Nicotine most harmful cigarette ingredient, GPs think

[AgentAnia]

I find this very interesting because yesterday, I was talking to an uncle of mine, who was the head of family medicine at Hopkins for 15 years, and is a smoking cessation expert. He is a big believer in nicotine replacement therapy, specifically the lozenges and gum, and believes that nicotine is not the harmful ingredient. I talked to him about ecigs, and showed him my ego setup, which he thought was pretty cool (he said that his patients and the support group that he runs usually carry much bigger "pieces", as mine is a spinner 400 MaH with an evod), but he did start to tow the party line about the FDA needing to look deeper into nic juice and delivery systems just to be sure that there is nothing bad in them.

All in all, I came out of that conversation very pleased that he thought that ecigs were a good idea, and as his nephew, who smoked for over 20 years, he was thrilled that I am no longer a slave to the tobacco.

Can't tell you how pleased I am to read stories such as yours! That your uncle, affiliated with such a prestigious institution, actually has vapers in his cessation group, is really cause for cautious optimism. I hope we'll see more cases like this!

 

[DC2]

I was responding to e-pipeman's comment about his doctor (not about the GP survey article).

I stand by my general opinion, though, and most respectfully beg to differ with you about general practitioners knowing about nicotine. I believe most GP's discuss the dangers of smoking and smoking cessation with all of their patients who smoke (which, statistically, would be around 20% of them). I don't expect them to know about conditions they don't often see and aren't qualified to treat, but it seems to me that the subject of "smoking" should include at least a general medical knowledge about relative risks of tobacco, nicotine, and harm reduction.

If it makes you feel any better, most real doctors seem to be on our side...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/120181-did-your-doctor-approve-your-vaping.html

 

[DC2]

Can't tell you how pleased I am to read stories such as yours! That your uncle, affiliated with such a prestigious institution, actually has vapers in his cessation group, is really cause for cautious optimism. I hope we'll see more cases like this!

Then you might enjoy reading this thread...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ducators-caade-endorses-thr-e-cigarettes.html

 

[Bill Godshall]

Since this survey was conducted and announced by BAT, I'm pleasantly surprised that Nursing journal published that article.

Ironically, the drug companies that market NRT products are also upset that many/most physicians inaccurately believe nicotine is hazardous (as the drug companies want smokers to know that nicotine and NRT are far less hazardous than cigarettes).

And yet, those same drug companies have given money to anti tobacco extremists to confuse the public (and public health professionals) to believe that nicotine is extremely harmful.

Whenever I communicate with drug company folks I tell them to stop funding the extremists who falsely claim nicotine is very harmful.

 

[Berylanna]

Since this survey was conducted and announced by BAT, I'm pleasantly surprised that Nursing journal published that article.

Ironically, the drug companies that market NRT products are also upset that many/most physicians inaccurately believe nicotine is hazardous (as the drug companies want smokers to know that nicotine and NRT are far less hazardous than cigarettes).

And yet, those same drug companies have given money to anti tobacco extremists to confuse the public (and public health professionals) to believe that nicotine is extremely harmful.

Whenever I communicate with drug company folks I tell them to stop funding the extremists who falsely claim nicotine is very harmful.

And their response?

 

[MartiP]

Well, my husband is a Family Practice doc (now a hospitalist), and he not only approves of vaping, he's a big vaper himself.

 

[ilk80]

Pretty sad that we as vapers have to educate our own doctors on this!

Yes we do and I will be battling my own fun tomorrow when I visit my own GP (time for a full physical and we got into this the last visit too). Thank you for posting the art, its getting shared now.