Nicotine patches are lethal
The relentless flood of “research” continues.
Offering free patches to employees who smoke doesn’t help them quit – but giving them money does.
There is little in the “research” itself that surprises me. Patches and gum have a pretty dubious record all along and this so called research just confirms it.
I am a little surprised at the electrofag failing their “test” though. There are several thoughts that come to mind.
I have tried a couple of electrofags [and even an electropipe] in the past and frankly I didn’t take to them. If I were desperate to quit smoking I very much doubt I would go down that route. They are not to everyone’s taste, however as anecdotal evidence shows, millions have switched to electrofags so either those millions are deluded or there is something seriously wrong with the “research”. Leastwise I would have expected a higher rate of success? I would imagine that a bit more detail as to their methods would probably find some kind of bias.
What I do find extraordinary is their conclusion that “The result is concerning because it suggests that e-cigarettes may do more harm than good“. This is quite a leap of logic? If it’s not good, it de facto has to be bad? How on earth do they come to that conclusion?
This is a perfect example of the complete and utter nonsense put out by Tobacco Control, yet they use this style of garbage as a hammer to bludgeon through new laws and regulations. I personally have no great love for any of the alternative nicotine devices but have great sympathy for those that do.
A thought did cross my mind though.
“However, in the new study, even among these engaged participants, neither free e-cigarettes nor free cessation aids produced higher quit rates than usual care“.
Using their own logic, I presume we are to see a call for an immediate ban on all those patches and gum?
This bloke has done his research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QbGWl4-SI8
First of all, I have nothing against smoking. I smoked for over 45 years. I decided to try and quit when I started to have breathing problems from Asthma and COPD. In the past (before e-cigarettes), I tried unsuccessfully to quit using patches and gum. I know e-cigarettes don’t work for everybody, but four years ago I started using an e-cigarette in place of real fags. It wasn’t easy but I was able quit smoking. After three or four months I was then able to quit the e-cigarette as well. Again, I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but what bothers me is why the powers that be cannot back a product that helps some people quit. In the end, isn’t that what they proclaim to want? It’s not the journey that matters. It’s the destination that counts. And any help getting there would really be appreciated.
I am completely neutral when it comes to e-cigarettes of all varieties and flavours – it should be a free world and people should be free to make their own choices. It’s their sheer brazenness in declaring “if it’s not good, it’s bad” that amuses me.
Mind you, we’ve just had an abortion referendum here which legalises the procedure. To listen to the NO crowd you would swear that if it isn’t banned, it’s compulsory. That’s a common trait in Ireland and we had it during the divorce referendum too.
“Leastwise I would have expected a higher rate of success? I would imagine that a bit more detail as to their methods would probably find some kind of bias.”
No bias needed if you use cigalikes that are known to be not very effective. Easy to get the result you want then, no?”
Using their own logic, …”
What logic? (Except for “please keep smoking, we need the money” and “more research is needed” which is just another version of “we need money”?)
Heh! Their logic is that if it isn’t positively beneficial it has to be banned. What a miserable fucking world they occupy.
On that logic they’d have to proscribe themselves and their witterings. That would be a result.
That would be ultimate Karma.