The effects of such a regulation would be to force thousands of ex-smokers back to cigarette smoking. It would also result in thousands of dual users who have substantially cut down on their smoking to return to their pre-vaping cigarette consumption levels. Of course, the net effect of such a policy would be to substantially harm the public's health.

Not only does this column provide bad medical advice, but the advice itself is based on misinformation. For example, the article claims that e-cigarettes have been shown to be a gateway to smoking: "Most dangerous of all is the appeal to children. Vapor is less irritating than smoke, and comes in flavors such as bubble gum, cola and chocolate. Some children who would not try regular cigarettes will be tempted by e-cigarettes. As soon as they start, they will become addicted to nicotine and suffer from the health effects and expense of that addiction. Others who start with e-cigarettes will go on to use real cigarettes, and face the deadly diseases they cause."

To understand how ridiculous Dr. Glantz's extrapolation is, consider some of the other exposures that also cause reductions in exhaled nitric oxide:

The Rest of the Story

Today, I reveal that it is not only politicians who arepulling the wool over the eyes of the public. The national anti-smoking groupsare doing it as well.

1. The regulations ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors, both in person and via the internet.

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