Study: People with mental health issues more likely to use e-cigarettes | Al Jazeera America

[MrsAngelD]

america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/13/e-cigarettes-mentalhealthsmoking.html

 

[SensesFailed]

Not sure If I am more mad at Al Jazeera for publishing this article when they usually are pretty good at being neutral, or the people who actually did this study.

 

[The Ministry]

My father is bi polar and was recently admitted to hospital. The staff nurse was genuinely confused when he declared he was a non smoker. She noticed my mod poking out my pocket, maybe she thought I was the patient? *shrug* To be fair, I think he was the only non smoker in there (psychiatric ward) - no vapers in sight (aside from me when I visited)

I've suffered depression in the past, I smoked, and I now vape. I don't really link the two to be fair.

 

[zoiDman]

I saw that FOX News ran that Story and it seems that the Media will go to Any Length to Sell Advertising.

Did Anyone e-Mail the News Outlet and Tell Them what you think about a Story Like this? I did.

Because if you Didn't, you are Condoning their Choice of Stories to show.

 

[Jman8]

Among the 10,041 people who responded to the survey, 27.8 percent of current smokers had self-reported mental health conditions

Source = the study (link provided from article in OP)

Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year

Source = NIMH