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Thursday, September 08, 2016

More Shoddy Research on E-Cigarettes by Big Pharma-Funded Scientists

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A study recently published online in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research purports to show that the use of e-cigarettes inhibits sm...
Tuesday, September 06, 2016

New Study Refutes E-Cigarette Gateway Hypothesis

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A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine refutes the hypothesis that e-cigarettes serve as a gateway to smokin...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Hypocrisy Alert: Nevada Health Official Blasts Vaping Industry for Spreading Misinformation, Then Claims Vaping is Known to Cause Cancer

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In an article published Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun , a health official blasted the e-cigarette companies for spreading misinformation. She...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Results of New Study Refute E-Cigarette Gateway Hypothesis as Well as Claim that Youth Vaping is Re-Normalizing Smoking

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The results of a new study published late last week in the journal Tobacco Control strongly refute the hypothesis that e-cigarettes are a ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2016

New Study Shows Dramatic Reduction in Toxicant and Carcinogen Levels in Smokers Who Switch to E-Cigarettes

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A new study out of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute has demonstrated that smokers who switch to e-cigarettes experience an immediate and d...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Anti-Tobacco Researcher: Cardiovascular Effects of E-Cigarettes are Nearly as Big as Smoking

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Dr. Stan Glantz has posted a commentary on his blog in which he asserts that the results of a paper published earlier this summer in the J...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is Apparently Indoctrinating Youth to Lie About E-Cigarettes and Downplay the Health Hazards of Smoking

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According to an article in the Arizona Daily Star , a youth tobacco control advocate is going around telling other youth that vaping can ki...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

New Study Purports to Show that E-Cigs are a Gateway to Smoking, But Provides No Evidence to Support that Conclusion

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A new study published yesterday in the journal Tobacco Control purports to show that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking. The study foll...
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Johns Hopkins Physician and Vaping Opponent Urges Parents to Lie to their Kids About the Hazards of Smoking

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A physician with the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, who is apparently a strong opponent of vaping, has advised parents to lie to...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Vaping Opponents Continue to Just Make Up the "Facts"

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In apparent desperation because the actual facts do not support their vigorous opposition to vaping, anti-vaping advocates continue to simpl...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

FDA Bans Safety Improvements in E-Cigarettes and American Lung Association Supports this Unprecedented Regulatory Blunder

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Last Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) committed one of the most bone-headed blunders I have ever witnessed in public heal...
Friday, August 05, 2016

The Rest of the Story Will Return on Monday, August 15th

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Tuesday, August 02, 2016

FDA Tobacco Center Director to Ex-Smoking Vapers: You Don't Exist

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According to an article in yesterday's Winston-Salem Journal , the head of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) told the hun...
Monday, August 01, 2016

Hiding the Truth from the Public: American Lung Association is Undermining the Public's Knowledge of the Hazards of Smoking

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Last month, the American Lung Association (ALA) issued a warning about "popcorn lung" (bronchiolitis obliterans), telling the pub...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

FDA Claims It Is Protecting Public Health by Keeping Slightly Altered Cigarettes Off the Market

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Earlier this month, the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) denied a substantially equivalent order for Maverick Menthol Silver Box...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Study Demonstrates Low Health Risks Associated with "Secondhand Vapor" from E-Cigarettes

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A study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research demonstrates that "secondhand vapor" from e-cigarettes poses ve...
Monday, July 25, 2016

FDA's Convoluted Response to a Simple Question Shows How Arbitrary, Capricious, and Inane the Deeming Regulations Are

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Someone shared with me the actual reply they received from the FDA in response to a very simple question: "Are e-cigs that do not con...
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Great Article on Vaping

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This is one of the best articles on vaping that I've read. It makes a difference to have a young person's perspective because they ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

CDC Bemoans Failure to Decrease Overall Alcohol Product Use among Teens, Despite Large Decline in Current Drinking

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According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of current drinking among high school students h...
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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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