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”
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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””
“Big Vape” is well worth reading
As I said in my review of Lauren Etter’s history of Juul, The Devil’s Playbook, my definition of a good book on tobacco is that I learn things I didn’t already know from reading it. Even after reading Etter’s book, Jamie Ducharme’s Big Vape is a good book. While all the key major events appearContinue reading ““Big Vape” is well worth reading”
“Move Fast and Vape Things” is worth watching
The New York Times just released its new one hour documentary on the origins of Juul, Move Fast and Vape Things. (You can watch a trailer and some clips from the film and link to Hulu, where the full film is available, here.) The film includes interviews with an addicted teen, the two men whoContinue reading ““Move Fast and Vape Things” is worth watching”
British American Tobacco (BAT) Conducted Extensive and Potentially Illegal Activity To Undermine Health Policy, Sabotage Competitors And Secure Profits In Africa
Researchers led by Anna Gilmore at the University of Bath just published three jaw-dropping reports on British American Tobacco’s (BAT) allegedly illegal activities in Africa to undermine competitors through surveillance, bribes and dirty tricks. (They also contributed 273 new documents to the UCSF Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library they used in this work, so theContinue reading “British American Tobacco (BAT) Conducted Extensive and Potentially Illegal Activity To Undermine Health Policy, Sabotage Competitors And Secure Profits In Africa”
Tobacco documents: The end of the beginning
When I got the first box of around 4000 pages of secret tobacco industry documents on May 12, 1994, I thought they would have an impact, but didn’t have a clue as to how big that impact would be. Being able to look inside the tobacco companies to appreciate — in their own words —Continue reading “Tobacco documents: The end of the beginning”
FDA’s recent press release raises 3 issues on how CTP is judging e-cigs
On August 26, 2021, FDA denied marketing orders for around 55,000 flavored e-cigarettes because the manufacturers had not made the case that authorizing the sale of these products was “appropriate for the protection of public health,” the standard in the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that gave the FDA jurisdiction over tobaccoContinue reading “FDA’s recent press release raises 3 issues on how CTP is judging e-cigs”
New WHO report highlights falling cigarette use and challenges that new tobacco products pose to public health and implementation of the FCTC
On July 27, 2021 the WHO released the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products, its eighth such report. The good news is that it documents solid progress in reducing tobacco use. After over a century of growth, “between 2007 and 2019, smoking rates decreased from a global averageContinue reading “New WHO report highlights falling cigarette use and challenges that new tobacco products pose to public health and implementation of the FCTC”
“The Devil’s Playbook” is a great read
My definition of a good book on tobacco is that I learn things I didn’t already know from reading it. Lauren Etter’s new book, The Devil’s Playbook, easily meets and surpasses this standard. Deeply researched beginning with key events in the 1980s, she documents the rise and decline on Juul e-cigarettes and how, at leastContinue reading ““The Devil’s Playbook” is a great read”
NC Juul settlement: It’s a start
On June 28, 2021, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced the first settlement of a state lawsuit against Juul for its marketing to youth “to hold JUUL accountable for its instrumental role in sparking the epidemic of youth vaping and its resulting nicotine addiction.” While the settlement represents a first step, a close readingContinue reading “NC Juul settlement: It’s a start”
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