The above title may seem to be fictional, but is an actual section title within a recent pharmaceutical industry report
Jump to full article: OfficialWire, 2009-06-02
Author: Tiffany Ellis (OfficialWire)
Intro: Whenever the term "e cigarette" comes into play in a conversation, the word "controversy" comes to mind due to the negative press put out about this new invention, but what are the underlying facts of this controversy? The American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association, and the American Lung Association have all had experts state that there is no proof that the e-cigarette is safe and that they may attract the youth of this nation and entice them to start smoking.
The facts are that they are not the "public health officials" they are reported to be. They are in fact private foundations that are not governmental in nature and the people or "experts" as they are referred to have in the past and are present operated by funding from large pharmaceutical companies. One pharmaceutical company in particular has a money trail of 99 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to these three special interest groups. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has an estimated 700 million worth of stock in Johnson and Johnson, whose products are probably found in your medicine cabinet at this very moment. . . .
The e cigarette industry has sponsored three known studies on the products to prove that they are safe and the studies are public. . . .
Considering that the pharmaceutical smoking cessation market is a 3 billion dollar cash cow annually, is it any wonder why millions of people are questioning special interest groups and the FDA about their stance on e-cigarettes?
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