Like Jamie Ducharme’s book Big Vape, the four hour (in four episodes) Netflix documentary Big Vape tracks Juul’s development from an idea by two Stanford grad students to compete with Big Tobacco by creating a less dangerous product to replace cigarettes into part of the tobacco industry. It does a particularity good job of highlightingContinue reading “Netflix documentary Big Vape is worth watching”
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Regulations prohibiting import and sales of e-cigs work; Brazil and Thailand should keep them
Dozens of countries have issued regulations simply prohibiting the import and sale of e-cigarettes. These policies are under attack in Brazil and Thailand (again). Industry advocates argue that a better policy would be to legalize and regulate these products. The actual evidence tells a very different story. While policies prohibiting the import and sale ofContinue reading “Regulations prohibiting import and sales of e-cigs work; Brazil and Thailand should keep them”
FDA (and others) should integrate the relationship between cannabis and tobacco use
My UCSF colleagues and I submitted a public comment to the FDA Center for Tobacco Products regarding its upcoming strategic plan urging FDA to more strongly integrate the crossover between tobacco and cannabis use into its planning. While FDA does not (yet) have jurisdiction over cannabis, there is no question that growing cannabis use hasContinue reading “FDA (and others) should integrate the relationship between cannabis and tobacco use”
Streaming programs in Germany promoting tobacco use, too
Earlier studies have documented lots of smoking and other tobacco use in popular US and Indian streaming media programs, with most of exposure coming from programs produced by American companies, most notably Netflix and Amazon. Now Matthis Morgenstern and colleagues (including me) have shown that the same thing is true in popular German streaming programs.Continue reading “Streaming programs in Germany promoting tobacco use, too”
Juul 2: Facebook merges with a drug cartel
E-cigarette company Juul has applied to the FDA for permission to market its Juul 2 e-cigarette, which allows two-way communication with the device, nominally to prevent youth use. Juul reports that the Juul 2 pairs with a phone app to verify a user’s age: “The user must upload their photo ID and take a real-timeContinue reading “Juul 2: Facebook merges with a drug cartel”
More evidence that comprehensive smokefree laws are a good idea: Less youth vaping
It’s been well-established for a long time that tobacco control policies, particularly comprehensive 100% smokefree laws and taxes, are associated with less smoking among youth. Now Brian Kelly and colleagues recently published “Tobacco Policy & ENDS Policy Influences on Adolescent Vaping across U.S. States” have extended this literature to state e-cigarette laws. They linked theContinue reading “More evidence that comprehensive smokefree laws are a good idea: Less youth vaping”
UC publishes oral history of Stanton Glantz: Putting Cardiovascular, Epidemiological, Economic, Political, and Policy Research into Action at UC San Francisco and Beyond
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”
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”
E-cig market shifts to keep growing rapidly as it adapts to loopholes the federal government leaves open
Last week, the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report published “E-cigarette Unit Sales by Product and Flavor Type, and Top-Selling Brands, United States, 2020–2022” that reported rapid growth in e-cigarette sales: from January, 2020 to December, 2022, e-cigarette sales increased by 46.6%. (These figures are based on checkout bar code scanner data from retailers andContinue reading “E-cig market shifts to keep growing rapidly as it adapts to loopholes the federal government leaves open”
Who’s behind the expensive campaign to ban Chinese disposable e-cigs?
On June 21, 2023 Consumer Action for a Strong Economy ran this full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle urging the public to demand that the FDA “get illicit disposable vapes in kid-enticing flavors from China off American store shelves.” On the webpage linked to this ad, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE)Continue reading “Who’s behind the expensive campaign to ban Chinese disposable e-cigs?”
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