FDA steps up lobbying for deeming reg (that would protect cigarettes by banning e-cigs) by authoring entire supplement of prohibitionist Tobacco Contr

[Bill Godshall]

Instead of working to reduce smoking, FDA has stepped up its lobbying campaign to impose the deeming regulation (that would protect cigarettes by banning e-cigs) by authoring an entire supplement of prohibitionist tobacco Control that demonizes e-cigs, denies existence of health benefits for smokers who switched to vaping, and grossly exaggerates negligible, theoretical and nonexistent e-cig risks to confuse and scare.
Tob Control
Introduction to tobacco control supplement -- Chen and Husten 23 (suppl 2): ii1 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes: product characterisation and design considerations -- Brown and Cheng 23 (suppl 2): ii4 -- Tobacco Control
Chemical evaluation of electronic cigarettes -- Cheng 23 (suppl 2): ii11 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes in the USA: a summary of available toxicology data and suggestions for the future -- Orr 23 (suppl 2): ii18 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes: abuse liability, topography and subjective effects -- Evans and Hoffman 23 (suppl 2): ii23 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes and nicotine clinical pharmacology -- Schroeder and Hoffman 23 (suppl 2): ii30 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes: human health effects -- Callahan-Lyon 23 (suppl 2): ii36 -- Tobacco Control
The impact of electronic cigarettes on the paediatric population -- Durmowicz 23 (suppl 2): ii41 -- Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes: incorporating human factors engineering into risk assessments -- Yang et al. 23 (suppl 2): ii47 -- Tobacco Control
Research gaps related to the environmental impacts of electronic cigarettes -- Chang 23 (suppl 2): ii54 -- Tobacco Control


Here's a commentary on one of the FDA's articles

Carl Phillips: FDA reveals its views on ecigs in publication
FDA reveals its views on ecigs in new publication | Anti-THR Lies and related topics

I basically agree with Carl's depressing analysis that the FDA is trying to rewrite the scientific evidence about e-cigs and THR (similar to the way DHHS and NIH rewrote the scientific evidence about smokeless tobacco during the past 30 years to confuse, scare and discourage smokers from switching to the far less hazardous alternatives).


But there are some accurate and objective statements sprinkled throughout the FDA's misinformation (that we should cite as evidence e-cigs benefit public health).

For example at
Introduction to tobacco control supplement -- Chen and Husten 23 (suppl 2): ii1 -- Tobacco Control

“The net population impact depends on the number who potentially benefit multiplied by the magnitude of
that benefit and the number potentially harmed multiplied by the magnitude of the harm they experience.”

Since e-cigs appear to be 99% less hazardous than cigarettes, 100 times more nonsmokers than smokers would have to begin vaping for e-cigs to harm overall public health.

And since about 1 million smokers in the US have already quit smoking (by switching to vaping), 100 million nonsmokers would have to begin daily vaping to offset the health benefits that have already accrued to the million smokers who switched to vaping. But there is still no evidence than any nonsmoker has ever become a daily vaper (although its possible that some have).

Further, the evidence indicates that 99% of all e-cigs have been consumed by smokers (or by vapers who quit smoking by switching to e-cigs), and that adult smokers are 100 times more likely than nonsmokers to be current e-cig users.

So its pretty clear that the FDA (and everyone else that opposes e-cigs) either cannot comprehend basic mathematics that is taught in grade schools, or the FDA has been lying about and obfuscating the math in order to lobby for the deeming regulation. Unfortunately for public health, this latter explanation is correct.

That's why vapers need to contact their members of Congress, and write letters to editors opposing the FDA deeming regulation.

Action Alert: Urge Congress to prevent FDA from banning e-cigarettes again and to stop FDA from giving the e-cig industry to Big Tobacco
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...op-fda-giving-e-cig-industry-big-tobacco.html

 

[DrMA]

Since e-cigs appear to be 99% less hazardous than cigarettes, 100 times more nonsmokers than smokers would have to begin vaping for e-cigs to harm overall public health.

Brilliant! This is going in my collection of "sound bites" responses to common ecig prohibitionist propaganda.