Another UC San Francisco E-Cigarette Gateway Claim, Based on Tiny Numbers

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https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2018/04/another-uc-san-francisco-e-cigarette.html



"Instead of sharing her conjecture on how e-cigarettes led 11 children to begin smoking, Dr. Watkins should have focused on the fact that 80% of the 219 new smokers [n=175] in her study had not previously used any tobacco product."

Fucking Glantz again - 5150

 

[PoppaVic]

/sigh
By definition, a "new smoker" would not have "previously used tobacco".

 

[Rossum]

/sigh
By definition, a "new smoker" would not have "previously used tobacco".

Not necessarily. A "new smoker" could previously have used some non-combustible tobacco product.

 

[PoppaVic]

Humbug ;-P

 

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Here is how Glantz' study went:

219 Teens stated smoking

11 of the teens started smoking AFTER trying vaping

175 of the teens started smoking before ever trying any other tobacco product (or vaping)!!!

Somehow Glantz twists this info into "vaping is a gateway to smoking" which is total bullshit because 175 out of the 219 new smoking teens just started smoking out of nowhere. (no other tobacco, no vaping, they just started smoking because they wanted to start smoking)

To anyone with common sense these results should actually DISPROVE a "vaping is a gateway" claim.