Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Why a Randomized Behavioral Study is Essential to Understanding the Potential Benefits of Electronic Cigarettes

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Some of the researchers and advocates who opposed our crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a randomized behavioral study of the effects ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

New Study Finds No Benefits to Use of Over-the-Counter NRT for Smoking Cessation

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A new study published in this month's issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings casts doubt on the effectiveness of over-the-counter NRT for sm...
Thursday, October 09, 2014

New UK Advertising Rules for E-Cigarettes Prohibit Companies from Telling the Truth About Their Products

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The UK's Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has announced new rules , effective on November 10, which restrict electronic cigarette...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

New York City Council Considering Ban on Flavored Electronic Cigarettes

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According to an article in the New York Daily News , New York City councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Queens) yesterday introduced legislat...
Thursday, October 02, 2014

Harm Reduction Debate Bringing Out the Venom on Both Sides

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For several years, I have repeatedly written about how the debate over harm reduction, especially electronic cigarettes, has brought out per...
Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Curt Schilling Announces He is a Victim of Oral Cancer from Smokeless Tobacco: Time for MLB to Ban the Stuff

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This summer, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announced that he had undergone treatment for oral cancer, which he clearly attri...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Discontinuation of Crowdfunding Campaign for BSCiTS Study

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It is with great regret that we announce that we are discontinuing the Behavioral Study of Cigarette and Tobacco Substitution (BSCiTS) fundr...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

CDC Rejoices that Fewer Smokers are Trying to Quit

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According to new data published by the CDC in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, the trend of increasing use of electronic cigar...
Monday, September 22, 2014

New Study Claims to Have Found that E-Cigarettes are Unhelpful in Smoking Cessation among Cancer Patients

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Cancer reports that e-cigarettes are not helpful for smoking cessation among pa...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Rest of the Story Announces Fund-Raising Campaign for Research on Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes

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As we've discussed here for the past several months, there’s a great debate about electronic cigarettes right now, involving consumers, ...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

New Data from the UK Show that Despite Dramatic E-Cigarette Experimentation among Youth, There are Few Regular Users and Very Few Nonsmoking Regular Users

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Data released yesterday by Action on Smoking and Health (UK) show that although electronic cigarette use is widespread and increasing among...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Anti-Smoking Groups Reveal Real Reason they Opposed Ban on E-Cig Sales to Minors: Money and Protection of Cigarette Sales

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Last week, the Missouri legislature overturned a veto by Governor Jay Nixon of a bill to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. I...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

UK Professor and Government Health Adviser - An E-Cigarette Opponent - Steps Down After Crude Verbal Attacks on Vapers

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Up until two days ago, Professor John Ashton was president of the Faculty of Public Health, an independent health advisory body which provid...
Monday, September 15, 2014

“Stand Up To Cancer” Not Standing Up to Cigarette Promoters; Special Guest Commentary by Dr. Alan Blum

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Tuscaloosa, AL, September 4, 2014 --Several of the sponsors of this Friday’s “Stand Up To Cancer” national fundraising telethon are doing mo...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Columbia Scientists Claim that E-Cigarettes May Be Gateway to Illicit Drug Use and Addiction

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According to a press release issued by Columbia University Medical Center, a team of researchers from Columbia University have concluded th...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Everyone Agrees: FDA Should Eliminate Pre-Market Review for Electronic Cigarettes, At Least Until Effective Date of Regulations

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In three separate sets of comments submitted to the FDA regarding the proposed deeming regulations, three major players in the e-cigarette s...
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Tuesday, September 09, 2014

A Policy Supporting Death: European Respiratory Society Would Rather that Smokers Die than Switch to Electronic Cigarettes

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According to a published research article and a European Lung Foundation press release , the European Respiratory Society is opposed to the...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Fascinating Op-Ed in Richmond Times-Dispatch Reveals that Lack of Current E-Cigarette Regulation is the Fault of Anti-Smoking Groups

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Revealing an all-but-forgotten piece of legislative and political history, Drs. Alan Blum and Amy Muhlberg provide the "rest of the sto...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Happy Late Summer - The Rest of the Story Will Return on Monday, September 8th

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Friday, August 08, 2014

Based on a Lie, Senator Durbin and Colleagues Want to Put Thousands of Vape Shops Out of Business

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In a letter sent to the FDA Commissioner on August 1, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and 12 Congressional colleagues demand an immediate ban on...
Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Debunks the E-Cigarette Gateway Myth

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In an op-ed published today in the Wall Street Journal , I highlight the fact that many legislators and health organizations have demonized...

Politicians Lie to the Public About the Scientific Evidence Regarding Whether E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Smoking

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In a press release issued Monday by 13 members of Congress, a group of politicians claimed that there is "more" evidence that elec...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Many Anti-Smoking Advocates Actually Do Not Want Smokers to Quit Smoking Using E-Cigarettes

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One lesson that has become apparent in the past few months is that for many anti-smoking advocates and groups, it doesn't matter whether...