Monday, June 30, 2014

Researcher at UCSF Tobacco Research Center Involved in Unethical Facebook Research

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A scientist who is currently with the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (home of Dr. Stan Glantz) is part of a research...
Friday, June 27, 2014

New Survey of Adult Vapers Finds that 75% Use Non-Tobacco Flavors; Flavoring Ban Would Likely Cause Massive Migration Back to Tobacco Cigarettes

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A number of policy makers - including several prominent U.S. senators - have called for a ban on e-cigarette flavorings in order to reduce t...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Glantz/Chapman: Twisting the Facts to Support Pre-Determined Conclusions

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Yesterday, I reported that Drs. Stan Glantz and Simon Chapman issued defamatory attacks against Lorillard for running an inappropriate blu ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Glantz and Chapman Falsely Accuse Lorillard of Using Robot Sex Ad to Promote E-Cigarette Use

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On his tobacco blog , Dr. Stan Glantz links to a quite inappropriate advertisement for blu electronic cigarettes, attacking Lorillard for us...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

New Study Shows that E-Cigarettes, Unlike Real Ones, Do Not Adversely Affect Acute Heart Function

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A new study published yesterday in the journal BMC Cardiovascular Disorders reports that unlike real cigarettes, electronic cigarettes do n...
Monday, June 23, 2014

How Do Senator Jay Rockefeller and his Commerce Committee Colleagues (Barbara Boxer and Richard Blumenthal) Sleep at Night?

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Last Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology held a hearing on the marketing of electronic cigarettes. Several ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Gateway Hypothesis for Electronic Cigarettes All But Destroyed: Data Show Youth Smoking at All-Time Low

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Organizations that oppose electronic cigarettes, such as the CDC and FDA, and anti-smoking advocates who oppose these products, like Dr. Sta...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

New Study Demonstrates Why FDA's Proposed Regulatory Approach to E-Cigarettes Makes No Sense

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A new study published today in the journal Tobacco Control demonstrates why the FDA's proposed regulatory approach for electronic ciga...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Tony Gwynn Dies of Oral Cancer Almost Certainly Caused by Smokeless Tobacco

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Many tobacco control advocates have asked me why, as a harm reduction supporter, I am always talking about the use of electronic cigarettes ...
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Glantz Asserts that Pulmonary Effects of Smoking May Be No Worse than those of Vaping

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In a comment submitted to the FDA, Dr. Stan Glantz has asserted that in terms of pulmonary effects, the use of electronic cigarettes may no...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

UCSF Scientists Tell FDA They are Not Sure Smoking is Any More Dangerous than Vaping

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In a comment submitted to the FDA regarding its proposed e-cigarette deeming regulations, a trio of UCSF scientists argue that it is premat...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Glantz and Colleagues Support Government Suppression of the Truth about Electronic Cigarettes

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In a submission to the FDA regarding the proposed deeming regulations, Stan Glantz and colleagues have called on a government ban on truthfu...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

It's Official: Big Pharma is Lobbying Against Electronic Cigarettes

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I have long argued that tobacco control advocates who have financial ties to Big Pharma must disclose these ties if they opine about nationa...
Monday, June 09, 2014

IN MY VIEW: Why Electronic Cigarette Flavors Probably Prevent Youth from Taking Up Smoking

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Recently, Stan Glantz and colleagues called for a ban on electronic cigarette flavorings. Other anti-smoking groups have also urged the FDA...
Friday, June 06, 2014

Glantz and Colleagues Essentially Call for a Ban on Electronic Cigarettes: Banning Flavors Would Ban All Existing E-Cigarettes

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Stan Glantz and several colleagues have submitted a comment to the FDA calling for a complete ban on the use of flavors in electronic cigar...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Northampton Board of Health Positions Itself for Hypocrite of Year Award

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Last week, the Northampton (MA) Board of Health enacted regulations to strengthen its smoke-free air law. Specifically, the Board of Health...

New Jersey GASP Pushing Legislation that Would Ban Electronic Cigarette Use on Every State Beach, But Allow Casino Workers to Inhale Huge Amounts of Secondhand Smoke to Make a Living

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Do anti-smoking groups have any sense of perspective? The answer appears to be "no" based on the latest news out of the Garden Sta...
Monday, June 02, 2014

Pfizer Publicly Undermines and Refutes Black Box Warning for Chantix; Should Face Penalties or Removal of Drug from Market

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The black box warning for Chantix, which is required by the FDA to be placed on this smoking cessation drug made by Pfizer, notes the follow...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

CDC is Lying to the Public by Classifying Electronic Cigarettes as "Tobacco Products"

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially classified electronic cigarettes as "tobacco products." In a...
Friday, May 23, 2014

How Sad? Journal Article Needs to Remind Tobacco Control Researchers to Be Honest and Rigorous

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An editorial published in the current issue of Addiction recounts the many ways in which tobacco control researchers have been dishonest wi...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

New Study of Trajectory of E-Cigarette Use Suggests a Pattern of Decreasing Cigarette and Nicotine Addiction

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In one of the first studies to examine the trajectory of electronic cigarette use over time, Lechner and colleagues have shown that extended...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

New Population-Based Study Reports that E-Cigarettes Outperform NRT for Self-Assisted Smoking Cessation Among Smokers Who Choose These Approaches

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction provides evidence that electronic cigarettes may have the potential t...