discussed < /a > an < a href= " http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/06/10/peds.2016-0379 " > article < /a > published in < i > Pediatrics < /i > which is going to deal a devastating blow to the vaping industry because it wrongly concludes that e-cigarettes are a gatew..."> discussed < /a > an < a href= " http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/06/10/peds.2016-0379 " > article < /a > published in < i > Pediatrics < /i > which is going to deal a devastating blow to the vaping industry because it wrongly concludes that e-cigarettes are a gatew..." /> discussed < /a > an < a href= " http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/06/10/peds.2016-0379 " > article < /a > published in < i > Pediatrics < /i > which is going to deal a devastating blow to the vaping industry because it wrongly concludes that e-cigarettes are a gatew..." />

Pediatrics " Gateway " Article Author Hiding Conflicts of Interest with Big Pharma; Drug Companies Have Gotten More than their Money ' s Worth

Last week, I < a href= " http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-pediatrics-study-provides.html " > discussed < /a > an < a href= " http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/06/10/peds.2016-0379 " > article < /a > published in < i > Pediatrics < /i > which is going to deal a devastating blow to the vaping industry because it wrongly concludes that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking among youth. Evidence like this is the death knell to vaping, as perhaps it < b > should < /b > be < b > if it were true < /b > . < br / > < br / > The problem, however, is that as I explained, the < i > Pediatrics < /i > study cannot conclude that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking because it measured only e-cigarette experimentation at baseline and was unable to document that a single nonsmoking vaper actually became addicted to vaping. Nor was the study able to document that a single nonsmoking vaper actually used a product that contained nicotine. Since the Monitoring the Future study suggested that a solid majority of youth e-cigarette users do not use nicotine products, this is a major study limitation. < br / > < br / > In fact, the overwhelming evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are actually contributing towards the denormalization of smoking. The magnitude of the gateway " risk " identified in the < i > Pediatrics < /i > paper is mathematically impossible given the recent data showing that while e-cigarette experimentation has skyrocketed among youth, s...
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