Cancer Research UK Blog

[gibla53]

For those of you thoroughly pissed off with events CR-UK have a blog going ...... vent some anger !!!!

scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2013/06/12/licensing-e-cigarettes-opportunities-and-risks/#comment-12533

[vereybowring]

Yes, I've been enjoying that one.
I was accused of being sarcastic which I apologised for in a sarcastic way of course. . .

[gibla53]

Jun 15, 2013 23:57:03 GMT vereybowring said:

Yes, I've been enjoying that one.
I was accused of being sarcastic which I apologised for in a sarcastic way of course. . .

I noticed you had been a bad boy !!! 

[vereybowring]

My whole family are genetically bred to be sarcastic - you should see the looks on peoples faces on the rare occasion we gather in public venues.
Normally I do at least attempt to veil it better, but when you have people being so stupid and acting superior like we are seeing on the current crop of articles I just can't hold it back.

This is one reason why I never volunteered to be an official spokesperson for any of the e cig groups - it would not go well other than to give people some free entertainment that wasn't expected.

[gibla53]

Genuinely loads of free entertainment at the moment ... it really is like a Watergate/All The Presidents Men (sorry I'm a bof.) just want Robert Redford to come and sort it all out

[susieshoes]

My eldest daughter (Louise) is CRUK's National Fundraising manager and she has been watching closely the developements of late. She told me only yesterday that CRUK are being extremely careful untill research is done into the possible benefits or health risks of using E-Cigs as opposed to tobacco products and she (her personal view) believes CRUK will come down on the side of the E-cig user (eventually) rather than against as they believe E-cigs to be far less harmful than tobacco. As yet they wont commit to backing the use of E-cigs but their view is that anyone using Ecigs and have stopped smoking or significantly reduced their tobacco intake, should continue and NOT go back to smoking.. They have said that "it’s important to remember that using these products is almost certainly safer by far than smoking tobacco"

[susieshoes]

I have left my own comment on the CRUK blog. It goes like this >> "I stopped smoking cigarettes myself 10 months ago by using e-gigs. I have not had a single tobacco cigarette in that time and indeed found that whenever I felt the need for a cigarette and used an E-cig my craving was satisfied. I have attempted many times to stop smoking but always started again. I even used a drug called “Champix” prescribed (twice) by my GP and although I had a few months of cessation I went back to cigarettes. I feel so much healthier and also happier as I don’t feel the guilt of smoking tobacco. My friends and family are also much happier and indeed some friends have followed me into the vaping of E-cigs and feel better for it. I also smell sweeter and am fitter since giving up the weed that is tobacco. If E-cigs are banned or difficult to purchase I’d most certainly start smoking again.. How can banning them or even taxing them like tobacco products are be a good thing?"

[GunJack]

well said verey, not too sarcastic at all

[vereybowring]

They've posted a response to all the comments now.
They concede some points but still have the medical obsession.

[matt1988]

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