E-Cigarettes Versus Cigarettes: 10X Decrease In Second-Hand Smoke
In the culture war on cigarette smoking that lingered long after the science and health issues were settled, nothing spoke to the fuzzy, non-evidence-based nature of arguments than claims that second-hand smoke would give someone lung cancer. Cigarette smoking is annoying and smelly, to be sure, and asthmatics can't be happy in a smoke-filled room any more than non-smokers are, but there are no instances where second-hand smoke has caused cancer. The American Heart Association recently went to war on electronic-cigarettes, a nicotine vapor device, after embracing nicotine patches and lozenges, and some of the claims they made in their policy recommendation defied belief, like that second-hand smoke from e-cigarettes could be just as harmful. read more