Prohibitionist Measures Threaten Public Health

In the December edition of the highly prestigious academic Journal, Science, the Dean of the College of Public Health at Ohio State University gives a clear warning against overreacting against vaping by instituting prohibitionist policies to deter youth adoption, but at the peril of derailing adult use, citing the clear public health benefits to adults using this technology to replace …

E-Cigarettes are a Gateway to Smoking, so as Teen Vaping Dramatically Increased from 21% to 28%, Smoking Plummeted to Lowest Historical Level

By: Dr. Michael Siegel Countering the claims of anti-nicotine groups that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking, data released yesterday from the National Youth Tobacco Survey indicate that while the rates of teen vaping continued to increase dramatically (from 21% in 2018 to 28% in 2019 and from 12% to 28% from 2017-2019), the rate of decline in youth …

Public Health Argument #2 – A Person Smoking, versus a Person Vaping

Good afternoon, My name is ______ I am a [STATE] resident, a former smoker of _____ years, and a current vapor of ______ years. If this legislature truly has the public health’s best interests at heart, and the goal is genuinely a smoke free society, it must accept that vapors are part of the solution, not the problem. What we …

Public Health Argument #3 – vaping is the most successful means to quit smoking

Good Afternoon, My name is _________ and I am a [STATE] resident, taxpayer, and former smoker.   Vaping helped me quit smoking, and I am not alone; even the most vocal opponents of vaping can agree on some basic facts, with regards to the benefits of vaping.   Scientists and Politicians… has been misrepresenting facts and campaigning against Vapor Devices …

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Vaping & the R.I.C.O. Act

Ham-Strung  Margaret Hamburg, former Commissioner of the Federal Drug Administration – resigned – last year. Seems the e-cigarette battle at the FDA wasn’t all she was fighting or hiding from. One has to ask, What else was she protecting besides her husband’s business interests? It’s not often we hear of R.I.C.O. charges being brought in the U.S.A., and when they …