Positive news: WHO E-cigarette criticisms exposed as 'alarmist'

[DrMA]

European public health experts expose the atrocious WHO review of e-cigarettes to be wrought with "errors, misinterpretations and misrepresentations, meaning policymakers may miss their potential health benefits." They also eloquently point out that the WHO report is "using alarmist language to describe findings and to present opinion as though it were evidence."

What a pleasure to read.

BBC News - E-cigarette criticisms 'alarmist' say researchers

EDIT:
Original article which may be cited:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12730/abstract

 

[granolaboy]

about time!!

 

[supertrunker]

Nice to see my old alma mater churning out some good work!

T

 

[xpl0it]

(Reuters) - A World Health Organisation-commissioned review of e-cigarettes contains errors, misinterpretations and misrepresentations, meaning policymakers may miss their potential health benefits, a group of tobacco addiction experts said.

WHO report gives misleading view on e-cigarettes, experts argue | Reuters

A nice rebuttal to the recent BS from the WHO statement on e-cigarettes!

 

[dragonpuff]

Wow! This is from BBC, a major news network! And it's not even an editorial! Finally!!

The last two paragraphs had me shifting a little, but the majority of the article is super positive and it's from one of the biggest news networks in the world! YES!!!

 

[Newportlocal]

I was just going to post the link and saw it was here. Great stuff.

 

[sonicdsl]

Merged post #4 from separate thread

 

[DrMA]

This thread should probably be merged with: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...sleading-view-e-cigarettes-experts-argue.html

 

[sonicdsl]

This thread should probably be merged with: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...sleading-view-e-cigarettes-experts-argue.html

Done.

And both great posts.

 

[DrMA]

thanks, sonic!

Can you please edit the Thread title to say
Positive article: WHO E-cigarette criticisms exposed as 'alarmist'

 

[DrMA]

I posted a link to the original source in the OP. If someone has access to the full text PDF, please share.

In the meantime, the PR is making the rounds in the news
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ttacked-by-tobacco-health-expert-9712703.html
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/who_is_misleading_on_ecigarettes_say_experts-144237
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d7dee3a-343d-11e4-b81c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3CQFNwYT9

Nicely done, Ann McNeill, Jean-Francois Etter, Konstantinos Farsalinos, Peter Hajek, Jacques le Houezec and Hayden McRobbie!

Also look at the two main source articles upon which this critique is drawing:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12659/abstract
http://bjgp.org/content/64/626/442.full

 

[aikanae1]

I hope mainstream picks up on this.

 

[skoony]

almost choked on my coffee when i saw this.
more good press,whats up with that?

E-Cigarettes Can Save 54,000 Lives In UK, Say Researchers - International Business Times

regards
mike

 

[ykalon]

This article/study is spreading all over the news right now

 

[catlady60]

Paris (AFP) - Health experts fearing a clampdown on e-cigarettes said Friday a UN report on the device had exaggerated their health risk and underplayed their role as a safe alternative to tobacco.

The August 26 report by the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) said governments should ban the sale of so-called electronic cigarettes to minors, warning they posed a "serious threat" to unborn babies and young people.
The WHO report, to be considered at a global meeting on tobacco control this year, also said e-cigs should be banned from indoor public spaces.
But tobacco specialists, writing in the journal Addiction on Friday, said the report was flawed.

https://news.yahoo.com/un-report-e-cigarettes-flawed-critics-100542704.html

To paraphrase Mae West: "It ain't public health the TC folks are after; it's the money, honey."

 

[Maytwin]

Also in The Daily Telegraph today

 

[sonicdsl]

Above 4 posts merged from two separate threads on same topic.

 

[DrMA]

Original PR from University College London:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0914/050914-E-cigarette-policies-should-be-evidence-based

«E-cigarette policies ‘should not be distorted by alarmist commentaries dressed up as evidence’»

 

[rothenbj]

Paris (AFP) - Health experts fearing a clampdown on e-cigarettes said Friday a UN report on the device had exaggerated their health risk and underplayed their role as a safe alternative to tobacco.

The August 26 report by the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) said governments should ban the sale of so-called electronic cigarettes to minors, warning they posed a "serious threat" to unborn babies and young people.
The WHO report, to be considered at a global meeting on tobacco control this year, also said e-cigs should be banned from indoor public spaces.
But tobacco specialists, writing in the journal Addiction on Friday, said the report was flawed.

https://news.yahoo.com/un-report-e-cigarettes-flawed-critics-100542704.html

To paraphrase Mae West: "It ain't public health the TC folks are after; it's the money, honey."

I've always felt our children shouldn't be having unborn babies.

 

[Exchaner]

Still too early to celebrate. The same report argues in favor of some regulation. It additionally states we need more hard data to asses the long term effects of E-Cigs.