Ann McNeill and colleagues reply to Martin McKee and Simon Capewell.

摘要: McKee and Capewell recently criticised Public Health England’s position on e-cigarettes (ECs)1 our underlying report2 in the Lancet ,3 media,4 now The BMJ .5 Their statement “directors of public health wider community desperately need advice EC that is evidence based free from any suspicion influence by vested interests”5 offensive. We have an extensive track record research dedicated to understanding smoking behaviour population individual approaches help smokers stop prevent uptake smoking; we published hundreds primary articles smoking, nicotine, ECs; years clinical experience cessation. We never taken tobacco or industry funds. By contrast, are not experts this field—they carried out no nicotine dependence, cessation, …