention, but they are really not that exotic.

And eventually, I actually things will get BETTER for us, not worse, as they become part of the normal landscape.

 

[Uma]

It was on ok segment. Mostly just a re-hashing of the two sides of the debate. The pro side mostly focused on the big players Big Bacco. In these segments they rarely talk about all the devices we all know and love.

Glantz covered that in the TRDRP meeting, in the Q & A section. He said the regulated types of eCigs are ..... Scarrrrrrrrrrrrrry. Because we can regulate our intake from the first puff, optimize the nic for best effect.... If I weren't laughing so hard, I would have cried for him.

 

[Lessifer]

It was a pretty balanced piece. I do wish they wouldn't say that e-cigs "look" like regular analog cigarettes. I've never vaped anything that remotely looked like a cig. At least they ended it with, IT'S NOT SMOKE.

 

[Uma]

there is a good npr app, NPR player I think itis called. Should be able to get th podcast on that

Thanks, downloaded and now trying to find it. Is it the one titled "it's back to the future..." ?

 

[Debra_oh]

E-Cigarettes: A Nearly $2bn Industry, A Regulatory Wild West

 

[Lessifer]

Thanks, downloaded and now trying to find it. Is it the one titled "it's back to the future..." ?

It's part of the All Things Considered series

 

[Katya]

Thanks, downloaded and now trying to find it. Is it the one titled "it's back to the future..." ?

Go to their website and then select All Things Considered--E-Cigarettes: A nearly $2B industry...

I listened to it while I was driving. The usual lazy, knee-jerk, sloppy journalism. Looks like they used Google to do their research; tutti frutti flavors (seriously? anyone ever seen a tutti frutti flavor???), glamorous adds, wild west, poor unprotected children, gateway to real tobacco smoking, we don't know what's in them--all the ANTZ buzzwords. And of course the authority on all things e-cigs--that zealot Glanz. "Yes, e-cigarettes are safer but so what"???? Are they serious???? Per Glanz, "there is no question that e-cigarettes are less dangerous than smoking (burn cigarettes), but smoking is wildly dangerous." Thus, e-cigs are dangerous. perhaps even more dangerous than smoking. Talk about circular reasoning.

And they interview a vape shop owner in Florida who carries all those glamorous brands like Blu and Gamucci... Cutting edge tutti frutti sexy glamour!

 

[CES]

I was disappointed at the lack of actual research and journalism. sigh. Even if Glantz did acknowledge that e-cigs are safer than tobacco cigs. The comments so far are pretty good.

 

[Katya]

Yeah, and they didn't say anything about antifreeze. Yay!