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In reply to the discussion: Study finds E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)113. Siegel needs to take 5 minutes to review the research
It is plausible, in fact, probable, that many of these 88 smokers were not actually interested in quitting or trying to quit with electronic cigarettes
94% of the e-cig group intended to quit smoking at the start of the study. 85% of e-cig users do so with the intention to quit smoking. People are really reaching here because these results scare the crap out of them
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I assume it is a religious/morality trip, as the posters who are against e-cig use
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#6
Maybe ego is more important than anyone dying. Beyond morals. Selfish. Or paid n/t
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#9
You really think you're not being "force fed" gases from the car in front of you?
Psephos
Mar 2014
#76
To find out how people quit smoking, you don't talk to smokers, but to former
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#3
It's not really junk science. It's real science, it just seems to be drawing conclusions
hughee99
Mar 2014
#19
It's either done right or it's junk. This is junk. And someone with a so-called dr behind the name
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#23
Was this study designed specifically to compare quit rates for e-cig users vs. non-users?
hughee99
Mar 2014
#39
"We conducted a longitudinal analysis of a national sample of current US smokers to determine....
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#122
I don't think the results scare anyone. It is a poorly contstructed way to answer the question.
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#120
Hey, if you are comfortable with crap science, go ahead. The author's even say it's
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#126
I'm not drawing a conclusion about whether or not employing e-cigs to quit is helpful
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#128
No study. Walking around on the street. And all those e-cig stores ain't charities.
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#130
Science is made by people, who lie, cheat, steal and tell what they see as the truth, and
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#138
i never thought that it was a way to quit just a way to get around the additves that companies put
leftyohiolib
Mar 2014
#5
If we can fully determine e-cigs do not effectively help people quit or reduce cigarette consumption
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#123
NRT's has most certainly not been shown to be more effective than cold-turkey
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#127
Um. Yes. In response to: "Cold turkey has been proven the most effective way to quit?"
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#136
bogus 'study' should have used the term nicotine addiction- & explain the health difference between
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#64
One of the main problems I've faced when trying to quit my habit of smoking cigarettes ...
spin
Mar 2014
#68
Oddly the same tactics used by the gun control advocates in their attempt to ban firearms ...
spin
Mar 2014
#100
That may be true but while many gun control advocates state they do not wish to ban ...
spin
Mar 2014
#102
Why is that odd? Is it unfair for me to point out that tactics used by those who favor ...
spin
Mar 2014
#105
The term I used was in the first sentence of my reply was "greatly resisting and banning."
spin
Mar 2014
#119
Apparently many don't realize that vaping is not smoking. That the particles released in the exhale
OregonBlue
Mar 2014
#95
Which is why I don't want to see this option taxed/regulated out of existence. n/t
Yo_Mama
Mar 2014
#167
Quitting what? Apparently you think the whole idea is for people to quit nicotine.
Demit
Mar 2014
#155
OMG, ALERT THE FDA! They've mistakenly approved nicotine patches, lozenges & gum.
Demit
Mar 2014
#180