FDA Obama's DHHS teaming up with aerosol research group to demonize vaping

[Bill Godshall]

The American Association for Aerosol Research e-mailed the following
"AAAR Special Symposium on Electronic Cigarettes: Call for Abstracts Now Open!"
to members of the Society for Research on Nicotine and tobacco, but hasn't posted any details of this symposium on e-cigarettes (except for its title) on its conference website at AAAR Annual Conference

For most of the Obama administration, Jonathan Samet served as FDA's scientific rubber stamper (chairing its TPSAC) promoting many different FDA tobacco control policy and research agendas, while NIH/FDA funded Rachel Grana collaborated with Stan Glantz in making false fear mongering claims about vaping to lobby for FDA's vapor product ban and to enact vaping bans. Meanwhile, FDA, NIH and NIDA have funded most of the activist researchers and universities that have issued press releases misrepresenting their findings and other evidence to demonize vapor products and vaping, and to lobby for FDA's vapor deeming ban, vaping bans, vapor taxation, increasing minimum age for vapor, etc.

I contacted AAAR to inform them that none of the following details (in AAAR's Call for Abstracts for the e-cig seminar) have been posted on their website, and that the panel is stacked with vaping opponents from the same federal agencies that have funded most of the junk science and propaganda demonizing vaping.

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AAAR Special Symposium on Electronic Cigarettes: Call for Abstracts Now Open!

Abstract submissions are now being accepted for a Special Symposium
Electronic Cigarettes: Formulation, Particle Generation, Deposition and Health Effects
American Association for Aerosol Research 35th Annual Conference
October 17-21, 2016; Portland, Oregon

The call for abstracts is now open for the American Association for Aerosol Research 35thAnnual Conference. We are inviting submissions for a Special Symposium on electronic cigarettes, which will include sessions on formulation, particle generation, deposition, and health effects. Dr. Jonathan Samet will give the conference plenary to kick off this Special Symposium. The planning committee for this special session includes the following members.

Anthony Wexler, PhD, Air Quality Research Center, University of California, Davis
Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH, Tobacco Regulatory Science Program, Office of Disease Prevention, NIH
Rachel Grana, PhD, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Lisa Postow, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Kevin Walton, PhD, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
Elizabeth Durmowicz, MD, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA

We look forward to seeing your abstracts. For questions, feel free to contact Tony Wexler (aswexler@ucdavis.edu) or Kay Wanke (kay.wanke@nih.gov). More information, including instructions for submission, can be found below:

http://AAARabstracts.com/2016.

Questions regarding the mechanics of abstract submission should be addressed to:
Jeff Lindley
support@AAARabstracts.com
Telephone: 949-278-5722

Questions concerning AAAR abstract codes or AAAR membership status should be directed to:
Jacqueline Drzemiecki
info@aaar.org

Questions regarding abstract acceptance should be directed to the 2016 Conference Chair:
Professor Mark T. Swihart
UB Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Executive Director, NYS Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
506 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-4200
Phone: 716-645-1181; Fax: 716-645-3822
Web: www.cbe.buffalo.edu/swihart
E-mail: swihart@buffalo.edu

Abstract Procedures

Each AAAR member will be given a code for one (1) free abstract submission to the AAAR 2016 Annual Conference. Codes are transferable, so they can be gifted or traded. Additional abstract submissions will cost $50 each. This abstract fee is intended to enhance the quality of the AAAR presentations in part by reducing the number of no-shows.

Current AAAR members (including student members) will be emailed a code which they will use for the first submission. Each specific code can be used only once. (Remember that your unique code can be given to another author, if you desire.) Nonmembers or individuals submitting more than one abstract will be guided through the payment process on the abstract web site: http://AAARabstracts.com/2016. Questions about the abstract submission process should be directed tosupport@AAARabstracts.com. Questions concerning AAAR membership details should be directed to info@aaar.org.

1. Abstract Preparation: Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in English. Please follow the submission instructions on the AAAR abstracts web site.
2. Co-Author Approval: Ensure that all co-authors approve the abstract and its potential presentation.
3. Abstract submission to any of the special symposia or topical areas is welcome.
4. The deadline for submission is Friday, April 29. Abstracts received after this deadline will be considered for the late breaking poster sessions.
5. Abstract Receipt Confirmation: You will receive an email confirmation immediately following the submission of your abstract. If you do not receive a confirmation for your abstract within 24 hours, or if you have questions, please email support@AAARabstracts.com.
6. Changes to Abstracts: You may make changes to your abstract through the support@AAARabstracts.com web site until the deadline of Friday, April 29, 2015.
7. Abstract Review: Abstracts will be reviewed by the AAAR Technical Program Committee along with the Conference Chair. Abstract acceptance notifications will be emailed only to corresponding authors.
8. Corrections after Acceptance: Notice of acceptance will include the title and author list for your paper as it will appear in the final program. Any corrections to this listing should be directed to support@AAARabstracts.com.

American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130
Reston, VA 20190 USA
P: 703-437-4377 | F: 703-435-4390
www.AAAR.org | info@AAAR.org

 

[Grimwald]

Seem's as if this Jonathan Samet fellow has been an ANTZ for quite a bit longer than just the Obama administration...since at least 1998.

Just saying that when you start your thread with Obama bashing, you turn off 1/2 of the population.

 

[curiousJan]

I don't see any Obama bashing (as someone who voted twice for the man for President and a resident of his home state.) I see a statement of fact regarding Samet's recent career.

 

[nicnik]

I don't see any Obama bashing (as someone who voted twice for the man for President and a resident of his home state.) I see a statement of fact regarding Samet's recent career.

I voted for him twice, would vote for him again over any of the many candidates who've run in this campaign other than Sanders, 'as the lesser evil', but like with every President, I have major complaints. The Obama administration's handling of vaping is disgraceful, corrupt and destructive.

 

[Knifemaker]

As is just about everything else his administration has done. And you would vote for him again? Marx was right!

I no longer recognize my Country. Much less so many of my fellow Countrymen. Such a shame. As someone who served to protect the Constitution and the people of this country, to see people make excuses for its downfall and encouraging its destructive path by ignoring the truth of what is happening, is sickening!

Knife

 

[lynn508]

Seem's as if this Jonathan Samet fellow has been an ANTZ for quite a bit longer than just the Obama administration...since at least 1998.

Just saying that when you start your thread with Obama bashing, you turn off 1/2 of the population.

 

[lynn508]

You also turn on the other half of the population. The younger people don't realize the changes this country has gone through in just the last 30 years and not for the better.

 

[Knifemaker]

I don't for a minute believe it is truly 1/2 of the population. Sure, many have fallen for the Socialist propaganda, but will eventually see the light. The communist have always used the youth to spread their message, and exactly why they call them the "Useful Idiots" Their words, not mine.

When the socialist come to power, history has taught us that the helpful followers are the first to be imprisoned, or killed, by their very Idols. It has happened over and over throughout the world.

Once the Hollywood types figure out that the sharing of the wealth means giving up their life styles of privilege, and the students learn that Freedom of speech doesn't mean just what they want to be heard, but "ALL", their positions will change. But sadly, it will likely be too late.

So yes, I am perfectly willing to turn off not only the communist, the socialist, or whatever new word they hide behind. (Progressive was the last big one. Which H. Clinton proudly professes to be).

I would prefer to turn on the minds of our youth to see the truth, and the danger we as a free people are in! But how do we do that? Researching the Schools of Higher Learning that we send our children to would be a start.

There are still Schools not run by, nor classes taught by sworn enemies of a free, and democratic nation. Where propaganda is the norm, and education is supplanted by socialist anti Democratic rhetoric, to turn our children against their parents, truth, honest, and democracy. They do exist, but are harder and harder to find.

We will have to actually work toward this end. Simply staying silent in the background will not work. Never has.

Shut them off? Yep, like a bad light switch, and replace it with the enlightenment of the truth of a free people.

Knife

 

[FishingBuffalo]

To quote Bob Dobbs- " The Freedom of Democracy through Communism" We can not let that happen.

 

[curiousJan]

This is not a political post nor is this the OUTSIDE forum.