“The latest issue of Pediatrics journal is carrying yet another anti-vaping research paper. This one pops the broken ‘gateway’ record back on the turntable; “e-cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking among adolescents who had no prior intention of taking up conventional smoking.” Points the researchers ignored that trying a cigarette once or twice does not make them a smoker and trying an electronic vaping device once or twice does not make them a vaper. Of course, measuring smoking as ‘ever having walked past a shop selling 20 Marlboro’ certainly makes the findings better when applying for further funding. Just because a teenager expressed that they were unlikely to smoke in a year’s time, an awful lot happens in their lives. Pressures change, a likelihood to engage is risky behaviour increases with age.”
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Broken ‘Gateway’ Record Needs Changing
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