The fact that smokefree laws are followed by reductions in hospitalization for heart attacks has been well-documented (page 435) in developed countries such as the U.S. and European countries. Thailand began implementing smoking restrictions in 1992 and then repeatedly updated them to expand smokefree places. In 2010, Thailand achieved 100% smokefree public places at theContinue reading “Smokefree law and tobacco tax increases followed by big drops in heart attacks in Thailand”
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SF Board of Supervisors passes tobacco smokefree multiunit housing bill but exempts marijuana
Tonight the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to make multiunit housing tobacco smokefree but turned a blind eye to the evidence on the similar harms of secondhand marijuana smoke. The Board will have to vote a second time next week to send the ordinance to the mayor for signature. Marijuana advocates successfully arguedContinue reading “SF Board of Supervisors passes tobacco smokefree multiunit housing bill but exempts marijuana”
More evidence that e-cigs expanding nicotine addiction
Since the introduction of e-cigarettes to the U.S. market, use has increased rapidly among youth. Some have argued that, while not optimal, this increase represents kids who would otherwise have smoked cigarettes. In particular, Levy et al (Levy et al., 2017, Levy et al. 2018) concluded that the decline in U.S. youth cigarette smoking acceleratedContinue reading “More evidence that e-cigs expanding nicotine addiction”
Smoking marijuana associated with higher heart disease and stroke risk
One of the difficulties in studying the epidemiological link between marijuana use and disease is the fact that most people who smoke marijuana also smoke cigarettes, making it hard to pry the effects apart in a statistical analysis. Siddarth Shah and colleagues just published an important analysis that avoids this problem by only studying neverContinue reading “Smoking marijuana associated with higher heart disease and stroke risk”
How Thailand successful fought tobacco industry efforts to overturn its ENDS ban
Here in the USA and many other countries there are debates on the health effects of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products and whether they are, as the tobacco companies claim, reducing harm, some countries have decided to just prohibit their sale entirely. In doing so they have avoided skyrocketing youth use and can sit onContinue reading “How Thailand successful fought tobacco industry efforts to overturn its ENDS ban”
Juul delivers less of an important carcinogen than cigs
Kim Pulvers and colleagues recently published “Effect of Pod e-Cigarettes vs Cigarettes on Carcinogen Exposure Among African American and Latinx Smokers,” a well-done randomized controlled trial that demonstrated that African American and Latinx smokers who switched from cigarettes to Juul for 6 weeks had substantially lower levels of the lung carcinogen NNAL in their urine.Continue reading “Juul delivers less of an important carcinogen than cigs”
More evidence that e-cigs damage lung health independent of smoking
Wubn Xie and colleagues just published another well-done study showing that e-cigarette use (current and past) increases risk of lung disease by about 30%-70% even after taking any current or past smoking in to account. They used 4 years of the large Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study that follows people over time.Continue reading “More evidence that e-cigs damage lung health independent of smoking”
CDC newly posted surveillance data on smoking in films shows less smoking in PG-13 movies
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted its eighth annual update on “Smoking in the Movies” on November 10, 2020. This year’s sum-up of content trends and company performance highlights several key developments in 2019: • R-rated incidents per film hit a record high • Tobacco levelsContinue reading “CDC newly posted surveillance data on smoking in films shows less smoking in PG-13 movies”
Ad firm with tobacco ties makes product placement deals in entertainment media
Variety ran a story this week about AMC Networks’ placing PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew brand in its cable series The Walking Dead. Who helped set up this deal? The article names The Content Collective, a unit of Omnicom Media Group: • Omnicom Media (global advertising, marketing and PR) cut its ties with e-cig maker Juul Labs inContinue reading “Ad firm with tobacco ties makes product placement deals in entertainment media”
Ordinance to make multi-unit housing in San Francisco (tobacco) smokefree advances
Today the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee unanimously forwarded an ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors (the City’s legislative body) to make buildings with 3 or more housing units smokefree. The public commenters strongly supported the ordinance with cogent stories about how they and their families were suffering from secondhand smoke drifting inContinue reading “Ordinance to make multi-unit housing in San Francisco (tobacco) smokefree advances”
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