Throughout the decade-plus history of vaping in the United States, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) director Dr. Nora Volkow has rarely, if ever, had a positive word to say about nicotine vaping products. Indeed, Volkow has frequently been trotted out by those looking to manufacture moral panics. Just as recently as April, she spoke […]
Fifteen Nicotine Experts Urge Balance in Vaping Debate
Considerable evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are an effective smoking-cessation tool for adults in the United States, where hundreds of thousands of people die of smoking-related illness each year. Kenneth Warner, dean emeritus and the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, says, however, that the potential of […]
AVA’s Gregory Conley Speaks at 2021 Global Forum on Nicotine
Despite the global pandemic putting a hamper on travel to Europe, the organizers of the annual Global Forum on Nicotine pushed forward and presented another excellent conference earlier this month. AVA President Gregory Conley was proud to participate in a panel discussion entitled, “Safer Nicotine Product Regulation: supporting or undermining the end of smoking?” with […]
Exposed: Bloomberg’s Anti-Tobacco Meddling in Developing Countries
Michelle Minton of the Competitive Enterprise Institute has published explosive leaked documents from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, an organization that has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from billionaire Michael Bloomberg to push for bans on vaping products and other lower-risk alternatives in countries across the world. These documents reveal that Tobacco-Free Kids is […]
Yale Study: Ban on Flavored Vaping Products Led to More Teen Smoking
NEW HAVEN, CT — When San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in 2018, public health advocates celebrated. After all, tobacco use poses a significant threat to public health and health equity, and flavors are particularly attractive to youth. But according to a new study from the Yale […]
