Key Takeaways from Interview: “Public Health Expert Worries eCigarette Panic is Ruining ‘Single biggest public health opportunity in 120 years'”

CBS This Morning’s Interview with NYU Professor David Abrams – Key Takeaway Quotes for Vape Advocacy

Watch the full video above or on YouTube. Also, here’s some typed out key quotes from this public health research-based, truth-airing interview below:

Public Health Research Behind Vaping VS Smoking

David Abrams (DA): “Both England and some scientists here [United States] are looking at the best science and we see the same thing – that e-cigarettes are way less harmful than cigarettes. They can and do help smokers switch, if they can’t quit.”

DA: “Probably the most powerful study is a randomized trial, which is the gold standard. […] In a 12 month follow-up, e-cigarettes double the successful quit-rate among smokers, compared to nicotine replacement therapy, which is FDA approved.”

DA: “[…] Public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched to e-cigarettes and we make cigarettes obsolete. […] Our studies suggested that if 10% of current smokers switched completely to e-cigarettes every year for the next 10 years [..], we’d save as much as 6-7 million live who otherwise would die from cigarette smoking and 87 million quality life years would be gained from that scenario of switching completely in 10 years.”

Addressing the Lung Disease Outbreaks

CBS Interviewer: “So what do you think then of the hundreds of cases of […] mysterious lung disease tied to vaping?

DA: “I think all the evidence we’ve seen from the FDA and CDC reports, is that these cases are people who bought marijuana oils on the street – made either illegally or in a sort of street version, like a street drug, a dirty street drug. We haven’t seen a single case that a commercially-made, legitimate e-cigarette that smokers are using has caused any of these illnesses. […] I would say for smokers, they should not be scared by what they are seeing and that e-cigarettes should still be used instead of cigarettes […].”

Future of Vape

DA: “Now we have an opportunity […] to get rid of the cigarette with a new technology that delivers nicotine in a very satisfying way, without the major harms of burning tobacco. If we lose this opportunity, I think we will have blown the single biggest public health opportunity we have ever had in 120 years to get rid of cigarettes and replace them with a much safer form of nicotine for everyone.”

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