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”
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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”
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
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”
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”
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