Are e-cigarettes beneficial for public health: Hume's guillotine – The debate continues?

E-Cigarettes: Are They as Safe as the Public Thinks?

© 2016 Harborside Press® An important part of our practice in oncology is assisting patients in smoking cessation and providing them with information about factors that increase their cancer risk. Smoking accounts for almost 90% of all lung cancers and as much as 30% of all cancer deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). As advanced practitioners, we can influence the in...

The antidepressant debate continues

In her March 2002 editorial, Dr Moncrieff raises doubts about the efficacy of antidepressant drugs, and argues that side-effects of the active drug may explain some of the differences owing to the associated increased expectancy of a positive effect. Our 24-week study (Malt et al, 1999) comparing the efficacy of empathic primarycare counselling and support combined with placebo, a selective ser...

The antidepressant debate continues

In her March 2002 editorial, Dr Moncrieff raises doubts about the efficacy of antidepressant drugs, and argues that side-effects of the active drug may explain some of the differences owing to the associated increased expectancy of a positive effect. Our 24-week study (Malt et al, 1999) comparing the efficacy of empathic primarycare counselling and support combined with placebo, a selective ser...

E-cigarettes: Public Health England's evidence based confusion?

Why public health people are more worried than excited over e-cigarettes

The research field on e-cigarettes is characterized by severe methodological problems, severe conflicts of interest, relatively few and often small studies, inconsistencies and contradictions in results, and a lack of long-term follow-up. Therefore, no firm conclusions can be drawn on the harm of e-cigarettes, but they can hardly be called safe. Experimental studies indicate negative health eff...