Despite years of claims that vaping acts as a gateway to smoking, new results from the 2021 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey indicate that not only has interest in vaping waned among youth, but regular combustible cigarette usage is growing even rarer. In the aftermath of Juul fever, the EVALI scare, Tobacco 21 passage at […]
Behold, the Gateway Effect: CDC Reports 50%+ Decline in Smoking by 18-24 Year-Olds Since 2014
New data out from the CDC’s National Health Interview Survey charts a big decline in past 30-day cigarette smoking among adults aged 18-24 years from 2014 to 2018. Despite nearly a decade of claims that youth vaping would lead to a resurgence in smoking, the generation that grew up with years of exposure to vaping […]
Flawed Data and Ethical Failure: Pediatrics Journal Suppresses Criticism
After posting a faulty study with misleading findings, Pediatrics editors hide the truth. When Drs. Benjamin Chaffee, Stanton Glantz, and Shannon Lea Watkins from the University of California, San Francisco published their findings on progression from vaping to smoking among youth who had previously tried cigarettes, the results seemed clear: “Among adolescent cigarette experimenters, […]
Cancer Research UK rebuts false gateway effect claim
The following response has been issued to address the misinterpretation by the media of a Cancer Research UK funded paper looking into a potential ‘gateway effect’ between e-cigarette vaping and cigarette smoking in young people. Carl Alexander from Cancer Research UK said: “While this study shows young people who experiment with e-cigarettes are likely to […]
AVA Comments on Another Study Manufacturing a Gateway Effect
Barrington-Trimis said the study did not look at whether the kids who reported trying cigarettes are just experimenting, or will go on to become regular smokers. Gregory Conley, president of the nonprofit American Vaping Association, pointed out that … Teens Who Vape May Be More Likely to Smoke Cigarettes Later, Study Finds – ABC News
