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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Tobacco Financial Analysts: Flavored E-Cigarette Ban Will Substantially Boost Cigarette Sales

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Due primarily to the CDC's hiding the fact that the overwhelming majority, if not all of the cases of "vaping-associated pulmonary ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

In Completely Irresponsible and Negligent Message, American Lung Association Warns against E-Cigarette Use, but Not against Vaping THC

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In response to the alarming outbreak of severe, acute respiratory disease that has now affected more than 450 people in 33 states and has ki...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids are Lying to the Public

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Whether one supports or opposes a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, I would hope we would all agree that it is unethical to lie to the public in...
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Pieces of the Mysterious Lung Disease Puzzle Starting to Come Together, But CDC Continues to Endanger Health by Hiding the Critical Pieces

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The pieces of the puzzle of what is causing the "mysterious" outbreak of acute, severe lung disease among more than 450 people--mo...
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Monday, September 09, 2019

CDC's Obfuscation of Link Between Illicit THC Carts and Lung Disease Outbreak is Worsening the Situation and Probably Leading to More Cases

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Instead of simply acknowledging that a large number of cases in the recent outbreak of severe, acute respiratory failure are due to black ma...
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Sunday, September 08, 2019

A Flood of Irresponsible Actions and Advice on Respiratory Disease Outbreak

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There is a wave of irresponsible recommendations and actions that are taking place in response to the outbreak of more than 400 cases of sev...
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The Most Telling Sign that CDC is Protecting Illicit Marijuana Drug Dealers While Doing Everything it Can to Pin this Outbreak on Traditional E-Cigarettes

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It is clear to me that in its investigation of more than 400 cases of acute respiratory failure tied to the vaping of certain products, the ...
Friday, September 06, 2019

American Lung Association Criticizes CDC for Giving a Vague Warning on Respiratory Disease Outbreak; Then Issues a Warning that is Even More Vague

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In a Politico article published today, the American Lung Association criticized the CDC for issuing too vague a warning regarding what peo...
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CDC Has No Problem Attacking Vaping Companies so Why are They Protecting the Marijuana Drug Cartel?

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We now know that the majority of cases of the severe respiratory disease outbreak that has affected more than 300 people and resulted in thr...
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Thursday, September 05, 2019

ALERT: Major Breakthrough in Investigation of "Mysterious" Lung Disease Outbreak

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There has been a major breakthrough in the investigation of the outbreak of more than 300 cases of a "mysterious" lung disease tha...
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Health Officials Continue to Warn People Not to Use E-Cigarettes While Youth Get Life-Threatening Diseases from Vaping Marijuana

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There is a complete disconnect between the facts regarding the investigation of the "mysterious" illness that is affecting more th...
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Michigan Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes is a Terrible Policy with Devastating Public Health Consequences

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Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law an executive order that bans the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes in the sta...
Tuesday, September 03, 2019

DHHS Secretary's Statement on "E-Cigarette-Related" Respiratory Illnesses is Irresponsible; Does Not Even Mention E-Cannabis

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Last Friday, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued a statement on the recent upsurge in reported cases...
Monday, September 02, 2019

Tobacco Company Claims that Smoking is No Worse than Vaping for Human Lung Disease

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A major U.S. tobacco company on Saturday issued a press release boasting that smoking its cigarettes is no more harmful than vaping an e-cig...
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Sunday, September 01, 2019

American Lung Association Condemns 2.5 Million Ex-Smokers for Using E-Cigarettes to Quit

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What do you say to a person who smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for 30 years and then quits completely by switching to vaping? I wo...
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Friday, August 30, 2019

Boston Pulmonologist Provides Misinformation About the Cause of Severe Lung Disease Associated with "Vaping"

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In an article published today in the Boston Herald , a Boston pulmonologist attributed the growing number of cases of severe, acute respira...
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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Why is the American Lung Association More Interested in Demonizing Electronic Cigarettes than Saving Kids' Lives?

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In response to former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's warning that the spike in vaping-related lung disease among young people appear...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Marijuana Reform Organization Issues Warning Against Vaping THC Oils Obtained from Unlicensed Sellers; CDC Does Not

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It is a sad state of affairs in public health when we have to rely upon a marijuana law reform organization to issue a critical health warni...
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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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