One of the Worlds Top Experts speaks some sense.

[vereybowring]

Great talk from one of the worlds top experts in smoking cessation Professor Peter Hajek - www.uknscc.org/uknscc2013_presentation_200.php?show=archive
Spread it around folks, he likes e cigs and he helped develop inhalator's, sprays and champix and thinks e cigs are the best development so far but legislation could make them useless.

[lal]

Thanks for this. Any responses to ecigs I've seen from public health have been very negative so far.

[kibbster]

I thought it was great when he said that medical regulation would kill e-cigs... and Jeremy Mean was there.
Result

[chykensa]

Wow, this gentleman really rates e-cigs, and if we could get his vocal support, he is one of the top advisors in the country. He makes some very interesting points:-
e-cigs work, and will continue to evolve UNLESS the Government is allowed to proceed with its decision to medicalise them, in which case they will not get a fair chance.
Mr. Hajek considers e-cigs already good enough to be a viable alternative to more traditional forms of NRT , although the long-term research into their safety has not yet been undertaken.
He would, and does, recommend e-cigs to his friends and patients as a good way of avoiding tobacco.
He raises a titter at one point by saying that, to a smoker, they are completely safe compared to tobacco.

Somewhat precised, this, but very interesting. THanks vereybowring for posting this.

Andy

BTW - well worth running the slideshow as you listen!

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Jul 20, 2013 12:28:19 GMT vereybowring said:

Great talk from one of the worlds top experts in smoking cessation Professor Peter Hajek - www.uknscc.org/uknscc2013_presentation_200.php?show=archive
Spread it around folks, he likes e cigs and he helped develop inhalator's, sprays and champix and thinks e cigs are the best development so far but legislation could make them useless.

I don't care if he's God, the word in bold makes him the biggest c--- this side of the planet

[kibbster]

Jul 20, 2013 19:48:03 GMT digiw0rx said:

Jul 20, 2013 12:28:19 GMT vereybowring said:

Great talk from one of the worlds top experts in smoking cessation Professor Peter Hajek - www.uknscc.org/uknscc2013_presentation_200.php?show=archive
Spread it around folks, he likes e cigs and he helped develop inhalator's, sprays and champix and thinks e cigs are the best development so far but legislation could make them useless.

I don't care if he's God, the word in bold makes him the biggest c--- this side of the planet

Yes I was surprised he didn't mention the potentially fatal side effects of Champix.

[Deleted]

Indeed, if he helped develop that kind of "medication" i don't have any desire to watch him or have no desire to support anything he says, even if it benefits us.