Ahead of its Annual Meeting, SRNT Embraced Censorship This week, the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) kicked off its annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. After going virtual for last year’s conference because of COVID-19, this marked a return to in-person events for the membership-based organization. However, not all past attendees were welcomed […]
Adult Smokers Still Inaccurately Link EVALI to Nicotine Vaping, Finds Rutgers Study
In the face of CDC intransigence on EVALI, researchers at Rutgers University are calling for “behavioural and policy responses” to address misperceptions about nicotine vaping. During the summer of fall of 2019, thousands of news stories were written about what came to be known as e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI), which caused […]
Dr. Michael Siegel Slams Matthew Myers & Meredith Berkman on TV’s ‘The Doctors’
This week’s must see video comes from the television show ‘The Doctors,’ which brought on longtime tobacco harm reduction advocate and researcher Dr. Michael Siegel for a lopsided segment with Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ Matthew Myers and Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes’ Meredith Berkman. Dr. Siegel, a professor in the Department of Public Health and Community […]
Daily vaping dramatically ups quit rate in heavy smokers not aiming to quit
A new study finding vaping can help smokers quit even if they don’t intend to stop smoking has received a lot of press attention. This includes coverage from the National Institutes of Health’s Research Blog. The below press release was issued by the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is where the research was conducted. […]
Arrogant CDC Refuses to Accept Responsibility for EVALI Debacle
Philanthropy journalist Marc Gunther has released a new article on Medium entitled “The CDC’s EVALI screwup.” In it, Gunther reveals that the CDC has refused requests from respected public health researchers to correct past misleading claims that suggested nicotine vaping may be responsible for EVALI. “The CDC made a gross error,” says Michael Pesko, a […]
