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INCREDULOUS , LAUGHABLE AND EXTREMELY WORRYING
Advocates hit back at The Lancet - one of the world ’ s most respected medical journals - after it published a ‘ misleading ’ and ‘ one-sided ’ report against vaping .
Words : Jordan Millar
A leading medical journal is under fire for publishing an ‘ incredulous , laughable and extremely worrying ’ anti-vaping article .
The shocking report was littered with ‘ completely untrue ’ statements about lifesaving e-cigarettes , even claiming that there was no robust evidence to support them as an effective quitting tool .
Experts are now questioning why The Lancet – one of the world ’ s oldest medical journals - would feature a report that so boldly ‘ ignores evidence ’, especially given its dedication to ‘ publishing excellence ’ and ‘ the best science ’.
John Dunne of the UK Vaping Industry Association said : “ Worryingly this isn ’ t just an article questioning the clinical evidence basis for vaping as a harm reduction tool .
“ This is an insult to all the independent companies who have not just contributed positively to public health , but have created huge numbers of jobs and one of the fastest growing industries this century .”
The UKVIA director general added : “ We have the greatest respect for the medical profession , but for one of its leading journals to carry this article is quite unbelievable .”
Dunne said that everything about the report ‘ smacks of anti-vaping propaganda ’, with the ‘ Another Public Health Catastrophe ’ article even suggesting that the vaping industry exists simply to ‘ line the pockets ’ of Big Tobacco .
But with 95 percent of the UKVIA ’ s own membership having ‘ no affiliation ’ to tobacco companies , Dunne argued that the
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