No, I wasn’t just blowing smoke when I told you many many months ago that vaping (quitting tobacco and moving to e-cigs) is a life saver and that those who were trying to restrict its use were helping to kill people unnecessarily.
A new independent expert study out this week, commissioned by the UK government’s Public Health England (PHE), underscores exactly that, as we discuss at the top of today’s BradCast.
As the new study finds, e-cigs are “around 95% less harmful” than tobacco cigarettes; there is no evidence that vaping is a “gateway” to tobacco smoking; horrible reporting has misinformed the public to believe that e-cigs are as dangerous as tobacco; vaping helps smokers quit and saves lives; and that public officials (shamefully, many of them Democrats!) should be encouraging smokers to move to vaping, rather than discouraging the use of e-cigs, since they are harming the public by doing so.
All stuff we’ve told you long ago. And here’s another study, a major one, proving that The BRAD BLOG and The BradCast had it right to begin with.
Speaking of stuff we’ve told you long ago, we then move back to Presidential politics and how — as we told you on the day he entered the race in mid-June (before almost anybody was taking him seriously — they are now!) — Donald Trump has blown up both the 2016 campaign and the Republican Party along with it.
Today’s latest high-larious examples include both Jeb Bush and Scott Walker absolutely falling over themselves trying to figure out and/or flip-flop on their positions on immigration (and “anchor babies” and Constitutional birthright citizenship) and the latest embarrassment for now-disgraced Republican favorite Josh Duggar and the rest of his Republican Party.
Finally, we finish with an adult politician, Democratic 2016 Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, and his extended response this week (you’re welcome!) to corporate media failure in covering the substance of important campaigns and why he refuses to attack Hillary Clinton just to please them…
Download MP3 or listen online below…
[audio:http://bradblog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_VapingUKStudy_DumbGOP_SmartBernie_082115.mp3]
(Snail mail support to “Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028” always welcome too!)
|
“…horrible corporate media in this country.”
So true (and thank you!).
I remember a few years ago, when, if it wasn’t for the corporate media like Tim Russert’s Meet the Press keeping John McCain’s campaign afloat during the summer of 2007–even after the Straight Talk Express (figuratively) blew all 16, ejected the driver, and rolled off the Interstate–McCain would never had made it to the nomination in 2008.
We used to say “really?!” every time we read on Monday that McCain had appeared on the chat shows the day before even though his campaign only consisted of one other person besides himself. Really?! I am convinced that if it wasn’t for the charitable corporate media consciously fertilizing McCain’s run for the nomination, he would have been a footnote by September 2007.
hey IFLS “I effing love Science” a lot of memes on FB etc..
For years now in America, if it’s TV / radio / print (not you, Bradster) it’s fucking bullshit….
Not enough that corporate-media Mengeles are force-feeding us 24/7, but our CIA and FBI somehow felt it also necessary to plant stooges (not you, Moe, Larry and Curly, my brothers) (i’m talking to YOU, Judy Miller!) to make doubly sure we all take it up the back end as well….
Eyes wide not shut, companeros …
Forget nothing, remember everything….
Brad, I always thought you were a “proud smoker” based on your website photo. I am happy to see that you have found a healthier alternative. Smoke in the lungs is not a good thing.