The UCSF Library has added the new Forever Pollution Project Collection as part of the UCSF Industry Documents Library Chemical Industry Documents Archive. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), so-called “forever chemicals” are now widely recognized as a serious environmental problem because they do not break down quickly in the environment and have been linked toContinue reading “UCSF adds 14,000 “forever chemicals” documents to Industry Documents Library”
Author Archives: Stanton Glantz
Heated tobacco products increase risk of metabolic syndrome more than smoking
The tobacco companies have been aggressively promoting heated tobacco products (HTP), including Philip Morris IQOS, BAT’s glo and JTI’s Ploom, as safer alternatives to cigarettes as part of the companies’ efforts to reposition themselves as “part of the solution” to the tobacco problem. Similar to e-cigarettes, they argue that these products are safer because theContinue reading “Heated tobacco products increase risk of metabolic syndrome more than smoking”
Dual use is not an intermediate condition on the way from cigarettes to “switching completely” or quitting
Discussion of potential harm reduction associated with the use of e-cigarettes assumes that smokers will “switch completely” from cigarettes to e-cigarettes or stop both tobacco products. Advocates of this view, including the US FDA, recognize and accept that this process may include a period of dual use in which smokers use both products. Now JosefContinue reading “Dual use is not an intermediate condition on the way from cigarettes to “switching completely” or quitting”
Dual cigarette and e-cig use increases human risk of lung cancer 40 times
As summarized in an earlier blog post, exposure to e-cigarette aerosol accelerates tumore growth and spread (metastasis) among established cancers. This effect is distinct from actually causing the cancer (i.e., carcinogenesis). Indeed, propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine (PG/VG), the primary solvents in e-liquid and which have been assumed to be inert are major causes ofContinue reading “Dual cigarette and e-cig use increases human risk of lung cancer 40 times”
We know a lot about how ecigs promote cancer metastasis
E-cig advocates and regulators including the FDA continue to assume that e-cigarettes pose much lower cancer risks than cigarettes because e-cigarettes deliver much lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens) produced by burning tobacco. This oversimplified logic ignores that we now understand a lot more about the cancer process and the fact that there are complexContinue reading “We know a lot about how ecigs promote cancer metastasis”
UCSF adds 151k Juul documents to Truth Tobacco Documents Library, bringing total to 2.9 million Juul documents
The UCSF Industry Documents Library just released 151.079 new Juul documents, bringing the total to 2,880,772 documents in the JUUL Labs collection and 17,893,389 documents in the Truth Tobacco Documents Library. This new batch of documents includes social media presence reports, marketing campaigns, focus group findings, product design, and more. In partnership with the UniversityContinue reading “UCSF adds 151k Juul documents to Truth Tobacco Documents Library, bringing total to 2.9 million Juul documents”
E-cig advocates publish results showing e-cig users have more respiratory symptoms than nonsmokers
E-cigarette advocate Riccardo Polosa, along with pro-harm reduction colleagues from around the world, recently published Respiratory symptoms among e-cigarette users without an established smoking history in the VERITAS cohort. Their paper presents strong evidence that sole e-cigarette users (i.e., people who are not also smoking cigarettes) are significantly more likely to experience respiratory symptoms thanContinue reading “E-cig advocates publish results showing e-cig users have more respiratory symptoms than nonsmokers”
FDA & NIH must support research to increase tobacco cessation reach and engagement to address populations disproportionately harmed by Big Tobacco
My colleagues and I submitted this public commento to FDA and NIH regarding their priorities for tobacco cessatio research. The Regulations.gov tracking number is m3p-2qiq-zm6w. A PDF version is available here. While it was not publicly available when we were preparing this comment, a lot of the suggestions overlap or complement the recently-released Surgeon GeneralContinue reading “FDA & NIH must support research to increase tobacco cessation reach and engagement to address populations disproportionately harmed by Big Tobacco”
New Surgeon General Report highlights how tobacco industry promotes health disparities, supports menthol and flavor bans and highlights cannabis crossover
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy just released a new Surgeon Genera Report, “Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities—A Report of the Surgeon General” (Press release). Surgeon General Reports, which, like this one, often take years to complete, represent the broad (if cautious) consensus on a scientific topic. Hundreds of people are involved in drafting, reviewing,Continue reading “New Surgeon General Report highlights how tobacco industry promotes health disparities, supports menthol and flavor bans and highlights cannabis crossover”
Calif Dept of Public Health releases important report presenting policy recommendations that account for the fact that high potency cannabis now dominates the market
On October 4,2024, the California Department of Public Health its REPORT ANDRECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HIGH POTENCY CANNABIS THINK TANK TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA prepared by an independent panel of 13 scientist and clinician cannabis experts. It documents the fact that high-potency cannabis has overtaken California and national cannabis markets and summarizes the serious associatedContinue reading “Calif Dept of Public Health releases important report presenting policy recommendations that account for the fact that high potency cannabis now dominates the market”
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