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Submitted by: AndrewG
The wrong question
I believe that the entire situation boils down to the FDA and popular "news" media asking the WRONG QUESTION.
You should not be asking "Are E-cigarettes safe?"
You should ask "Are e-cigarettes SAFER than traditional ones?"
Write the FDA, phrase the question like that, as I did, and expect the following answer...
"We are unwilling at this time to quantify the safety of electronic cigarettes as compared to traditional cigarettes."
There is some simple, 1st grade math that you can do to answer the question though... Is 4-7 carcinogens less than 75+? orrrrrr, 7<75? Is it more likely for you to dodge 7 bullets or 75? easy answer, easy question.
The "quit or die" mentality doesn't work. nicotine addicts have a lower success rate at quitting than heroin addicts. Less than 6%. At least just let us have the safeR fix.