New CDC Data Blows Away Popular E-Cigarette Criticism

[KentA]

Key Findings

I stumbled across it in this positive news article from the Daily Caller

I hadn't been aware of this study. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention.

 

[Kent C]

Posted here 'buried' in another thread so probably deserves it's own thread.

E-cigarettes are NOT a gateway and they DO help people quit

See my comment below that. mainly...

"IF the CDC itself, starts to report this as the article did - then that would be a paradigm shift, and may signal a change in view toward THR. The fact that they are now saying 20% (I believe it's higher still) of ex-smokers have quit smoking with ecigs (used to be in the single digits or rejected out of hand), is something."

 

[LoveVanilla]

Nice, thanks. I do like to think that fact and science will eventually win over ignorance and bigotry. But I am an optimist....

 

[Kent C]

I do like to think that fact and science will eventually win over ignorance and bigotry.

While, at times, formidable, ignorance and bigotry can't hold a candle to 'political agenda' - that's where science loses and has lost big time. I'll just cite 'second-hand smoke' to keep on topic, but could list many more where science has taken a back seat to politics. Ecigs may just add to that list, although like you, I hope not :- )