Boom in e-cigarette sales divides smoking campaigners

[Ron]

www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/21/boom-ecigarette-sales-divides-campaigners?CMP=twt_fd&commentpage=1

[mikeb]

quotes from all the usual suspects especially Glantz and Mckee but my favourite is this,

Dr John Middleton, vice-president for policy at the Faculty of Public Health, said his institution believes that "e-cigarettes have some potential to help people to stop smoking and therefore reduce the harms that causes. This is particularly the case where people already smoke and have long-term conditions."

to paraphrase, ecigs have some potential to help people stop smoking, particularly where people already smoke, DOH??

[djs]

It's all good.

Nice find Ron

[dave]

My favourite bit is:

'McKee acknowledges that a lot of people in public health say e-cigarettes are much safer than tobacco. "Absolutely, but that is not the issue here," he said. "They are missing the point.'

duh

[kibbster]

Feb 22, 2014 1:16:37 GMT dave said:

My favourite bit is:

'McKee acknowledges that a lot of people in public health say e-cigarettes are much safer than tobacco. "Absolutely, but that is not the issue here," he said. "They are missing the point.'

duh

He shoots.... He misses....

He's good at that.