New York Times error (not) corrected

Posted In:  Nutrition & Lifestyle

Publish Date:  November 16, 2012

Earlier this week we pointed out a significant error by New York Times health reporter Jane Brody, who seemingly corrected herself — but is still wrong. In a rather glib column Tuesday about smoking cessation that gave gratuitous (not to say condescending) “advice” to desperate, addicted smokers purporting to guide them towards quitting, she gave short shrift to e-cigarettes and other forms of tobacco harm reduction. Moreover Brody, without citing a source, wrote that “People ages 18 to 25 now have the nation’s highest smoking rate: 40 percent” — a startling claim, given that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had just last week reported that only 18.9 percent of people aged 18-to-24 were smokers in 2011. ACSH’s Dr. Gilbert Ross emailed the Times asking for a correction, as did ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  To Read More......