by Dick Puddlecote
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It’s Not Junk When WE Do It One day, the dictionary definition of chutzpah will simply carry a picture of Simon Chapman.

The “science” of e-cigarettes:gushing anecdotes from 11 self-selected vapers. This was actually published ascpjournal.org/content/8/1/5/…
— Simon Chapman (@SimonChapman6) March 8, 2013

He is referring to a study which correctly argues that e-cigs are a far better tool for quitting smoking than disastrously ineffective pharma products. You see, he hates e-cigs so very much.

According to former Tobacco Control Editor Chapman, no serious health journal would ever consider publishing research based on such a small group of subjects.

Unlike this one published last year in, err, Tobacco Control.

Methods The authors conducted 13 in-depth interviews with young adult social smokers aged between 19 and 25 years and used thematic analysis to interpret the transcripts.

Conclusions Participants strongly supported extending the smoke-free areas outside bars, a measure that would help decouple their alcohol-fuelled behaviours from the identity to which they aspire.

That study – which is massively different to the one rubbished by Mr Chapman the sociologist – was conducted by botanist, zoologist and Beowulf expert Janet Hoek of New Zealand’s Otago University.

The same Janet Hoek who has – for many years – called for processed food to be treated like it were tobacco.

Mr Chapman likes outdoor smoking bans very much so Hoek is therefore not a crank writing in a junk journal. D’you see?

Good. I’m glad we cleared that up.