Like their British cousins, most public health authorities in New Zealand have embraced e-cigarettes for harm reduction. In contrast to heavily regulated cigarettes (no advertising, plain packaging, graphic warning labels, no power walls, strong smokefree laws), e-cigs were introduced to New Zealand in around 2017 without any regulations on marketing and advertising no controls onContinue reading “Vaping exploding among New Zealand youth”
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47 countries have banned e-cigarettes
As tobacco industry interests ramp up pressure on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties to embrace e-cigarettes and the industry’s harm reduction marketing frame, it is important to keep in mind that many countries have rejected e-cigarettes and other ENDS completely. Here is a list that Clear the Air HongContinue reading “47 countries have banned e-cigarettes”
E-cig inventor Hon Lik is still smoking
Popular lore is that Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik invented e-cigarettes in 2003 to help people quit smoking. The Times of London reported that it didn’t work for him. Instead of “switching completely” he is a dual user, vaping and smoking at the same time. Hon Lik’s experience is what you would expect from the strongContinue reading “E-cig inventor Hon Lik is still smoking”
New meta-analysis confirms that e-cigs do not help smokers quit in the real world
Linnea Hedman and colleagues in Sweden just published a new meta-analysis of the relationship between e-cigarette use and smoking cessation, Electronic cigarette use and smoking cessation in cohort studies and randomized trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Like our earlier meta-analysis, did separate analyses of population-based observational studies and randomized trials of e-cigarettes provided asContinue reading “New meta-analysis confirms that e-cigs do not help smokers quit in the real world”
World Heart Federation highlights cardiovascular risks of e-cigs, calls for strict regulation, supports countries with bans
On October 18, 2021 the World Heart Federation released a policy brief “E-cigarettes: A new threat to cardiovascular health,” (press release) that provides an overview of the evidence that e-cigarette use has a wide range of adverse effects on the cardiovascular system that are reflected as an increased risk of heart attack at a populationContinue reading “World Heart Federation highlights cardiovascular risks of e-cigs, calls for strict regulation, supports countries with bans”
Science FDA (and everyone else) needs to actively engage as they think about whether to authorize Juul and the other ecigs
When I read the FDA’s Technical Project Lead summary of its scientific justification for authorizing the sale of RJ Reynolds’ Vuse Solo e-cigarette, I was struck by the fact that it ignored the broad scientific literature on e-cigarettes and seemed to accept industry-framed arguments. For example: They ignored the evidence that as consumer products, e-cigarettesContinue reading “Science FDA (and everyone else) needs to actively engage as they think about whether to authorize Juul and the other ecigs”
FCTC stimulated smoking bans and pictorial warnings but not tax increases or ad bans
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) committed Parties to, among other things, implement tobacco demand reduction measures including smokefree laws, strong health warning labels and increase tobacco taxes. Previous studies, including some of our work, have generally shown that countries followed treaty ratification by implementing at least some of these policies. Now HeikkiContinue reading “FCTC stimulated smoking bans and pictorial warnings but not tax increases or ad bans”
E-cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off cigarettes
Last week the FDA authorized the sale of RJ Reynolds’ (BAT’s US subsidiary) Vuse e-cigarette despite heavy use by kids because “the manufacturer’s data demonstrates its tobacco-flavored products could benefit addicted adult smokers who switch to these products – either completely or with a significant reduction in cigarette consumption – by reducing their exposure toContinue reading “E-cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off cigarettes”
PM’s modified risk tobacco product application for IQOS 3 ignores new published research on toxic emissions in IQOS aerosol and does not demonstrate benefits to individual or population health; FDA should deny its application to make reduced exposure claims
My UCSF TCORS colleagues and I submitted this public comment to the FDA opposing Philip Morris’ application for authorization for them to make modified risk claims for its new IQOS 3 heated tobacco product. A PDF of the comment is here. The Regulations.gov tracking number is kur-iypq-uf1v. Here is the comment: The supplemental modified riskContinue reading “PM’s modified risk tobacco product application for IQOS 3 ignores new published research on toxic emissions in IQOS aerosol and does not demonstrate benefits to individual or population health; FDA should deny its application to make reduced exposure claims”
How Big Tobacco worked behind the scenes in Louisiana for “tort reform”
Tanner Wakefield and I just published “The Tobacco Industry’s Tort Reform Campaign to Avoid Liability in Louisiana” in Addictive Behaviors. This paper uses previously secret internal tobacco industry documents to describe how the tobacco companies worked through intermediaries to promote “tort reform” that would shield it from legal liability for all the death and destructionContinue reading “How Big Tobacco worked behind the scenes in Louisiana for “tort reform””
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