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Memo to Feds: Tobacco ≠ Smoking
Government officials almost always use the word “tobacco” when they are actually discussing “cigarettes” or “smoking.” This practice is apparent in a 2015 progress report from the Centers for Disease...
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Sacramento Bee Errs Twice with Fake News on E-Cigarettes
The Sacramento Bee on January 21 published a column written by a hearing aids company executive. Titled “E-cigarettes may also cause hearing loss” (here), the piece asserted that “damage to inner ear...
View ArticleIn The Tank (ep78) – Tax Cut Roundup, Alternatives to Smoking, and the Cost...
John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #78 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think...
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Will the FDA ‘Deeming Rule’ Spell the Demise of the Vaping Industry?
Vaping: How Government Regulation Can Kill Innovation was the topic of The Heartland Institute’s continuing series of Wednesday evening events that are available free to the public. Featured speakers...
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Promote Health by Not Defending the E-Cigarette Ban
Harm reduction — opting for a product or activity that is not harmless but is better than the existing alternative — is a common and obvious strategy that we employ almost unthinkingly. For example,...
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Health Departments Lobbying Against E-Cigs Are Robbing Taxpayers, Harming...
As if the Food and Drug Administration’s deeming regulations weren’t enough to stall the future of the vaping industry, numerous county health departments have decided to lodge themselves in the war...
View ArticleIn The Tank (ep130) – Daylight Savings Time, Medicaid Waiting Lists, Horse...
John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #130 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think...
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FDA Creates Cigarette Confusion – Calls for Science to Back up Policy
Washington, D.C. –The FDA today announced a plan to move forward to develop a regulation that would mandate a reduction in nicotine in combustible cigarettes to a very low level. The FDA justified the...
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E-Cig Policy Is A Much-Needed Step In The Right Direction
The American Cancer Society’s (ACS) new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change, making some good first steps toward helping more...
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Retract the UC San Francisco E-Cigarette “Gateway” Study
Some published articles are so flawed that they deserve retraction. A case in point is the Pediatrics article by University of California San Francisco’s Benjamin W. Chaffee, Shannon Lea Watkins, and...
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UC San Francisco Authors Inadvertently Validate Our Call for Retraction
In the previous post I described fatal flaws in a study by University of California San Francisco’s Benjamin W. Chaffee, Shannon Lea Watkins and Stanton A. Glantz in the journal Pediatrics (here)....
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American Cancer Society Sees Zero Cancer Risk for Smokeless Tobacco
A June 11th American Cancer Society policy paper (here) states that the Society will “focus on the primary goal of ending deadly combustible tobacco use… Given this imperative, ACS will provide smokers...
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FDA’s Anti-Smoking Strategy Puts Lives At Risk
July 28th marks the one year anniversary of the FDA’s landmark announcement to embark on what it called a “new comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation” that “places nicotine, and the...
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FDA Claims There’s Market Freedom While Blocking Tobacco Harm Reduction Products
In July, a National Public Radio (NPR) segment reported the United States is in the midst of a “significant shortage of injectable opioids.” Consequently, doctors are worried that injectable opioids,...
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The Science-Based Community and E-Cigarettes
Government agencies populated with scientists people are pleased to call “experts” are often thought to be above the ordinary give-and-take of politics and, especially, immune to the clarion calls of...
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FDA Is Celebrating the Great American Smokeout with a Great Unnecessary Vapeout
November 15 marks the 42nd Great American Smokeout, an annual celebration hosted by the American Cancer Society (ACS) that “provides an opportunity … to encourage people to use the date to make a plan...
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Smokeless Tobacco Can Save Lives, But Only if Smokers Have All the Facts
When products have the potential to save millions of lives, it’s helpful if people are told about those benefits. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can do just that as it considers allowing...
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A Vision for Tobacco Policy; 2020 Edition
Smoking rates among adults and youth are plummeting. And while too many youth are vaping, legislators and regulators at the federal lave have recently made significant changes which are likely to...
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