Portland Oregon-KATU investigates ecigs

[Drema]

I just ran across on my DVR a news spot advertising and "KATU Investigative Report" on the e-cigarette and is it' "really safe". For those in Oregon the report will air it on channel 12 ( fox) on Tuesday. I will try to get a video after the report airs.

Drema

 

[Surf Monkey]

Good find. I can't wait to see what KATU has to say about it!

 

[happily]

Hopefully its an "Investigative Report" and not just hearsay.....

Keep us updated

 

[Surf Monkey]

Hopefully its an "Investigative Report" and not just hearsay.....

Keep us updated

I bet it will be. One of the other local TV affiliates did an actual investigative report where they sent a woman and a child to the Smoking Everywhere kiosk to see if they were marketed to children. Conclusion? They're not marketed to children.

Also, there's a high profile radio host in Portland who's been promoting them (Rick Emerson) so they're a known quantity to a lot of people around here. That may have something to do with the local TV stations putting effort into investigating PVs.

 

[durd]

I sent a short email to KPTV through the form on their front page. I basically wrote that I hoped their report would be well investigated and balanced, since I felt that the e-cig was doing good things for me.

Surprisingly, I got a response from their reporter, Kerry Tomlinson.

Derrick:

Thank you so much for your e-mail! It is nice to hear from you, and we
would very much like to hear more. We have asked health researchers for
studies of the effects of e-cigarettes, the inhaling of nicotine,
propylene glycol and water, and information about studies on whether or
not this is healthier than regular cigarettes. The researchers tell us
they have not seen any studies done on this. We have also asked several
e-cigarette companies for study info on the health effects of
e-cigarettes and whether or not they are safer or healthier. They have
not provided any. So I am hoping that you might know of some clinical
studies specifically on e-cigarettes that you can direct me to.

Thanks for your help!

Kerry Tomlinson
KPTV News

So, my question for you. What resources should I send her to primarily?

Derrick D.

 

[Kempton]

The New Zealand study.

 

[waskel]

Can't post links yet, search for a thread started by Tropical Bob with the search terms "glycol" and "study". There's a link to an article in Time Magazine article about some studies done on inhaling PG vapor.

 

[coastie]

I just ran across on my DVR a news spot advertising and "KATU Investigative Report" on the e-cigarette and is it' "really safe". For those in Oregon the report will air it on channel 12 ( fox) on Tuesday. I will try to get a video after the report airs.

Drema

Yes,Please get back to all on this would love to see it if I miss the KATU,tv report and being an oregonian too interested in what they have to say re :to the e-cig report.

 

[Mary Kay]

Why not send the reporter here? They is enough on this board for 40 reports!

 

[Surf Monkey]

Why not send the reporter here? They is enough on this board for 40 reports!

This would be a good resource for research, no question. Pretty heavy signal to noise ratio at times, but it's unmatched as a clearing house for authoritative information on practically everything related to PVs.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Can't post links yet, search for a thread started by Tropical Bob with the search terms "glycol" and "study". There's a link to an article in Time Magazine article about some studies done on inhaling PG vapor.

Spikey has some excellent posts on various health related topics as well.

 

[OutWest]

^ Spikey also has quite a bit of info gathered up (the NZ study, etc) what with the battle in Suffolk County.

 

[happily]

We need to help track down the links for the OP. Since KATU would like studies and haven't been sent any.

 

[happily]

OfficialWire: E-Cigarettes Will Revolutionize The Face Of Tobacco Smoking And Could Pose A Threat To the Smoking Cessation Market

Here's one

 

[happily]

this is an excellent website for news articles
E-Cigarette Search Engine For Electronic Cigarette (E-Cig) Consumers and Vapers | VaporFox

 

[Annastasia]

Glad they're sounding fairly open-minded about it so far. Can't wait to see the report!

 

[durd]

Thank you for all of your input so far. I have sent her links to the New Zealand study, as well as a link to the boards here. Anything else that I am missing?

 

[Tom09]

On the question of specific studies: For the time being, no scientific studies on ecigs have been published. However, clinical trials have been done or are known to be undertaken by several groups. This includes: (1.) The group around M. Laugesen (Health New Zealand), an outspoken proponent, studied various aspects on ecigs, results of the first clinical trial were presented at SRNT 2009 conference. (2.) A group closer to the US health establishment is presently running an extended clinical trial. Leading investigator is apparently T. Eissenberg (Virginia Commonwealth University), was featured in several news articles, not shy to the media. (3.) According to [post=200375]great posts of user redrose[/post] in this forum, there is also a group at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center which is actively investigating ecigs (but apparently prefers to stay away from the media). (4.) AMA just announced an intention to study ecigs, but nothing substantial yet.

 

[happily]

Ruyan did a nicotine study as mentioned spikey has a ton of stuff

 

[yvilla]

Durd, here's the link to the web page Spikey put together with links to a lot of the existing research, and to the experts we'd want the KATU people to see/contact:

Propylene Glycol Research Study Results