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Clearing the air about Electronic Cigarettes
First in a Series
Copyright 2014 R. William Davis
I was browsing the web toay an ran a!ross an arti!le abo"t
a!tress #"lia $o"is%
Drey&"s p"&&ing on an ele!troni! !igarette on !amera
"ring the re!ent '1st (nn"al
)olen )lobe (wars. *Dr. +anny, -sing e%!igarettes "ring the
)olen )lobes
was irresponsible.I was str"!/ by Dr. +annys opinion o& the
ele!troni! !igarette.
First he states the &ollowing,
*3hat smo/ing !ontrib"tes to heart isease p"lmonary isease
an
!ompli!ations "ring pregnan!y. F"rthermore smo/ing /ills an
estimate
1'5640 women in the -nite States every year.
hen in!reibly he says,
*In my opinion e%!igarettes are not a goo s"bstit"te &or
real !igarettes
be!a"se they still !ontain ni!otine 7 whi!h is highly
ai!tive.
+y avi!e to Dr. +anny is to go ba!/ an rea his !opy o& the
8ippo!rati! 9ath
whi!h states in part,
*I will not be ashame to say :I /now not nor will I &ail to
!all in my
!olleag"es when the s/ills o& another are neee &or a
patient;s re!overy.
It is obvio"s that the goo o!tor */nows not on this s"b
Dr. +anny in yo"r !ase it is time to !all some !olleag"es
&or a m"!h neee
se!on opinion. First is Dr. =ra Ro" *?ro&essor o&
+ei!ine at the -niversity o&
$o"isville . . . an a member o& the #ames )raham =rown
Can!er Center. Dr.
Ro" is @"ite !lear on the s"b
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ai!tiveness o& !igarettes an 2J that mas/ symptoms an
illnesses
asso!iate with smo/ing behavior.
o o"r /nowlege there has been no systemati! eval"ation o&
the p"bli!
health e&&e!ts o& !igarette aitives or their
!omb"stion pro"!ts. hetoba!!o in"stry has a!tively manip"late
!igarette !ontent by "sing
potentially haBaro"s !hemi!al an phyto!hemi!al aitives that
sho"l be
reg"late. -nreg"late "se o& aitives in toba!!o pro"!ts
s"b
