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Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.迷你倉Sept. 19--After several questions about e-cigarettes were answered with an expert saying, "There isn't a study," Chatfield resident Pamela Stephens finally asked, "Will Mayo be doing a study?"More than 50 people attended Wednesday night's Post-Bulletin's Dialogues program on e-cigarettes at the Rochester Public Library.The crowd listened to comments from a panel that included Dr. Richard Hurt, of Mayo's Nicotine Dependence Center and a national expert on smoking cessation; Erin Simmons, of the American Lung Association; Pete Giesen, Olmsted County public health director; and Michael Wojcik, a Rochester City Council member. In addition, e-cigarettes advocate Matt Black and e-cigarettes store owners Tory Keefe and Matt Tlougan were part of the panel. Post-Bulletin Managing Editor Jay Furst moderated the discussion.After introductions from the panel members, crowd members asked questions. Early questions dealt with the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers and the make-up of the vapors. E-cigarettes utilize a heating element to release vapors, which can include nicotine.On the topic of children, Tlougan, who co- owns the Vape It Zone kiosk at Apache Mall, said his business does not sell to anyone under the age of 18. Keefe, who owns Vapin Midwest in Rochester, took exception to the notion that e-cigarettes target kids any more than any other "age-limited" products.When the discussion turned to the make-up of the vapors, both Black and Hurt said there's little extensive research to determine if there are health issues related to e-cigarettes. Hurt said there's no doubt, however, that e-cigarettes are a "drug delivery device" and he advocated for more regulation while research continues.The lack of research led to Stephens' question about a potential study. Stephens said she started smoking at age 12 and continued, despite rising cigarette costs and pleas from her children, for more than 25 years. When costs climbed to $8 a pack, she tried e-cigarettes and said within two days was done lighting up."I would welcome a study, and would be willing to participate in one," Stephens said.Hurt said Mayo was recently denied a grant to begin a study on t迷你倉e effects or benefits of e-cigarettes. He added that Mayo officials are currently looking for more grants to begin a study.Supporters of e-cigarettes, such as Black and Keefe, said they have seen firsthand stories of people, like Stephens, who used e-cigarettes to quit smoking. Keefe said he knows of 40 people who quit smoking with help of e-cigarettes, and only one had gone back to cigarettes. Tlougan said e-cigarettes helped him quit smoking, and since he quit, his taste buds have revived.Hurt said there would have to be three large studies done, in which twice as many people quit using e-cigarettes as would have quit using a placebo, for e-cigarettes to be labeled a smoking cessation tool. He added those studies had not been published yet. But he also said recent national surveys on the fast-growing use of e-cigs by middle- and high schoolers is reason for concern.Many places in Rochester, including the public library and the Apache Mall, do not allow the use of e-cigarettes. Furst said he talked with owners and managers of local restaurants who said that e-cigarettes are confusing to staff and that they prefer people use them outside, like regular cigarettes. Tlougan said sending e-cigarette users outside is a bad idea."Many people use e-cigarettes because they don't want to be around smokers, smoking. If you send them outside, they will think, 'Hey, I should just smoke.'"Wojcik said he's less concerned about potential hazards of e-cigs and more concerned about the "norming" of smoking in restaurants and other public areas. The council member said he was worried that if children saw their parents using the e-cigs at the table, they would think it was OK to take up the habit.Though a few other advocates of e-cigs at the meeting said they wouldn't strongly object to the city copying Duluth's recent ordinance banning the use of e-cigs in public places such as restaurants, Black said he hopes Rochester doesn't go that way."What I don't want to see is a law passed, and then Mayo does a study and it shows that e-cigarettes are safe," he said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉