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Sunday, March 29, 2026

A New Generation of Youth are NOT Getting Addicted to Nicotine Through Vaping

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According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, "E-cigarettes are hooking a new generation on nicotine – putting millions of kids at...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Tobacco Control Groups are Misleading Legislators in Their Efforts to Block Smokers from Access to Life-Saving Products

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Last night I testified at a hearing of the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee on a bill (S2844) that would allow the sale of flavored e-...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Study Claiming that Vaping Causes Lung Cancer Fails to Document that a Single Case Occurred After the Person Started Vaping

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An article published recently in the journal Frontiers in Oncology concluded that vaping causes lung cancer among young adults (age <50...
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Saturday, March 07, 2026

Findings from the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey that Anti-Nicotine Groups Don't Want You to Know

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Earlier this week, the FDA released the data from its 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey. This is a public use dataset so it is freely avai...
Monday, February 02, 2026

Smoke-Free Products Nearing 50% of the Nicotine Market Thanks to Tobacco and Vaping Companies But In Spite of the Actions of Most Tobacco Control Groups

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A new report from the nation's leading tobacco market expert - Bonnie Herzog at Goldman Sachs - reveals that smoke-free nicotine product...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Massachusetts Association of Health Boards Wants to Ban the Use of Flavored E-Cigarettes, by ANYONE

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The Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB) has disseminated a model nicotine regulation policy  that it is recommending be adopte...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

End of Year Thoughts: Why are So Many Anti-Tobacco Groups Attacking a Product with Few Acute Risks, But Saying Nothing About Truly Risky Tobacco Products?

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Why are so many anti-tobacco groups attacking electronic cigarettes (and to some degree nicotine pouches) but saying little about the risks ...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

World Health Organization Explicitly Rejects Harm Reduction in Tobacco Control, Endangering Millions of Lives Worldwide

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The Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) met recently to up...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Many Tobacco Control Organizations are Asserting that Quitting Smoking is Not Quitting Smoking if You Use E-Cigarettes to Quit

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The American Lung Association has long been trumpeting the falsehood that quitting smoking by switching to electronic cigarettes isn't q...
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Michael Siegel
Dr. Siegel is a visiting professor and researcher in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Tufts University. Dr. Siegel has 32 years of experience in the field of tobacco control. He previously spent two years working at the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC, where he conducted research on secondhand smoke and cigarette advertising. He has published nearly 70 papers related to tobacco. He testified in the landmark Engle lawsuit against the tobacco companies, which resulted in an unprecedented $145 billion verdict against the industry. He teaches health communication theory and social mareketing in the Masters of Public Health program.
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