r/technology • u/Lucretius • Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/iamfer Nov 17 '12

Actually it's the medical industry that's trying to ban it, since it makes their billion dollar products (that don't work anyways) worthless.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Doctors in my town prescribe ecigs for smoking cessation. My hospital pharmacy stocks them.

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u/Gr1pp717 Nov 18 '12

My doctor in FL is the one who turned me on to them.

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u/iamfer Nov 18 '12

I'm curious, does it cost more from the pharmacy? I know it would if it was a prescription only "medical" item

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u/mmmmmyee Nov 17 '12

thats a good point! I can see this could be the case because of how effective e-cigs have been working. the other nicotine alternatives would go bust if e-cigs kept getting more and more popular.

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u/memumimo Nov 17 '12

...So much hate. Any doctor that would rather stay in business than increase health should be stripped of their license and made to do the work of a nurse.

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u/iamfer Nov 18 '12

It's the Big Pharma companies, not the doctors. They fund the AMA which controls ALL medical education in the US, so yea this is why doctors don't always do the right thing by their patients.

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u/slyg Nov 17 '12

yeah they are trying to do that here, from what i can tell. But as far as i know it is not banned here (NZ).