Another Tobacco Control Practitioner Tells Public that Smoking May Be No More Harmful than Vaping

Adding to the long list of tobacco control practitioners who have publicly declared that smoking may be no more harmful than vaping - which involves no tobacco and no combustion - a South Carolina respiratory therapist is telling patients that they should not quit smoking using electronic cigarettes because these devices may be more dangerous than tobacco cigarettes, which kills more than 400,000 Americans each year.On the Greenville Health System blog, a respiratory therapist writes: "I strongly oppose the use of e-cigarettes. It is unregulated and could potentially be more dangerous than a regular cigarette."This respiratory therapist misleadingly reports that: "emergency rooms across the United States have been reporting visits from patients that use e-cigarettes, with a variety of complaints, including blood clots, difficulty breathing, coughing, headaches and chest pain." But he fails to also mention that emergency rooms across the nation have also been reporting visits from patients who use NRT, with a variety of complaints that include blood clots, difficulty breathing, coughing, headaches and chest pain.Moreover, he fails to report that emergency rooms across the nation have also been reporting suicides and attempted suicides from the use of Chantix.The Rest of the Story This irresponsible advice, supported by a fraudulent lie - that smoking may be safer than vaping - represents public health malpractice, in my opinion. In fact, as it may convince some smokers ...
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