How Safe are Electronic Cigarettes?
A discussion of the relative safety of the electronic cigarettes from an interview with Professor Carl Phillips.
Are Electronic Cigarettes safe?
ECigaretteDirect.co.uk discuss with Professor Carl Phillips.
ECD: Given what we know about the ingredients and carcinogens contained within the electronic cigarette, is there reason to believe it could be a safe alternative to regular cigarettes?
Carl Phillips: I think that's quite an understatement. I think there's absolutely no doubt that it is a safer alternative to regular cigarettes. Now safe, that's a word that implies there is absolutely no health risk from something. That doesn't really apply to anything. But our estimate is that is probably in the order of 99 percent less harmful tham smoking, I think there's little doubt that it's down in the neighbourhood.
ECD: Professor Michael Siegel suggested that if we banned electronic cigarettes based on the carcinogens found in the FDA study we would have to ban peanut butter. Is that something you would agree with?
Carl Phillips: At least! We'd have to ban half the foods that are available. I mean, the FDA study really did find any cancer risk. That study was basically pure propoganda.