More Gleeful Lying From County Health Officials

[Nate760]

Today it's Erie County, NY.

Usefulness of e-cigarettes questioned by Erie County official, CDC - Refresh Buffalo Blog

First off, the words "smoke," "smokers" and "smoking" are used in reference to vapor products (and their users) an astounding TWELVE TIMES.

Other assorted lie-lights:

Neither e-cigarettes nor sheesha (tobacco and flavoring used in hookah pipes) contain the 7,000 toxins and 69 known carcinogens in cigarette smoke, but smoking either can still lead to lung cancer, respiratory illness and periodontal disease, according to the CDC.

This is a new one to me. I don't recall anyone from the CDC saying e-cigs cause lung cancer and gum disease. Seems like we would've heard about that.

The liquid nicotine in the electronic cigarettes can be more lethal than the nicotine levels used in regular cigarettes.

I'm not even sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Is the writer actually implying that one cigarette contains enough nicotine to kill a person?

The national average for one pack of cigarettes is $7.50 while an e-cig costs around $30, plus $2 to $4 for replacement cartridges. One cartridge equals approximately 15 cigarettes,

Where do they get these numbers? And how monolithic do they think this product class is? This makes about as much sense as saying "A new car costs around $20,000, plus $50 for each tank of gasoline. One car equals approximately 15 motorcycles."

 

[Linden]

One care equals approximately 15 motorcycles

that is the best!

 

[sonicdsl]

Love Dr. Ross' comments in there!

 

[Stosh]

How could you doubt the word on the Erie County Health Department? ....

I was forced to leave them a quick comment......

 

[dragonpuff]

Given that this is my backyard, I just had to comment but I had tons of issues with the login, it ended up taking way too long just to get it posted, and it ended up posting as "guest."

Which is just as well since I wasn't exactly nice this time... I'm getting way too sick of this

Fwiw, the Buffalo News is a crapshoot for ANTZ these days, so I don't expect anything remotely realistic about vaping to come from them. RPCI is also in our backyard, and everyone around here practically bows to them...

Excuse me while I go find something that contains alcohol...