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Why The War On Vaping Is Needlessly Killing People "The FDA’s obstinate, unscientific hostility has cost countless lives." ~ Steve Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2024/09/19/why-the-war-on-vaping-is-needlessly-killing-people/ -
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The CDC has recently updated website pages about adult tobacco use with 2022 data, including this one about smoking: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States A report, "Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2022: 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)... -
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Dual use (smoking and #vaping) is often called a PROBLEM with vaping by Tobacco Control. This study suggests dual use may actually be PROGRESS: "Dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes can result in a reduction of smoking and may preclude quitting smoking. Sustained e-cigarette use is not... -
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Did this study show that vaping is "linked to cognitive decline?" No. This is yet another study that fails to answer the "Which came first?" question. Researchers did NOT say they tested the Ecuadorian students' cognitive function BEFORE they started vaping and compare it to their scores... -
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The "Flavors Hook Kids" campaign in Washington falsely claims that "flavored tobacco products, especially e-cigarettes, have addicted a new generation of kids and threaten to reverse the decades-long progress Washington has made in reducing youth tobacco use." We've covered these types of... -
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There have been many headlines recently about this study claiming that #vaping "might make young adults physically weaker" and even go as far as claiming that the study suggests that vaping "damages young people’s lungs as much as smoking." News outlets are uncritically repeating the claims... -
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CASAA THR NEWS High school vaping falls to just 7.8%. ZYN factory expanding to meet demand. American Lung Association spouts facts while hiding the truth. Public Health worries more about vaping than smoking in Ohio and Kentucky and much more! READ MORE... -
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In 21 years, high school smoking dropped from 22.9% to 1.9% and ALL tobacco/nicotine use (which includes e-cigarettes) dropped from 28.4% to 12.6%. In the 5 years before the CDC started reporting on high school vaping (at just 1.5% in 2011,) high school smoking had declined just 4 percentage... -
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The first report from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) has been released and it's not looking good for the "youth vaping epidemic;" "vaping threatens to undo years of work by public health" and "nicotine pouches are the new e-cigarettes" narratives. Middle and high school current... -
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Oh boy, they’re keeping us busy today! This article from the North Kentucky Tribune featuring cardiologist Damodhar Suresh from St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a doozy. There's so much WRONG to unpack here, but here are some highlights. "Vaping (using e-cigarettes) is actually no safer than... -
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This small study of 50 people who smoke concluded only that “there is a direct association between airway inflammation and respiratory mechanics in patients with asthma after the use of an e-cigarette." Is it possible that vaping has a significantly lower impact on those with asthma than... -
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"The real smokescreen here is that tobacco control advocates like the ALA have shifted from a strategy of misinformation to one of disinformation; that is, intentionally spreading false information to influence public opinion.... "Moreover, by using “the children” to fearmonger, the ALA... -
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What this article doesn't tell you is that high school SMOKING is also still much higher in Ohio (3.3%) and Kentucky (4.4%) than the national average (1.9%), as well. They urge parents to "to talk to their kids about the dangers of vaping," but more adults -- many of them parents -- are also... -
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We recently posted about claims that "vaping threatens to undo years of work by public health" and this article is a perfect example. As we showed with the chart in that previous post, there's no evidence to support that claim, but in this Lund Report article, the American Lung Association uses... -
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The Kentucky factory that manufactures Zyn is expanding to help meet demand for the safer, smoke-free alternatives to smoking. “We are accelerating our mission toward a smoke-free future, working with our U.S. affiliates to move adults away from cigarettes and other traditional tobacco products... -
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This study "focuses on young adults who only vape nicotine and whether exposure to new and emerging nicotine and cannabis products, such as those with new flavors or product designs, leads to other tobacco or cannabis product use." It sounds as though it will essentially be a "gateway theory"... -
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We often see the claim that young people moving to tobacco harm reduction products, such as #vaping and nicotine pouches, "threatens to undo years of public health efforts that had led to a decline in nicotine use" and are "creating a new generation addicted to nicotine." This graph is a... -
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CASAA THR NEWS Blatant lies in PA anti vaping video. Article uses 2015 youth data as "evidence." Aitkin County, MN drops flavor ban. San Antonio wants a public use ban EVERYWHERE & more! https://casaa.org/blatant-lies-in-pennsylvania-anti-vaping-video-and-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/ -
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What articles like these don't seem to want the public to know is how past-30-day high school smoking in West Virginia had dramatically and unexpectedly dropped 12 percentage points from 19.6% in 2013 to 7.6% in 2021 (YRBSS). Compare that to the previous 8 year time period when smoking dropped... -
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The lies about "health risks" used to support indoor #vaping bans -- and the bans themselves -- discourage adults who smoke from switching to these far safer alternatives. How is people continuing to smoke better for public health? This proposed indoor (and outdoor) ban in San Antonio is...