Complain to the PCC about the Daily Mail - easy to do

[Matt Gluggles]

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Following previous successful complaints to the PCC about the Mail publishing false info about e-cigs, now is the time for another round of mass complaints about this article :

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2523175/E-cigarette-smokers-inhale-MORE-nicotine-toxins-regular-smokers-Study-finds-users-unknowingly-inhaling-host-dangerous-chemicals.html

Entitled 'E-cigarette smokers inhale MORE nicotine and toxins than regular smokers'

The article is based on this research here:
medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-dental-hidden-health-impact-electronic.html#inlRlv

As oldjools pointed out here ( ukvapers.org/Thread-Daily-Mail-s-poor-research ) it is worth including in the complaint that this research HAS NOT EVEN STARTED YET.


It is very easy to do.

First go to this page here :
www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/form.html

Enter your Name, Address and email into the form.


Then fill in the following:


Newspaper/magazine - Daily Mail

Publication Date (DD/MM/YYYY) - 13/12/2013

Headline - 'E-cigarette smokers inhale MORE nicotine and toxins than regular smokers'


NEXT - tick the box to say where you saw the article.

IMPORTANT - you MUST include a link to the article, or the complaint will not be followed up

The link to the article is here - www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2523175/E-cigarette-smokers-inhale-MORE-nicotine-toxins-regular-smokers-Study-finds-users-unknowingly-inhaling-host-dangerous-chemicals.html
(open this link in your browser and copy/paste from there to get the full link)

The next box is where you explain why you think the code of practice has been breached.

The final box asks - Please add the clause(s) you believe to have been breached

Answer :
1.Accuracy: i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures.



IF YOU THINK THAT THE ARTICLE WAS INACCURATE OR MISLEADING, THEN YOU CAN MAKE A COMPLAINT TO THE PCC.

Do it. Takes 5 mins. The more the better, and ask that the Mail publish a full retraction of this article.

This dangerous, innacurate and misleading article could be quoted for years to come, if a retraction is not published.

[markm]

Thankyou,
as you did all the hard work, it would have been rude not to

[Deleted]

Done cos I'm nice

[oldleatherlungs]

Thanks for the heads up and how to complain, so now done my bit.

Can't let these turds grind us down.

[NickIcon]

Done!

[Ron]

done

[giles]

Thanks Matt Gluggles. That was surprisingly easy. I can see us doing that quite often if it does any good.

[dagl]

Done.

[Carpe Vapor]

done

[kailey]

Already done. That article was quite shocking in its misinformation.

[Deleted]

Just got this reply from the pcc

Thank you for contacting the Press Complaints Commission regarding the Daily Mail article headlined “'E-cigarette smokers inhale more nicotine and toxins than regular smokers': Study finds 'users are unknowingly inhaling' a host of dangerous chemicals”.

We are currently investigating this article following an earlier complaint. We will let you know the outcome of our investigation when we can.

Best wishes



Simon Yip
Complaints Coordinator

[Carpe Vapor]

lol - Ditto , just got my reply, identical to yours.

[giles]

And I have the same reply. I guess we all will.

[dagl]

Yep, same here.

[fagin]

Me too. I'm sure there'll be an apology and correction/retraction. A tiny one on page 30.