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**C. Analyses focus on an inappropriately narrow time window that does not fully capture the relevant dynamics. Together these flaws substantially underestimate the degree to which e-cigarettes may have displaced or offset cigarette smoking among youth and young adults. | **C. Analyses focus on an inappropriately narrow time window that does not fully capture the relevant dynamics. Together these flaws substantially underestimate the degree to which e-cigarettes may have displaced or offset cigarette smoking among youth and young adults. | ||
**Moreover, the conclusion that e-cigarette uptake is independent of the declines in cigarette smoking runs counter to a large and varied body of evidence that e-cigarettes substitute for or displace cigarettes. The authors only discuss two such papers, attempting to undermine their conclusions using some of the same flaws that underlie their own analyses, and neglect to mention the larger body of evidence. Together, this yields an article that could cause readers to hold a distorted view of the available evidence on these important issues." (Selya, Gitchell, Foxon, Sembower, Niaura) | **Moreover, the conclusion that e-cigarette uptake is independent of the declines in cigarette smoking runs counter to a large and varied body of evidence that e-cigarettes substitute for or displace cigarettes. The authors only discuss two such papers, attempting to undermine their conclusions using some of the same flaws that underlie their own analyses, and neglect to mention the larger body of evidence. Together, this yields an article that could cause readers to hold a distorted view of the available evidence on these important issues." (Selya, Gitchell, Foxon, Sembower, Niaura) | ||
*Referring to: Pierce JP, Luo M, McMenamin SB, et alDeclines in cigarette smoking among US adolescents and young adults: indications of independence from e-cigarette vaping surgeTobacco Control Published Online First: 08 November 2023. [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2023/11/08/tc-2022-057907 doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057907] | ***Referring to: Pierce JP, Luo M, McMenamin SB, et alDeclines in cigarette smoking among US adolescents and young adults: indications of independence from e-cigarette vaping surgeTobacco Control Published Online First: 08 November 2023. [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2023/11/08/tc-2022-057907 doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057907] | ||
===2016-2020: Comments RE: [https://pubpeer.com/publications/E2628F04937D0DBD870E115CB41C8B E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis]=== | ===2016-2020: Comments RE: [https://pubpeer.com/publications/E2628F04937D0DBD870E115CB41C8B E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis]=== | ||
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*[https://antithrlies.com/2016/01/17/sunday-science-lesson-what-is-meta-analysis-and-why-was-glantzs-inherently-junk/ Sunday Science Lesson: What is “meta-analysis”? (and why was Glantz’s inherently junk?)] | *[https://antithrlies.com/2016/01/17/sunday-science-lesson-what-is-meta-analysis-and-why-was-glantzs-inherently-junk/ Sunday Science Lesson: What is “meta-analysis”? (and why was Glantz’s inherently junk?)] | ||
**"Glantz’s meta-analysis is not just junk science because of details about the studies, though those are problems in themselves. It is junk science because there are probably not even two of the studies in his collection that are similar enough to average together, let alone all of them." (Phillips) | **"Glantz’s meta-analysis is not just junk science because of details about the studies, though those are problems in themselves. It is junk science because there are probably not even two of the studies in his collection that are similar enough to average together, let alone all of them." (Phillips) | ||
*Referring to: Kalkhoran S, Glantz SA. E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Feb;4(2):116-28. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26776875/ doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00521-4]. Epub 2016 Jan 14. PMID: 26776875; PMCID: PMC4752870. | ***Referring to: Kalkhoran S, Glantz SA. E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Feb;4(2):116-28. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26776875/ doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00521-4]. Epub 2016 Jan 14. PMID: 26776875; PMCID: PMC4752870. | ||
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