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Study of NY and CT high school students finds cigarette smokers remained 55 times more likely than nonsmokers to report past 30 day e-cig use (55.6 in 2/10, 54.9 in 10/10, 54.5 in 6/11) as overall e-cig use increased from .9% in 2/10 to 2.3% in 6/11, confirming that increasingly more teen smokers (like adult smokers) are switching to e-cigs, that e-cigs are NOT addicting teens, and that e-cigs are NOT gateways to cigarette smoking. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460313002736
But authors (who endorsed FDAs 2009 e-cig ban) fail to disclose this extremely important finding in the studys abstract (similar to CDCs refusal to report or admit its NYTS finding that smokers in 6-12th grade were >40 times more likely than nonsmokers to use an e-cig as overall e-cig use increased from 1% in 2010 to 2% in 2011).
Instead, the study's abstract (which is free to the public, unlike the full text version) reported that past 30 use of e-cigs increased from .9% of high school students in February 2010 to 2.3% in June 2011 (just as the CDC reported the NTYS found e-cig use had increased from 1% to 2% of 6th-12th graders from 2010 to 2011).
Even worse, the study's abstract concluded by stating "Continued monitoring of ENDS is needed to determine whether it increases the likelihood of cigarette smoking initiation and maintenance in youth" even though their study found that smokers were 45-50 times more likely to have used an e-cigs than nonsmokers.
I consider it highly unethical for researchers to intentionally misrepresent their findings in order to lobby for legislation or regulations.
If anyone wants the full text of this study, please send a request to me at smokefree@compuserve.com
But authors (who endorsed FDAs 2009 e-cig ban) fail to disclose this extremely important finding in the studys abstract (similar to CDCs refusal to report or admit its NYTS finding that smokers in 6-12th grade were >40 times more likely than nonsmokers to use an e-cig as overall e-cig use increased from 1% in 2010 to 2% in 2011).
Instead, the study's abstract (which is free to the public, unlike the full text version) reported that past 30 use of e-cigs increased from .9% of high school students in February 2010 to 2.3% in June 2011 (just as the CDC reported the NTYS found e-cig use had increased from 1% to 2% of 6th-12th graders from 2010 to 2011).
Even worse, the study's abstract concluded by stating "Continued monitoring of ENDS is needed to determine whether it increases the likelihood of cigarette smoking initiation and maintenance in youth" even though their study found that smokers were 45-50 times more likely to have used an e-cigs than nonsmokers.
I consider it highly unethical for researchers to intentionally misrepresent their findings in order to lobby for legislation or regulations.
If anyone wants the full text of this study, please send a request to me at smokefree@compuserve.com
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