The BBC, Guardian, Telegraph and others report on a new study, Associations between e-cigarette access and smoking and drinking behaviours in teenagers, that “showed one in five had tried or bought e-cigarettes“. The researchers put out a forthright press release and concluded e-cigarettes were the “alcopops of the nicotine world” and need tougher controls. Nice soundbite, but have the researchers, journal editors, peer reviewers and journalists really interpreted this survey correctly?
I think this study is being widely misunderstood or spun …It may actually may be showing something that is a good news. Let’s examine four things that must be considered when assessing the implications of this survey – then some expert reaction and consumer reaction: Continue reading “Alarmist survey on teenage vaping misses the point – reaction”