I have a busy day today so I will be very brief.

I came across an article this morning which gave me a chuckle [of the sardonic variety].

Stop blaming Big Tobacco – it’s BIG PHARMA wants ecigs gone.

Okay… Not big news, but it is possibly the most blatant piece of Pharma promotion I have seen yet.

Do have a read.

For the uninitiated:

PAGB – PAGB is the UK trade association which represents the manufacturers of branded over-the-counter medicines, self care medical devices and food supplements.

Note also:

‘smoking prevalence’ is defined as being reliant on either tobacco products or nicotine substitutes (as opposed to licensed nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)).

In other words, every reference to smoking prevalence refers not just to cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco but to electrofags as well.  The only good Nicotine is Pharma Nicotine.  Everything else is evil.

Just in case there was any doubt that it’s all about profit and fuck all to do with health…..

Just sayin’.