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Fear Profiteers
Electronic cigarettes have been a blessing for many smokers who after many failed attempts to quit have found a means to reduce or entirely eliminate their exposure to the harmful aspects of combustible tobacco. Although research has yet to identify specific long-term health risks, scientists are coming to the same conclusion—e-cig use is a far safer alternative than smoking. Despite the evidence, public perception of e-cig safety has declined, while demands for stricter regulation and bans have gradually intensified. That the public’s perception of vaping diverts so radically from scientific evidence leads us to believe this may be an intended result of an organized disinformation campaign.
How e-Cigarette Panic Benefits Health Activists
Michelle Minton, 12/5/2018
By scaring consumers about the unknown risks of vaping, generating panic that e-cigarettes attract children, and using government to strip away any advantage non-combustible nicotine products may have over cigarettes, anti-smoking advocates are making it much more difficult for smokers to quit. Some have been surprisingly frank about their willingness to sacrifice adult smokers to protect adolescents from the unknown risks posed by e-cigarettes. In a September 2018 statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb admitted that his agency “may have to narrow the off-ramp for adults, to close the on-ramp for kids.”
Who started the war on vaping?
Brent Stafford, 6/1/2016
The U.S. government and public health officials have placed e-cigarettes in the crosshairs aiming to wipe out vaping in order to win the war on smoking. As American vapers wait anxiously for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to drop the final version of its new vaping regulations, activists from the highly-acclaimed ‘Not Blowing Smoke’ have launched a new national public information initiative called NoMoreCasualties.org. Get the inside scoop on the new campaign from Stefan Didak, founder and president of Not Blowing Smoke. Hear how vapers are being dragged into the ideological war on smoking and how many are standing up and joining the fight.
What's Wrong with E-Cigarettes?
6/8/2017
Are e-cigarettes a safe alternative to cigarettes? Could they help millions of smokers quit smoking? If so, why would anti-tobacco activists oppose e-cigarettes? Get the truth about e-cigarettes in this short video
You are Being Lied To - A Billion Lives
You Don't Know Nicotine, 11/20/2015
A billion people are projected to die this century from smoking and there's a solution. It's not a perfect one, but it will save lives by reducing the harm caused from cigarettes by switching smokers to vaping nicotine. Unfortunately, there are big players with vested interests in keeping this new technology away from the masses. - Pharmaceutical Companies (Big Pharma) - Anti-smoking advocacy groups - Tobacco companies - Even our own national & state governments.
Truth About Vaping- Episode 2 “The Nicotine Misconception”
May 3, 2015
Is it possible that everything we think we know about nicotine is a lie?
Cardiologists Lash Out At Misguided Information Condemning Ecigs
Jimmy Hafrey, 7/22/2014
Last week, the BMA Occupational Medicine Committee released an article claiming that the safety of e-cigarettes is yet to be proven. World renowned cardiologists Konstantinos Farsalinos and Riccardo Polosa responded with a complete rebuttal, claiming that scientific evidence abounds and “clearly indicates e-cigarettes are considerably less harmful than tobacco cigarettes.” In their response, the doctors made an appeal to the medical community to examine the actual scientific evidence rather than giving vague and misguided statements that would scare the public away from using e-cigarettes.
Scientific Errors in the Tobacco Products Directive
1/16/2014
A letter sent by the very scientists whose research was cited by the EU Commission to draft legislation geared towards ecigarettes and their usage. The letter details the many ways in which their research was wrongly used and misinterpreted.