e-cigs, interesting article

[songbird]

i can't say i'm unbiased about anything to do with
cigarettes, but i've been watching the rise of the e-cig
and hoping it would help people quit or at least to not
destroy their lungs.

so to see this article come along has caught my
interest.

i have various relatives affected by smoking and
wish for their improved health and a better future.


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from:

http://news.yahoo.com/smoke-around-e-cig-science-110925061--finance.html

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Last month, in an attempt to clear matters up, Bullen and other scientists in Britain and New Zealand published their assessment of the most impartial studies. Known as a Cochrane Review - a study of the best science on a subject - it aimed to see if e-cigs can help people stop smoking.

The review concluded that e-cigs may help smokers quit, and that there is little sign that they hurt users.

But it found the evidence thin and data poor. Of almost 600 studies analyzed, only 13 published papers were up to the Cochrane standard. Just two were randomized controlled trials, the most rigorous test.
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songbird