Do e-cigarettes actually work?
Do e-cigarettes actually work?
I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn't seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes.
I understand e-cigarettes are supposed to help you quit... but has anyone actually had success with them? Or, is it more like trading one vice for another?
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If you don't care enough to have compiled the evidence, how can you justify expressing a strongly held opinion on a public forum? Just spew out any old bullshit headline as long as it confirms your prejudices? Regardless of how many millions of lives are on the line?
That's not good enough. If you make a serious claim, back it up with your sources, or just don't do it.
I'm comfortable enough resting on my knowledge and skillsets to speak to the matter. But then, if you can't recognize that your "scientific" approach here is eerily similar to those who were trying to con people into believing smoking was healthy, then you yourself are ignorant of the history of the both the literature and the research. I recognize those same talking points because I saw the same ones in 1960s "research studies" that were promoting the potential the health and lifestyle benefits of smoking. You are fooling yourself.
Your "knowledge and skillsets" mean absolutely nothing if you are not prepared to share your sources. "Trust me" does not cut it.
I'm a medical statistician and part of my job is teaching medics how to navigate the literature. You'll be delighted to know that there's always a massive chunk on Doll & Hill and the methods which arose from the fight to prove that smoking was killing people. Do not try to patronise me. If you cannot be bothered to write up why you think something is true, do not claim that it is true.
Well, my search results seemed to be working just fine. And the data still seems to check out. Be better at your job, I guess.
And yet you won't post any evidence or any explanation of why you find the evidence compelling.
Not very convincing, sorry.
Not really a worthy use of my time as I am rather confident that I had you correctly clocked from the start.
Ah yes, those divine intuitions that require no evidence whatsoever.
You're embarrassing yourself. But if it makes you happy, carry on. It's very funny.
No. I rely on good information, and evidence. But I'm not required to disclose it every time I share an opinion. And in the offchance I meet a pedant like you in real life, I am more than capable of holding my ground, without needing to pull out my phone. And if I did have to, I doubt you would be the favorite to win in a debate.