We submitted this public comment to FDA on its proposed regulation on tobacco manufacturing practice requirements. A PDF is here. The regulations.gov tracking number is lgf-ds2n-iuvb. (This was updated on April 13, 2023 to correct the author list.) FDA’s proposed regulation establishes reasonable tobacco product manufacturing practice requirements that could help minimize the risksContinue reading “FDA’s proposed regulation establishes reasonable tobacco product manufacturing practice requirements that could help minimize the risks of products, especially to youth and young adults”
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Free webinar and workshop to learn how to use previously secret opioid documents May 5
The UCSF-JHU Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) is holding a webinar and workshop, Exploring the Opioid Industry Documents: Research Communities, Educational Opportunities, and Community Data on May 5, 2023. This event will feature a webinar where scholars will discuss how they successfully used OIDA and other Industry Documents Library (IDL) collections. There will also beContinue reading “Free webinar and workshop to learn how to use previously secret opioid documents May 5”
Detailed changing use patterns of e-cigs and cigs shows harm enhancement for adults and youth
Until the advent of e-cigarettes nearly 20 years ago tobacco use patterns were pretty stable. Almost everyone who smoked tobacco smoked cigarettes with a few people smoking cigars. And some people used smokeless tobacco. With the advent of e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products, this situation has become much more complicated, particularly since some inContinue reading “Detailed changing use patterns of e-cigs and cigs shows harm enhancement for adults and youth”
Switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes does not reduce respiratory symptoms
Jonathan Berlowitz and colleagues’ new paper Cigarette‒E-cigarette Transitions and Respiratory Symptom Development adds to the already strong case that e-cigarette use increases the risk of respiratory symptoms and that dual use (using e-cigarettes while smoking cigarettes) is more dangerous than using either product alone. Most important, switching from cigarettes only to e-cigarettes only did notContinue reading “Switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes does not reduce respiratory symptoms”
Real-world British study shows e-cigs don’t help motivated smokers quit
I just came upon Real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation aids: A population survey in England with 12-month follow-up, 2015-2020 that uses the UK Smoking Toolkit Study to quantify the effectiveness of e-cigarettes and various medical therapies on smoking cessation among smokers were were trying to quit. In this longitudinal study Sarah Jackson and colleagues followedContinue reading “Real-world British study shows e-cigs don’t help motivated smokers quit”
Secondhand smoke increases bladder cancer risk
We have known since the 1980s that secondhand tobacco smoke causes lung cancer, but there has not been much attention to whether secondhand smoke causes other cancers that active smoking causes. I recently became aware of a well-done meta-analysis of the association between secondhand smoke and bladder cancer. (Bladder cancer is right behind lung cancerContinue reading “Secondhand smoke increases bladder cancer risk”
FDA inches ahead by denying marketing order for RJR Vuse Solo menthol
FDA has continued to deny marketing authorization for menthol e-cigarettes with its March 17, 2023 announcement that it had denied marketing authorization for two RJR Vuse Solo menthol cartridges. This action follows FDA denials for RJR Vuse Ciro menthol and JTI Logic menthol e-cigarettes. While FDA does not make its detailed analysis public for marketingContinue reading “FDA inches ahead by denying marketing order for RJR Vuse Solo menthol”
State anti-smoking program has saved Californians over a trillion dollars in healthcare costs alone
Tobacco companies oppose tobacco control policies by arguing that anything that reduces tobacco use hurts the economy. The new paper Jim Lightwood, Steve Anderson and I just published “Smoking and healthcare expenditure reductions associated with the California Tobacco Control Program, 1989 to 2019: A predictive validation,” shows that, quite the contrary, reducing smoking saves aContinue reading “State anti-smoking program has saved Californians over a trillion dollars in healthcare costs alone”
Youth E-cig use much lower in countries that prohibit e-cigs
A new paper, Electronic cigarettes use and ‘dual use’ among the youth in 75 countries: estimates from Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (2014–2019) shows that countries that prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes, like Thailand and Brazil, have much lower levels of youth cigarette use than countries that allow them and have laws to restrict sales toContinue reading “Youth E-cig use much lower in countries that prohibit e-cigs”
Heated tobacco products keep people smoking, too
Heated tobacco products (HTP) are promoted as a way to “switch completely” (i.e., quit) smoking cigarettes. While these products have not yet been widely used in the US, the tobacco companies, beginning with PMI’s IQOS, have built significant markets for them in Japan. Now Satomi Odani and colleagues at the Osaka International Cancer Institute haveContinue reading “Heated tobacco products keep people smoking, too”
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