[Drango]

"Dr. Sara Kalkhoran (now at Harvard Medical School), this research marks the largest study yet performed on the effects of e-cigarettes on traditional smoking habits."

"And now, the evidence has turned the tables entirely."

[JoeProBono]

[Dr. Sivana]

Such a study “proves” nothing. Some people (Rush Limbaugh, Bob Dole) quit easily. Others have to gind what works (patch, hypnosis, nicotine gum, vaping). The people in the control group are different than the people in the vaping group. The talk show hostess Vicki McKenna quit smoking through vaping. I am not sure why allthe movement against it. Years ago, there Was a product called aquafilter that attached to cigarettes to wean people off. No one had a problem with that. Nicotine gum also works on a similar principle, and few had a problem with that. For some, going through the motions with the hands is part of the experience hardest to shed. Vaping allows gou to keep that.

[djf]

Yup! It’s true, it’s true!

True BS!

I haven’t had a smoke since I started vaping.
Since September 5, 2014.

[wrench]

Smells like a politically directed “study”. Starts with a conclusion, and stats cherry picked to support that conclusion.

[Nickname]

Huh. News to me.

I’m smoke-free for over a year now thanks to vaping. Next goal is to be nicotine-free by slowly decreasing the nicotine content in the juice and I’ve just taken my first step!

Some people just want a reason to meddle and harp.

[glock rocks]

Gosh, I wonder if they financed this “study” with a government grant?

Seems like there’s tobacco taxes to be lost to the little devils.

[Roses0508]

Personally, everyone I know that has quit smoking in the last 3 years has used vaping as part of the process. These people are now both smoke and nicotine free.

Obviously it does help many people.

[MamaTexan]

I have, in fact, seen several people quit by using them... so the article is BS.

[fivecatsandadog]

Duh, ya think?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I quit with vaping just over 6 months ago.I can smell cigs a mile away in a high wind.I was blowing a hundred dollars a week on smokes but no more.Everyone I know that smoked has quit with vaping.Seems to be working for all of us.

[Nifster]

Oh goody another study of studies set of results. Metadata and analysis, you know like what the NSA would use to protect us(ahem cough).

E cigs are less damaging than tobacco with lots of additives. That is true in all the studies. These do good era just don’t wNt folks to smoke,eat salt or sugar, or do anything else they disapprove of

[Monty22002]

I’ll tell you how to quit. Trip hard on DXM. The tussin gelcaps. Take 3 bottles at once. This will mess you up but it’s not that addictive.

Do it for a week and you will not crave a cig again. It does something to the nicotine receptors.

[TexasFreeper2009]

It’s the burning that causes cigarettes to be cancerous, so why are we complaining or do we care if someone came up with a way for people to get their nicotine without getting cancer and without making a bunch of stinky cancerous smoke everyone around them has to smell and breathe.

[MLL]

I started using e-cigs in October 2013. Havent touch a cigarette since. This study is a bunch of bull

[equaviator]

Smokers and vapers still have something in common- they all suck on those things and I wonder what the average time is that a person sucks per implement. They say that the average cigarette takes approx. 7 minutes to consume. If the sucking motions are added together, separate from the inhalation and exhaling, it adds up. I think its fair to estimate that the average cigarette is sucked upon at a rate of 40-60 seconds per cigarette. Imagine how much sucking that would be per day if you smoked multiple packs a day!

[redfreedom]

Quitting smoking, drinking or maintaining a certain weight or staying within budget all take one major ingredient: Will Power.

My personal opinion of the quit smoking aids is very low. If you wanna quit, just quit. I went from a 2 1/2 pack Winstons per day to 0 per day overnight. That was 27 years ago.

Now that I look back, smoking was one of the stupidest things I have did in my life.

[Steamburg]

So Harvard is still being financed by “Big Tobacco”!

[traderrob6]

Bullsh!t. I tried quitting for 10 years. Tried everything gum, patch you name it.

Finally tried replacing cigs with and E-cig and I have not fired up in going on 3 years.

[Little Ray]

eCigs are not supposed to help you stop smoking.
They are simply a safer way to deliver the drugs, like nicotine. That is all they are or were ever intended to be.

[arthurus]

I work at a shipyard with a thousand workers, most of whom smoked heavily three years ago. Now about half of the old smokers are entirely or almost entirely on e-cigs. The actual consumption of nicotine must have decreased because most of the e-cig apparati are relatively bulky and stay in the pockets more than on the lips. Rarely one of these fellows will get a pack of cigarettes but it is rare at least in part because they realize just how much those damned things cost and many are discovering that they have some money in their pockets for the first time in many years. I notice that many of them are using the e-cigs less and less and that they tend to take them out of their pockets and take a couple of drags and then put them back in their pockets. You light a cigarette you smoke the whole thing. It is inconvenient and makes you feel you are exhibiting your poverty to pinch one out and put it back into your pocket.
To a liberal the image of someone smoking or vaping is what is obnoxious. The habit is one of relying on something other than government and liberals for feelings of well being. Drugs are okay because they ultimately produce dependency on liberals and government. The nicotine habit actually implies some detachment from the nannies and the bosses.