Friday, August 30, 2013

Hour-Long Radio Times Segment Explores Electronic Cigarettes

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I was honored to participate as a guest on the Radio Times (WHYY) hour-long segment this morning on electronic cigarettes. I thought that ...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Another Tobacco Control Practitioner Tells the Public That There is No Evidence Electronic Cigarettes are Safer than Real Ones

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According to a story run by WDIO-TV (Duluth, MN), a tobacco control practitioner in Duluth is telling the public that there is no evidence...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Electronic Cigarettes Commentators Fail to Disclose Financial Conflicts of Interest with Big Pharma

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The New York Times "Room for Debate" section Wednesday featured a debate about electronic cigarettes. I was one of six commentat...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

New York Times Features Debate on Electronic Cigarettes

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The New York Times "Room for Debate" section yesterday featured a debate about electronic cigarettes. I was honored to be one of...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Duke a Willing Collaborator in Defrauding the American Public

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In agreeing to accept funding from Philip Morris for its Center for Smoking Cessation, Duke acted willingly as a collaborator in the defraud...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Duke Center for Child and Family Policy is Aiding Public Relations Efforts of Big Tobacco

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Earlier this summer, I revealed that the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation is still accepting Big Tobacco funding and not prominently discl...
Friday, August 16, 2013

American Heart Association Accused of Accepting Payments to Allow Undeserving Products to Use "Heart-Healthy" Label

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The American Heart Association has been accused , in a lawsuit filed against the Campell Soup Company, of allowing products that are not hea...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Despite Best Efforts of Anti-Smoking Groups, Cigarette Sales Were Down 600 Million Units in First Quarter of 2013

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Despite the best efforts of many anti-smoking groups, cigarette sales were down 600 million units in the first quarter of 2013. Why? Because...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

American Legacy Foundation-Proclaimed "Leader" in Tobacco Control is Now Advertising Camel Cigarettes to Millions of Youth Readers

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In 2007, the American Legacy Foundation, according to its website, honored Glamour and Vogue with a corporate partnership : Legacy listed ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Gallup Poll Shows that Cold Turkey is Overwhelmingly the Most Successful Quitting Strategy, With NRT Making Little Contribution

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A July Gallup poll asked former smokers to identify the strategies or methods they used to successfully quit smoking. Based on their smokin...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Why is the CDC Taking Research Funding from a Pharmaceutical Company?

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When I worked at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) from 1993-1995, I always considered it to be an independent, objective...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Review of Laboratory Studies on Electronic Cigarettes Concludes that They Pose Few Health Risks and that Secondhand Vapor is Unlikely to Be Hazardous

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A new study which reviews approximately 40 laboratory studies of the chemical constituents of electronic cigarette vapor concludes that the...
Thursday, August 08, 2013

Proposed New York City Ordinance Declares that Electronic Cigarettes are Designed to Deter Smokers from Quitting, Then Bans the Sale of Flavored Electronic Cigarettes

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Today, I reveal that a proposed New York City ordinance would ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes on the basis that these produc...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Canton, Massachusetts Considering Complete Ban on Electronic Cigarettes: Why Protect the Most Hazardous Tobacco Products and Ban the Fake Ones?

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This coming Monday, the Canton (MA) Board of Health will consider a proposed regulation that would completely ban the sale of electronic cig...
Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Mayo Clinic Researchers Who Oppose Electronic Cigarettes Fail to Disclose Pharmaceutical Conflicts of Interest in Research

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Yesterday, I revealed that a Mayo Clinic advice column which discourages smokers from quitting using electronic cigarettes and which conta...
Monday, August 05, 2013

Even the Mayo Clinic is Spreading Lies About Electronic Cigarettes; What is the Anti-Smoking Movement Coming To?

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When you can't trust the Mayo Clinic for reliable health information, then you know that something is wrong. But a page full of lies and...
Friday, August 02, 2013

Indonesia to Seek Compensation for Lost Sales Due to U.S. Clove Cigarettes Ban

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According to an article in the Jakarta Globe , Indonesia will seek compensation from the United States for sales losses due to its ban on c...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

PolitiFact Rhode Island Exposes Anti-Smoking Advocates' Lies

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In a PolitiFact Rhode Island expose published in the Providence Journal , the lies of many anti-smoking advocates who oppose electronic ci...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

New Study Reports Amazing 40% Success Rate at Two Years for Electronic Cigarettes Among Smokers with No Interest in Quitting at Baseline

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Internal and Emergency Medicine reports that among a sample of 40 patients with...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

American Cancer Society and Alere Wellbeing are Now Apparently Knowingly Making a Fraudulent Claim about their Quit for Life Program

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Back in May of this year, I revealed that the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Alere Wellbeing were making a fraudulent claim about their ...