Sounds like the doctors may be starting to see the potential.

[guambred]

bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-25/e-cigarettes-worth-try-to-quit-smoking-heart-group-says.html




Seems like we have a long way to go yet, but at least there is not an all out offensive by the medical field like last year and early this year.

 

[YKruss]

From the article:

The American Heart Association, in a policy statement released today, said physicians shouldn’t discourage e-cigarette use as a last resort to drop a smoking habit.

It's a small step in the right direction and I would like to see all opposition to follow the lead of AHA.

 

[roosterado]

I thought it was a joke at first

 

[YKruss]

Not a joke - I already heard about AHA position an hour ago on the radio driving to work.

 

[dragonpuff]

I'm glad to see the AHA is being more responsible now

As for the article, this just jumped out at me:

E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine and none of the tobacco or tars, arsenic and other chemicals found in traditional cigarettes. The devices are battery powered and produce a vapor to mimic smoking. Lorillard Inc. (LO) agreed to sell the popular Blu e-cig brand to Imperial tobacco Group Plc (IMT) as part of its proposed acquisition by Reynolds American Inc. (RAI).

Did anyone else feel like that sentence was really out of context with the rest of the article? It seems awkwardly thrown in there. There is no other discussion on e-cigarette industries in the article besides this sentence, and it's completely out of place. It looks like someone tossed that in at the last second for the sole purpose of making sure the readers know that this industry is part of the evil tobacco industry.

Cripe.

 

[csardaz]

stock symbols and such - how can i invest to gain from this news

very in context given its a bloomberg/businessweek publication

 

[DC2]

A small step in the right direction...

Don't expect similar steps from the ALA or ACS any time soon though.
They get WAY too much money from the continued existance of smoking.



EDIT: Not sure the link to this article should be broken
EDIT: The linking of good articles is a good thing

 

[zoiDman]

Before everyone starts sending the AHA Thank You cards, you might want to read the Entire Statement.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2014/08/22/CIR.0000000000000107.full.pdf+html

Because there is some Not so Good News in it Also.