New DHHS report refutes last week's claim by CDC that was sensationalized to push deeming regulation

[Bill Godshall]

DHHS issues "Ending The tobacco Epidemic" progress report that refutes CDC's claim last week (that cigar smoking by high school students increased from 2009 - 2011), which CDC sensationalized to push for deeming regulation (that could ban e-cigarettes).
Ending the Tobacco Epidemic | HHS.gov
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/tobacco/tobaccoprogress2012.pdf

On page 28 of the PDF report (immediately above), another CDC survey shows that cigar smoking among high school students declined from 2009 - 2011.

Last week's CDC report was presented in detail at
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/legislation-news/322556-cdc-steps-up-lobbying-fda-deeming-regulation-spinning-data-misrepresenting-evidence.html

Nothing like the CDC sensationalizing cherry picked data from a cherry picked survey that is refuted by another CDC survey. This is nothing less than public health malpractice by CDC.

 

[Fiamma]

And of course we all know who is behind all the propaganda and posturing. Thanks for the information Bill.

 

[VapApe]

Memo from the CDC management.

On the out side chance that the left hand finds out what the right hand in doing.

DON'T PANIC
As its a unlikely occurrence and not likely to occur again in the foreseeable future.

Thank You

 

[Bill Godshall]

The 2012 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) student survey is at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss6104.pdf
with summaries of tobacco product usage findings on pages 14-17, and corresponding data tables on pages 76-86.

In sum, as graphically plotted out on page 28 of
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/tobacco/tobaccoprogress2012.pdf

Past-30-day use by high school use of tobacco products from 2009 to 2011

Product 2009 2011 Change
Cigarettes 19.5% 18.1% -1.4%
Cigars 14.0% 13.1% -.9%
Smokeless 8.9% 7.7% -1.2%
Any Tobacco 26.0% 23.4% -2.6%

 

[TennDave]

Good find Bill- how how do we throw this in their face?