Pseudoscience in electronic cigarette policy

[Jake6731]

A great blog post by Bernd Mayer.
Pseudoscience in electronic cigarette policy - Bernd Mayer

He is the one who has attempted to debunk the nicotine fatal dose myth.
If you haven't read his stuff, please take a moment to do so.

 

[CreepyLady]

Great Read! Thank you for sharing

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Bookmarked, nice one to email to doubters.

 

[Katya]

Very nice read. Thanks for posting the link!

I like quantum homeopathy...

 

[pianoguy]

Two thumbs up, more if I had them.

 

[sebt]

Thank you for posting this link Jake6731!

I was familiar with Mayer's name as he's the author of that study suggesting that the lethal dose of nicotine has been wildly under-estimated. (Google "nicotine dose self-experiments" to find it, I can't find the link right now).

That blog post is excellent, particularly in its focus on the pretend-science being used to attempt to demonise e-cigs. It's going into my arsenal of quick-refutation/education links!

 

[Jake6731]

Don't forget to read all his posts on that blog. He does excellent work!

 

[rothenbj]

Great find Jake. Will look at his other stuff when I have some time.

 

[Anjaffm]

Excellent! Thank you very much!
Bookmarked for future use.
And yes, Bernd Mayer's blog is very good and very useful. By the way, that guy is a professor. And not some mechanic, as another person that we know of

 

[DaveP]

Bookmarked, also. I've long believed that media negativity can be traced both to cigarette haters and politicians who've already become addicted to tobacco settlement money. They've borrowed and spent the money based on expectations of future payments. Now, they can only favor the source of the tax and the settlement money and impede its demise. Electronic cigarettes represent a barrier to future cigarette sales, thus a loss of tobacco settlement payments.