Global State Of Smoking Poll Finds Many Smokers See E-Cigarettes As More Harmful Than Cigarettes.

PRNewswire (3/11) publishes a press release regarding the Global State of Smoking Poll, which was launched on Thursday by the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). The poll found that majorities of smokers in the U.S., U.K., South Africa, and Norway believed e-cigarettes are as harmful or more harmful than cigarettes. In the other three countries surveyed, Japan, Greece, and India, a “significant population of smokers (25-50 percent)” held this belief. Dr. Derek Yach, president of FSFW, said, “Despite the growing body of evidence that alternative nicotine products such as snus and electronic cigarettes pose significantly less risk than combustible products, public perceptions are moving in the opposite direction, Sensational media coverage and targeted efforts by those opposed to tobacco harm reduction are distorting the facts and keeping many of the world’s one billion smokers from making better choices for their health.”