The Economist : Call it Quits E-cigarettes really do help smokers give up the demon weed

[WickedSick]

http://www.economist.com/news/scien...d-call-it-quits?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/callitquits

I know that scientific skepticism is a good thing and without it we would have continued to believe that the world is flat if it wasn't for it , but reading all this articles about vaping becomes tiresome. It is strange that the fact that vaping helps people give up smoking cigarettes is news. Somehow by know it should have been obvious.

 

[AaronY]

I think it is great the press is supporting vaping now. I just prefer studies. Hope they continue supporting vaping.

 

[pamdis]

I would hardly call this supportive:

Why they are so successful is not yet proven. But a reasonable guess hangs on the meaning of the word “quitting”. Probably, though the Smoking Toolkit Study’s data do not address this question, most of those who take up e-cigarettes see them as a way of continuing to consume nicotine. They are, in other words, quitting tobacco, not their drug of choice. Those who use patches or willpower, by contrast, wish to quit the addiction.

 

[2coils]

I would hardly call this supportive:

My eyebrows raised while reading this myself. THat comment does not support that NRT's such as gums are used indefinitely nowadays too. To the extent the label has been changed to "approved for" long term use. I guess it is ok to use NRT long term but not e-cigs??

 

[pamdis]

My eyebrows raised while reading this myself. THat comment does not support that NRT's such as gums are used indefinitely nowadays too. To the extent the label has been changed to "approved for" long term use. I guess it is ok to use NRT long term but not e-cigs??

Of course! Because slapping on a patch everyday for the next 30 years is not smoking, because your INTENTION is to quit. And clearly, using an e-cig means you are still smoking, because you have no intention of quitting.

 

[Roger_Lafayette]

Before one makes a decision about this piece, it might be helpful to read the entire article.

Why they are so successful is not yet proven. But a reasonable guess hangs on the meaning of the word “quitting”. Probably, though the Smoking Toolkit Study’s data do not address this question, most of those who take up e-cigarettes see them as a way of continuing to consume nicotine. They are, in other words, quitting tobacco, not their drug of choice. Those who use patches or willpower, by contrast, wish to quit the addiction.

The former is surely easier than the latter. From a health point of view, though, the motive hardly matters. Though e-cigarettes are too recent an invention to be sure they carry no health risks at all, those risks are clearly negligible compared with the ones that come with breathing in, several dozen times a day, the smoke from dried, burning plant leaves. [Bold added]

What does the word "negligible" mean?

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Darn close to non-existent.

neg·li·gi·ble
ˈneglijəbəl/Submit
adjective
so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
"sound could at last be recorded with incredible ease and at negligible cost"
synonyms: trivial, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, minor, inconsequential; More

They get it.