Thursday, January 29, 2015

California DPH Report on E-Cigs is Heavily Biased; Cherrypicks Studies Like the Tobacco Industry Used to Do

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If I said the words "heavily biased report," "cherrypicks studies that agree with its position and ignores studies that don...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Anti-Smoking Groups' Propaganda Campaign is Working: Policy Maker Says that "Hundreds of Thousands" of Vapers Will Die

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Today brings evidence that not only is the misinformation coming from many electronic cigarette opponents unethical because it violates the ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

New Head of Office of Medical Products and Tobacco at FDA Has History of Pharmaceutical Consulting

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It appears that the FDA is following a pattern in seeking new directors and office heads. It is apparently looking to those who have financi...

Yet Another Public Health Practitioner Publicly Claims that Smoking is No More Hazardous than Vaping

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In what is becoming a daily occurrence, yet another public health practitioner has publicly claimed that smoking is no more hazardous than v...
Monday, January 26, 2015

American Thoracic Society Physicians Claim There is No Evidence Smoking is More Hazardous than Vaping

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In statements that even the tobacco industry would not make, two physicians with the American Thoracic Society have publicly claimed that th...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Confirmed: Formaldehyde Study Conducted Under Implausible Conditions; Conclusions Invalid

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Using information on type of atomizer studied in the recent New England Journal of Medicine article which claimed that vaping produces for...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

New Study Reports High Levels of Formaldehyde in Electronic Cigarette Aerosols

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A new study released today by the New England Journal of Medicine reports finding high levels of formaldehyde in the aerosol of electronic...

California Department of Health Services Lies to the Public About Electronic Cigarettes

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The California Department of Health Services (CDHS), under a grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has produ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Physician Recommends that Middle-Age Lifelong Nondrinkers Should Be Told to Start Drinking, But Hides Conflict of Interest With Big Alcohol

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In the most recent issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research , a physician counsels all doctors to promote moderat...
Monday, January 19, 2015

Rest of the Story Expanding to Cover Alcohol

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The Rest of the Story will be expanding to cover alcohol as well as tobacco. I am becoming increasingly aware of parallels between the two ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Local Health Officials Lie to the Public; Claim that Smoking is No More Hazardous than Vaping

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Local health officials in Franklin County, Kentucky are lying to the public, claiming that cigarette smoking is no more hazardous than using...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Why are Anti-Smoking Groups Recommending a Smoking Cessation Drug That Has Been Linked to Hundreds of Sudden Deaths?

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Numerous health and anti-smoking groups continue to recommend the use of a smoking cessation drug, despite the fact that this drug has been ...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Alaska Health Department Airs First Pro-Smoking Television Ad Since 1970

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Since 1970, the television airwaves have been clear of pro-smoking advertisements. That is, until recently, when the Alaska Department of He...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Latest UK Data Suggests Substantial Benefits of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation

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According to an article in The Guardian , electronic cigarettes were the fastest growing item in terms of supermarket sales in the UK in 20...
Monday, January 05, 2015

2014 Anti-Smoking Myth of the Year Award Goes to CDC, Dr. Stan Glantz, and Dr. Michael Fiore

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The Rest of the Story is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 Anti-Smoking Myth of the Year Award . This year's award goes to...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Senator Durbin Asks Attorneys General to Violate the Constitution and Misinterpret the Master Settlement Agreement to Reign in Electronic Cigarettes

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I am all for regulating the marketing of electronic cigarettes so that it does not target youth. However, I submit that measures to accompli...
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Canadian Survey Suggests that Electronic Cigarettes are a Useful Smoking Cessation Tool

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A national public opinion survey of 2,154 adult Canadians taken by the Forum Poll found that among smokers who used electronic cigarettes ...
Friday, December 19, 2014

New Study Refutes Claim that Electronic Cigarettes are a Gateway to Smoking

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A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine refutes the claim that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Cochrane Review Concludes that Electronic Cigarettes Appear to Be Effective for Smoking Cessation and Reduction, Although Further Research is Necessary

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The first Cochrane review of the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes has concluded that there is enough evidence to declare that these p...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

IN MY VIEW: Why Hysteria Over Youth E-Cigarette Use is Overblown; And Why it May Not Normalize Smoking

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In response to the release of the 2014 Monitoring the Future data, which show that more youth are experimenting with electronic cigarettes ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Glantz Tells Public There is No Question that E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Smoking, But Today's Monitoring the Future Data Show the Opposite

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In an article published yesterday in USA Today , Dr. Stanton Glantz states definitively that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking...