Reuters: The smoke around e-cig science

[DrMA]

The smoke around e-cig science | Reuters

 

[pennysmalls]

That was a good read.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Good reading for the most part, while they say this in the first few paragraphs:

Because they are a strange hybrid between smoking – which kills nearly 6 million people a year – and stop-smoking medications, e-cigs rival both tobacco and pharma. tobacco companies have responded to that threat by buying up e-cig businesses, and are now funding research. Pharma firms have kept their distance.

Further down they say this:

Big Pharma is not helping. The pharmaceutical industry has backed efforts to restrict e-cigarettes and is not sponsoring a single current e-cigarette trial in the U.S. National Institutes of Health database.

Now if we can just get some more news media to realize this.

 

[Strings]

Unfortunately, it doesn't mention governmental effects, and their bias due to lost tax revenue...