The title of this thread has zero relationship with the article that was posted, which describes new Euromonitor worldwide and US sales of e-cigs in 2014. Another thread was created (with lots of details and weblinks) about Euromonitor's estimates at:
Euromonitor says $6 B of e-cigs sold worldwide in 2014 (including $2 B of e-liquid) | E-Cigarette Forum
When choosing titles of thread postings, please stay on topic so others will know what the thread is about (instead of trying to be cute by criticizing an e-cig opponent who had nothing to do with the posted article).
sorry Bill.
i wasn't intending to mislead,though i will admit sometimes
my attempts at humor fall a little short.
from the article:
"UK sales of nicotine replacements such as patches and gum fell for the first time in years as consumers turned to vaping devices to kick the habit."
"
In a sign that British consumers are increasingly using e-cigarettes as a crutch to quit smoking, domestic vaping sales increased by 75pc to £459m while spending on nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum fell by 3pc to £137m, its first decline since 2008, ending four years of annual growth of between 5pc and 6pc."
"Shane MacGuill, senior tobacco analyst at Euromonitor, said he was “hesitant” to conclude from the global data that consumers trying to kick the habit are increasingly choosing e-cigarettes over more traditional therapies, but said that the trend in bigger markets such as the UK “does look a lot like correlation and perhaps even causation”."
these comments juxtaposed against Glantz's recent comments
concerning the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as an aid to quit
smoking seem to be in direct opposition to each other.
unless of course there is something entirely different
happening here. to a casual observer it might appear as
if the were two alternate realities. Glantz's and the real
world.
regards
mike
