Daily Star Article

[laksakite]

"Dr Stuart Flint, a psychologist at Leeds Beckett University, accused health officials of being “irresponsible” for promoting vaping as a method to stop smoking.

Writing in a respected journal, Dr Flint said there is “very low-quality evidence” showing e-cigarettes can help people quit the habit."


The Daily Star and Dr. Stuart Flint can fuck right off.

www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/667164/e-cigarettes-vaping-warning-smoking-harmful-health-effects-stuart-flint



For more evidenced based research from established institutions:

UCL
http://annals.org/aim/article-abstr...re-long-term-e-cigarette-nicotine-replacement

Cancer Research
http://zniup3zx6m0ydqfpv9y6sgtf.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Infographic.png

ASH
http://ash.org.uk/download/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-adults-in-great-britain-2017/

Royal College of Physicians
https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/nicotine-without-smoke-tobacco-harm-reduction-0

 

[crustyfolker]

40 thousand forum members and around 3 million people in the UK is proof enough that vaping works as a way to quit smoking.
DR Stuart Flint should be struck off. He obviously doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. Would you trust him to prescribe medication. No fucking way. He sounds like he would prescribe gravy powder for the shits, in the hope it would thicken up diarreah

 

[Leni]

'An estimated three million people in the UK and 10 million people in the UK use use e cigarettes'



The Star is a bag of wank. Their 'journalists' cannot even string a coherent sentence together.

I suspect Dr Flint is just a moron, possibly doing research funded by big pharma

 

[knome]

Ah! An academic with an opinion in the Daily Star. Are they still doing the two tit experiment?

 

[Smut]

Well he has "Dr" in front of his name so he clearly knows what he's taking about.

"Dr Stuart Flint, a psychologist at Leeds Beckett University, accused health officials of being “irresponsible” for promoting vaping as a method to stop smoking."

The same way its irresponsible to talk on a subject to the media that you have no idea about, the fucking irony

Yet another fine example of a weasel word click bait story thats not interested in the true just the revenue that will come from it

 

[nordelen]

Didn't the daily Star used to run quality articles like "an alien ate my testicle" and "Bigfoot got me pregnant"? What happened to them? They're suddenly tackling serious journalism, backed up with proper facts and sources? (I'm joking of course).

 

[Richy]

Didn't the daily Star used to run quality articles like "an alien ate my testicle" and "Bigfoot got me pregnant"? What happened to them? They're suddenly tackling serious journalism, backed up with proper facts and sources? (I'm joking of course).

I just spat my drink over my tablet lmfao @alien ate my testicle!!

 

[JustDave]

I just spat my drink over my tablet lmfao @alien ate my testicle!!

Don’t laugh it is a serious matter!!

Don’t think it is big pharma he is working for judging by the tone of the article.

Just check out the later part of the piece and see if you can figure out who might have funded the article in the “respected journal”.

Under Hammond’s duty hike a pack of premium cigarettes will cost smokers £10.80 – an eye-watering increase of 28p.

Pouches of hand rolling tobacco, such as Amber Leaf, were also increased by an extra 1% – sending the cost of a 50g pouch above £20.

 

[anthonyb]

It has been noted, the article is that bad, that no one has left a comment.

Or the comments where that bad, they had to delete them all.

 

[Dadaran]

Dr Stuart Flint is a psychologist with a specific interest in the psychosocial effects of obesity; in particular obesity stigmatisation and discrimination, conscious and unconscious attitudes, body image, attitude and behaviour change and factors that influence exercise participation.

Dr Flint conducts research in the area of obesity and public health. His primary area of focus examines weight stigmatisation and discrimination. He has used quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the formation and maintenance of stigmatising attitudes using conscious and unconscious measures. His research also examines the effectiveness of interventions to reduce stigma. He continues to research in this area with current areas of interest including obesity discrimination in the workplace.

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/dr-stuart-flint/

Interesting that it is not a field he has focused on... so far. Wander what prompted the Daily Star Marlarky?

Edit: Anyone aware of what funding opportunities there may be out there at the moment for research initiatives?

This in the lancet too...
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(17)30473-3/fulltext