Roengrudee Patanavanich, her Thai colleagues, and I just published “Patterns of e-cigarette use by sex and age in Thailand: The National Health Examination Survey 2024–2025” that provides detailed statistics on cigarette and e-cigarette use in Thailand, a country that does not allow import and sale of e-cigarettes. We found current e-cigarette use among 5.3% ofContinue reading “Some Thai e-cig use despite ban on imports and sales”
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Comprehensive smoke-free laws reduce cardiovascular deaths
In 2004, when Richard Sargent, Robert Shepard and I published “Reduced incidence of admissions for myocardial infarction associated with public smoking ban: before and after study” reporting that hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped when Helena, Montana passed its smoke-free law, it was controversial. Since then, many studies have confirmed and expanded this conclusion (InstituteContinue reading “Comprehensive smoke-free laws reduce cardiovascular deaths”
Evidence that ecigs are a gateway to smoking and promote relapse in former smokers keeps piling up
Jagdish Kaur from WHO and several colleagues from India’s new paper “E-cigarette use and subsequent tobacco smoking initiation: an umbrella review with Bayesian model meta-analysis” provides the most comprehensive summary of evidence that e-cigarettes promote cigarette smoking in nonsmokers available to date. They also show that e-cigarette use in former smokers promotes relapse to smoking.Continue reading “Evidence that ecigs are a gateway to smoking and promote relapse in former smokers keeps piling up”
FDA should not authorize marketing flavored ZYN a modified risk claim because they will harm youth
My colleagues at UCSF and Stanford have submitted this public comment to FDA opposing its approval of Swedish Match (owned by Philip Morris International) claim that ZYN is less dangerous because of particular adverse effects on youth (PDF). The TPSAC tracking number is mk4-kp68-wmg2 and the general docket tracking number is mk5-q1p5-yauh on Regulations.gov. FDAContinue reading “FDA should not authorize marketing flavored ZYN a modified risk claim because they will harm youth”
FDA should not authorize marketing ZYN nicotine pouches as having lower risk because the claim is likely to be misinterpreted to mean ZYN has been approved by FDA for cessation and consumers do not understand that they need to switch completely to get the purported benefits
My colleagues at UCSF and Stanford have submitted this public comment to FDA opposing its approval of Swedish Match (owned by Philip Morris International) claim that ZYN is less dangerous because it will be misunderstood as saying FDA endorsed ZYN (PDF). The TPSAC tracking number is mk4-kxvh-7j9n and the general docket tracking number is mk5-q1p5-yauhContinue reading “FDA should not authorize marketing ZYN nicotine pouches as having lower risk because the claim is likely to be misinterpreted to mean ZYN has been approved by FDA for cessation and consumers do not understand that they need to switch completely to get the purported benefits”
FDA should not authorize marketing flavored ZYN nicotine pouches as modified risk products because Swedish Match failed to provide evidence specific to ZYN demonstrating that they will benefit the health of the population, including youth
My colleagues at UCSF and Stanford have submitted this public comment to FDA opposing its approval of Swedish Match (owned by Philip Morris International) claim that ZYN is less dangerous (PDF). The TPSAC tracking number is mk4-k6rg-rvku and the general docket tracking number is mk5-q1p5-yauh on Regulations.gov. Here is the comment: FDA’s should not authorizeContinue reading “FDA should not authorize marketing flavored ZYN nicotine pouches as modified risk products because Swedish Match failed to provide evidence specific to ZYN demonstrating that they will benefit the health of the population, including youth”
HTP attract youth, act as a gateway to cigarettes, and keep adults smoking
The cigarette companies have introduced several generations of heated tobacco products (HTP) going back to the 1960s in the hope that generating the nicotine aerosol the consumer inhales by heating rather than burning the tobacco would lower risk by avoiding the toxic combustion products created by burning tobacco. None of these earlier products were successfulContinue reading “HTP attract youth, act as a gateway to cigarettes, and keep adults smoking”
Despite Friday deadline, CDC is making it hard to request materials
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”
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.
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