Tuesday 20 May 2014

Health 'Experts' Gutted At Good News

While the tobacco control industry has been chuntering on about how they know nothing about e-cigs so want them banned or restricted, the rest of the human population have been absolutely certain about what the BBC now confirms is true.
Smokers who use e-cigarettes to quit are more likely to succeed than those who use willpower alone or buy nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or gum, a study suggests. 
The survey of nearly 6,000 smokers found a fifth had quit with the aid of e-cigarettes. 
That was 60% higher than those who did not use the devices, the study said.
Well of course. It's because they mimic the habits of smoking, deliver the same throat hit, are cheaper than tobacco ... and are fun. It really shouldn't take months and months of debate to come to this conclusion, it's hardly rocket science, is it? The fact that the 'public health' cartel has muddied the waters for so long in an attempt to deny something as plainly intuitive as this should raise alarm bells with the general public about what other lies the health 'experts' may have been telling.

So it's official, e-cigs are good for public health then. Bizarrely, though, there will be thousands of 'public health experts' who will be gutted about it today.


12 comments:

Threthny said...

I can think of 3 in particular ;) After the formaldehyde junk science this was sorely needed.

Tony said...

I myself had the idea that they were something special when I went from smoking 50g of hand rolling tobacco every 3 days to nothing upon trying an e-cig.

Neal said...

A certain "bubblegum" person "bubblegum" has been very quiet since last week. One can only hope.

Jon Holland said...

I gather last week Mr Bubblegum got a bit of a bashing at the hands of the likes of Prof John Britton at the PHE Ecig symposium :)

Jax said...

Encouraged by all your writings, DP, I went and bought myself yet another e-cig last week and decided to give them another try (blimey! They’re a bit pricey, now, aren’t they??).

Still no go, unfortunately. I think I’m just physiologically incapable of inhaling steam (funnily enough, I used to have the same trouble when I used to visit the steam-room at a local gym). And the few inhalations that I’ve managed to get down without doubling up in a coughing fit are a pretty uninspiring experience – nowhere near as satisfying as a real cig. How all the adverts manage to get all the lovely thick cloud of steam going for their photos I have no idea. All I was able to exhale was empty breath, which made me feel like I was pretending to smoke a fancy-looking pen! So sorry, all you enthusiastic e-cig-ers out there (I refuse to use the twee “vaping” term), espousing the wonders of e-cig smoking; no convert here, I’m afraid. Until the technology develops something that I can inhale, I’ll have to stick to the real thing!
Shame, now that they’re going to start giving them away at doctors’ surgeries.

ScottWichall said...

What type of e-cig did you get Jax? I tried first with a cig-a-like type and was frankly unimpressed. I then got an Ego style one with a decent clearomizer, and 7 weeks later I still haven't had a rollup!

Anto said...

Robert West is a bought and paid for pharma shill. Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson. In fact, if there's a pharmaceutical company out there that this man hasn't prostituted himself to, I'd be amazed. He's a rent-seeking slimeball of the highest order.

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Yes, deafening silence from that direction. Perhaps embarrassment is setting in? ;)

Dick_Puddlecote said...

I'm wondering if you might have a duff atomiser, if it works properly it should feel - if anything - less harsh than tobacco and plenty of vapour in the early life of the atty. Like Scott W, I'd be interested to know what set up you have there.

Dick_Puddlecote said...

If so, he must have gone rogue judging by this comment at the Guardian:

Pharmaceutical companies such as GSK and Pfizer, which make smoking cessation drugs, are among the opponents of e-cigarettes. "They are losing sales hand over fist to e-cigarettes and are incentivised to make it appear they are not effective," said West.

Junican said...

Perhaps he's been excommunicated.

nisakiman said...

I have a similar reaction to Jax when I first fire up my e-cig - paroxysms of coughing. It takes me a while (not long, five minutes or so) to adjust to the change from smoke to vapour. After the initial coughing fit, it doesn't make me cough any more, but every time I go back to it, the same thing happens. I find natural tobacco much easier on my throat and lungs, I have to say, although I do quite like my e-cig on odd occasions.