Study of smoking cancer patients fuels e-cigarette debate

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFWXAcnc7gmi4TQPGA4Dw3LNh-5kqykdLWjSv8oNtWYrM2FfjpcUV_YInaSOdG4KGixqmmxDkNEpd26W9_jTFEreTkM5CPs4yaKUsXAnGoHOr23EgUa_nXBgjYocsnqFW1u5YKSv0JBc/s1600/Electronic-cigarette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFWXAcnc7gmi4TQPGA4Dw3LNh-5kqykdLWjSv8oNtWYrM2FfjpcUV_YInaSOdG4KGixqmmxDkNEpd26W9_jTFEreTkM5CPs4yaKUsXAnGoHOr23EgUa_nXBgjYocsnqFW1u5YKSv0JBc/s1600/Electronic-cigarette.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> e-cigarette</td></tr> </tbody></table> (Reuters) - The fierce debate over whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking took another twist on Monday as a research paper on their use by cancer patients was criticized as flawed.<br /><br />The study of cancer patients who smoke found that those using e-cigarettes as well as tobacco cigarettes were more nicotine dependent and equally or less likely to have quit than those who didn't use e-cigarettes.<br /><br />The scientists behind the research, which was published online in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, said their results raised doubts about whether e-cigarettes had any benefit in helping cancer patients to give up smoking.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-health-ecigarettes-cancer-idUSKCN0HH0FI20140922" target="_blank">Read More</a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFWXAcnc7gmi4TQPGA4Dw3LNh-5kqykdLWjSv8oNtWYrM2FfjpcUV_YInaSOdG4KGixqmmxDkNEpd26W9_jTFEreTkM5CPs4yaKUsXAnGoHOr23EgUa_nXBgjYocsnqFW1u5YKSv0JBc/s1600/Electronic-cigarette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div> <br /></div>

Study of smoking cancer patients fuels e-cigarette debate

 e-cigarette (Reuters) - The fierce debate over whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking took another twist on Monday as a re...

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