In 2017, Philip Morris International created the Foundation for a Smokefree World, which is widely viewed among health advocates, including the World Health Organization, as the latest industry device to slow down progress in tobacco control by claiming to be “part of the solution.” In particular, FSFW claims to its mission is to “to endContinue reading “New paper details how PMI’s Foundation for a Smokefree World manipulates science; the more things change the more they stay the same”
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FDA blocks some popular (but illegal) e-cigs at the border
Most e-cigarettes sold in the United States are imported (mostly from China). FDA has allowed these products to be imported and sold despite them lacking FDA authorization. Any and all e-cigarettes sold in the US without premarket authorization are illegal, although FDA has used its “enforcement discretion” to allow many to remain on the market.Continue reading “FDA blocks some popular (but illegal) e-cigs at the border”
Two new reviews summarize how e-cigs adversely affect the cardiovascular system
As with cigarette smoking, e-cigarettes have major adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. And, in contrast to cancer, these changes occur quickly. Two recent papers, Association of Electronic Cigarette Exposure on Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Cardiovascular/Cardiometabolic Health, provide comprehensive summaries on the specific adverse biological effectsContinue reading “Two new reviews summarize how e-cigs adversely affect the cardiovascular system”
California AG determines that “non-menthol” cigs are flavored and so illegal to sell in California
On April 25, 2023, the California Attorney General’s office wrote RJ Reynolds and ITG brands notifying them that several of their brands currently being sold in California are flavored and violate the California prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco products: This is because the California law established a rebuttable presumption that a tobacco productContinue reading “California AG determines that “non-menthol” cigs are flavored and so illegal to sell in California”
FDA has what it needs to prohibit “non-menthol” cigarettes
On April 19, 2023, Politico published “RJR uses California as test market for skirting upcoming national menthol cigarette ban” describing how RJR has been promoting its “non-menthol” cigarettes as a way to get around California’s prohibition on the sale of all tobacco products. According to the article California AG Rob Bonta is “investigating” what hisContinue reading “FDA has what it needs to prohibit “non-menthol” cigarettes”
GOP efforts to limit ballot measures protecting abortion build on similar efforts by Big Tobacco in the 1980s
On April 23, 2023 the New York Times published an extensive description of how Republican states are trying to limit access to ballot initiatives that pro-choice groups have been using to protect abortion access. Such efforts are not new. After public health advocates started using the initiative process to pass tobacco control measures, including tobaccoContinue reading “GOP efforts to limit ballot measures protecting abortion build on similar efforts by Big Tobacco in the 1980s”
Any e-cig use among young smokers increases odds of smoking in late adolescence
While it is well-established that youth who initiate nicotine use with e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking and that e-cigarettes are expanding nicotine addiction, no one had examined whether e-cigarette use promotes continued smoking among youth. Now Brian Kelly and colleagues have published a well-done paper addressing that question: E-cigarette use among early adolescentContinue reading “Any e-cig use among young smokers increases odds of smoking in late adolescence”
E-cig studies from England twice as likely to support e-cigs as studies from other countries
England is unquestionably the most pro-e-cigarette country on the planet, most recently evidenced by the fact that the government is giving away free e-cigarette starter kits to one million smokers despite the fact that e-cigarettes as consumer products don’t help smokers quit and may, in the long run, keep them smoking (even in England). TheContinue reading “E-cig studies from England twice as likely to support e-cigs as studies from other countries”
The 6-state Juul settlement includes some stronger provisions than earlier settlements
The latest settlements between six states (California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and New York) and the District of Columbia and Juul, announced on April 11, 2023, mostly follows the earlier North Carolina settlement, but does include some stronger provisions, particularly compared to the earlier 33 state settlement. This summary is basedContinue reading “The 6-state Juul settlement includes some stronger provisions than earlier settlements”
Juul settlement should stop internet sales of Juul menthol pods in California
On April 11, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he (and six other states) has settled litigation against Juul for money, making some of the Juul documents from discovery public, and an agreement by Juul to curb some specific marketing activities. I will be providing a detailed analysis of the settlement later, butContinue reading “Juul settlement should stop internet sales of Juul menthol pods in California”
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