Today the Oral History Center at the University of California Bancroft Library published an oral history of my career, which is freely available to all. Beginning in elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio, the history follows me through college and gradual school. It discusses my work to develop the emergency protocols for the Apollo 5 missionContinue reading “UC publishes oral history of Stanton Glantz: Putting Cardiovascular, Epidemiological, Economic, Political, and Policy Research into Action at UC San Francisco and Beyond”
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More evidence that England’s (and Canada and US FDA) enthusiastic approach to e-cigarettes is a disaster
In April 2023, David Hammond and colleagues published trends in high school use of e-cigarettes, cigarettes and other tobacco products in three e-cigarette-countries with policies to promote adult use of e-cigarettes for harm reduction: England, Canada and the US. In the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC) Youth Tobacco and Vaping Survey England, whichContinue reading “More evidence that England’s (and Canada and US FDA) enthusiastic approach to e-cigarettes is a disaster”
Guardian exposes Big Tobacco’s effort to make it look like the public opposes e-cig regulation in England
Last week, the Guardian published a detailed article, Lobbyists with links to Big Tobacco fund pro-vaping Facebook campaigns: Secretive lobby groups are spreading pro-e-cigarette messages purporting to be grassroots campaigns, detailing how historical tobacco industry allies and third parties have created a network to make it look like there is grass-roots opposition to regulate e-cigarettes.Continue reading “Guardian exposes Big Tobacco’s effort to make it look like the public opposes e-cig regulation in England”
India first country to address tobacco promotions in streaming content
India continues to lead in reducing impact of onscreen tobacco use. On May 31, 2023, India’s government closed the loophole for streaming content, making India the first country in the world to issue regulations related to and designed to curb tobacco use in movies and other content that appears on streaming services. The government, legislators,Continue reading “India first country to address tobacco promotions in streaming content”
E-cig studies from England twice as likely to support e-cigs as studies from other countries
England is unquestionably the most pro-e-cigarette country on the planet, most recently evidenced by the fact that the government is giving away free e-cigarette starter kits to one million smokers despite the fact that e-cigarettes as consumer products don’t help smokers quit and may, in the long run, keep them smoking (even in England). TheContinue reading “E-cig studies from England twice as likely to support e-cigs as studies from other countries”
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”
Thai kids who start with e-cigs more likely to go on to add cigs
Kade Patanavanich, Methavee Worawattanakul, and I just published “Longitudinal bidirectional association between youth electronic cigarette use and tobacco cigarette smoking initiation in Thailand” in Tobacco Control. This paper shows that in Thailand, as in richer countries, never-smoking youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to become smokers than kids who don’t use e-cigarettes. (Kids whoContinue reading “Thai kids who start with e-cigs more likely to go on to add cigs”
Cannabis companies engage in “corporate social responsibility” activities similar to what tobacco companies do
The tobacco companies (and some other companies) use “corporate social responsibility” programs in which the companies stress some socially desirable behavior — such as affirmative action in hiring or supporting cultural institutions — to distract attention from the fact that they engage in predatory marketing of a dangerous product. As the legal cannabis industry emerges,Continue reading “Cannabis companies engage in “corporate social responsibility” activities similar to what tobacco companies do”
How the multinational tobacco companies fight tobacco control in India: The more things change the more they stay the same
Amit Yadav and I just published “Tobacco industry thwarts ad ban legislation in India in the 1990s: Lessons for meeting FCTC obligations under Articles 13 and 5.3” in Addictive Behaviors. This paper uses previously secret tobacco industry documents to present a history of the early battles in India to reign in the multinational tobacco industry.Continue reading “How the multinational tobacco companies fight tobacco control in India: The more things change the more they stay the same”
Now the usual “international experts” have shown up supporting industry efforts to weaken regulation of e-cigs and HTP in the Philippines
Under pressure from industry, the Philippine Congress has passed a retrograde bill that would roll back regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Medical and health groups, as well as the government’s own Department of Health, are urging President Rodrigo R. Duterte to veto the bill, known as the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act. TheContinue reading “Now the usual “international experts” have shown up supporting industry efforts to weaken regulation of e-cigs and HTP in the Philippines”
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