Professor Slams BMJ Article on E Cigarette

A second tobacco expert has come out and criticised an article in the British Medical Journal on the electronic cigarette.

To recap, the article concluded that the contents of the electronic cigarette were far safer than regular cigarettes but it should be banned anyway because the electronic hasn’t been studied enough. (In the process, as Paul Bergen of the TobaccoHarmReduction.org project pointed out, they ignored several studies that had been made.)

Now Professor Michael Siegel, who runs the tobacco analysis blog, has joined the critics.

Michael summarises the article as stating that water vapour from the electronic cigarette is no safer than regular cigarettes.

Such an assertion is beyond belief. It is completely inconsistent with everything we know about toxicology and pathology and there is no scientific basis for such a statement. It conflicts directly with even the stated conclusion of the article itself, which acknowledges that the levels of hazardous components in electronic cigarettes are likely much lower than in traditional cigarettes

See his full analysis of the BMJ article at the Tobacco Analysis Blog.

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