tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367781713979182782.post5394963857616254754..comments2024-03-29T08:15:29.742+01:00Comments on The vaping giraffe: Interview with Karl Erik Lund, Research Director for the SIRUS tobacco unit, Part 1Morten Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12822066687595543840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367781713979182782.post-56912365339881685612014-01-21T11:25:04.150+01:002014-01-21T11:25:04.150+01:00A very interesting interview!
One thing that Dr. ...A very interesting interview!<br /><br />One thing that Dr. Lund highlights is the divide between the 'harm reduction' and the 'nicotine must be stamped out' thinkers. As Dr. Siegel has already noted, the 'ban nicotine' crowd seem to be driven by ideology only and this has made them so polarised that they are now resorting to making up science and even deliberately misrepresenting studies to support their prohibitionist stance. Dr. Glantz being one of the worst offenders when it comes to this. We also see that both of the scientists quoted in the latest EU e-cig proposals have been completely misrepresented.<br /><br />To my mind, this kind of behaviour is far from moral and basically dishonest. I wonder how Dr. Lund views this kind of unethical behaviour by his fellow researchers?<br /><br />In the end, nicotine is a relatively harmless substance that even has some well documented positive effects on cognition. Quite why people would oppose the recreational use of nicotine is beyond me when we have such safe delivery methods such as snus and e-cigs available to us.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to part two of the interview!<br />grizewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641477866895804884noreply@blogger.com