What never ceases to amaze me is how polarised the entire debate is...and I'm doing it a huge favour calling it a debate. If you dressed the protagonists on both sides up in school uniforms and put them in a primary school playground you'd struggle to pick them out.
There are some clear truths in the CEH report but no one in the pro-ecig camp will credit them with that. Likewise there are some shocking omissions and leaps of faith in the PHE document.
I can understand why vapers might be so vociferous, albeit at total odds with the manner their objections manifest themselves online. I don't get where the motivation for scientists comes from.
There is a huge question mark over the production of toxins, the evidence to date is sketchy at best and this "95%" figure is utter bullshit. It's been plucked from a single study - that's not good science. It's no surprise this CEH study stick the boot in because it was an open goal. A stupid, unscientific error of judgement.
The fact that the Twatterati have rounded so passionately on anyone raising an objection to the PHE one or supporting the CEH study simply drives a bigger wedge between the two camps.
Given half a chance I'd have the lot in detention and be phoning their parents.