doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5248-5
I don't want to diminish the anecdotal reports, because we've gotten the letters and the emails and I have no reason to doubt the individuals that said, If it werent for this product, I would still be smoking cigarettes. But again we can't make the regulatory decisions that we need to make on the basis of just anecdotal reports
No assumptions were made about the level of exposure for alcohol use that would result in the lowest risk of overall health loss or harm
That something I thought was too specific, too personal, was exactly someone else's story
This classification differs from the more prevalent Type I hypersensitivity (e.g., hay fever), where allergens bind to IgE antibodies, which subsequently trigger mast cells
But again, it's not evenly distributed, with much higher smoking rates in minorities, LGBTQ, those with comorbid psychiatric disease, substance abuse, etc