In response to my blog post notifying people that CDC was closing its Publication Warehouse on Friday August 15, a couple people emailed me saying that the CDC only allowed them to order one or two publications (image above) and told people to “check back tomorrow” because of “high demand for materials.” Given the highContinue reading “Despite Friday deadline, CDC is making it hard to request materials”
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1900 members of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issue statement warning about damage Trump is doing
One problem created by President Trump’s blitzkrieg against a wide range of government, academic, legal and other institutions has been the slow (but growing) development of collective action to defend these institutions and their value to society. Today, about 1900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (home page) issued an openContinue reading “1900 members of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issue statement warning about damage Trump is doing”
KFF looking for current or past DHHS people to talk about what’s going on inside the federal health bureaucracy
KFF Health News, a well-regarded media source, would like to speak with personnel from the Department of Health and Human Services or its component agencies about what’s happening within the federal health bureaucracy. Please share your story here or contact reporter Arthur Allen directly by email or Signal at ArthurA@kff.org or 202-365-6116.
UCSF adds 14,000 “forever chemicals” documents to Industry Documents Library
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”
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”
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”
Breathing ecig PG/VG during pregnancy harms offspring (in rats)
E-cigarette advocates, including the National Health Service in England, promote e-cigarette use to pregnant women as an alternative to smoking cigarettes. When we conducted our systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between e-cigarette use and disease in people, there were not enough studies of effects on pregnancy to do a quantitative risk estimate. TheContinue reading “Breathing ecig PG/VG during pregnancy harms offspring (in rats)”
UCSF releases 350k more Juul documents, bringing total to over 2.2 million
On July 25, 2024 the UCSF Industry Documents Library added 350,00 new JUUL Labs documents to the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library, bringing the total number of publicly available previously secret Juul documents to over 2.2 million. And, there is more to come. These documents have already lead to six publications, including two recent importantContinue reading “UCSF releases 350k more Juul documents, bringing total to over 2.2 million”
Shocking FDA TPSAC Meeting on PMI General Snus modified risk application
I spoke at the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee meeting held yesterday (June 26, 2024) to consider Philip Morris International’s (PMI) Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) application to renew authorization to make modified (read “reduced”) risk claims about its Swedish Match General Snus. I expected the meeting to end with TPSAC voting on aContinue reading “Shocking FDA TPSAC Meeting on PMI General Snus modified risk application”
FDA should not renew its authorization allowing PMI to claim modified risk for its Swedish Match General Snus
My colleagues at UCSF and Stanford and I submitted this comment to the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee opposing extension of PMI’s current authorization to make modified risk claims. (The committee is holding a meeting to discuss the application on June 26, 2004.) A PDF of the comment is here. (It will be submittedContinue reading “FDA should not renew its authorization allowing PMI to claim modified risk for its Swedish Match General Snus”
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