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http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/vaping-takes-hold-in-nepa-health-benefits-hazy-1.1894245
"Groups like the American Lung Association, physician groups, and anti-tobacco crusaders who have aligned against vaping and e-cigarettes have lost sight of the public health goals of saving lives, said Michael B. Siegel, M.D., professor of community health science at Boston University.
“How strange and unfortunate that they refuse to accept the principle of harm reduction. If you can’t go all the way and quit, they’d rather you just die,” Dr. Siegel said. “The evidence is clear that thousands of people are cutting back or quitting smoking because of e-cigarettes and they experience objective improvements in lung function. But rather than acknowledge a far less harmful behavior, these groups rather protect some moral perspective on addiction and insist that these people must face some other penalty or pay some price.”
"Groups like the American Lung Association, physician groups, and anti-tobacco crusaders who have aligned against vaping and e-cigarettes have lost sight of the public health goals of saving lives, said Michael B. Siegel, M.D., professor of community health science at Boston University.
“How strange and unfortunate that they refuse to accept the principle of harm reduction. If you can’t go all the way and quit, they’d rather you just die,” Dr. Siegel said. “The evidence is clear that thousands of people are cutting back or quitting smoking because of e-cigarettes and they experience objective improvements in lung function. But rather than acknowledge a far less harmful behavior, these groups rather protect some moral perspective on addiction and insist that these people must face some other penalty or pay some price.”
