Smoke free Wisconsin caught in another flagrant lie. Are they capable of telling the truth about anything?????
E-cigarettes: the latest ploy by Big Tobacco to hook kids
A recent call to our office prompted us to look further into the emerging issue of “e-cigarettes.“
The fact is this product is not marketed to kids, they are not manufactured by the tobacco companies and have no ties to the tobacco companies. But it has never been said that smoke free would let a little thing like facts stop them from furthering their cause.
Unfortunately, SmokeFree Wisconsin is spreading misinformation.
While it might make an appealing story, it is not true that electronic cigarettes are a ploy by Big Tobacco to hook kids. Electronic cigarettes are actually not produced by the major tobacco companies. They are not produced by tobacco companies at all. There are a number of companies selling these products, but to the best of my knowledge, none of them is affiliated with Big Tobacco.
Thus, it is demonstrably false that e-cigarettes are a ploy by Big Tobacco to hook kids.
The truth is that electronic cigarettes are being marketed not to try to recruit youths to smoking, but to fill an important niche in the market: the need for a more effective smoking cessation product.
Traditional smoking cessation aids — including nicotine replacement therapy — have a dismal track record, with long-term success rates in the single digits. Thus, there is a need for a product that will be much more effective in helping smokers to get off cigarettes. Perhaps because they model smoking behavior – delivering nicotine but without the tobacco – electronic cigarettes appear to be a much safer alternative to smoking and they also appear to be reasonably effective in helping smokers to stay off cigarettes.
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