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Weekly suggested reading in Tobacco Harm Reduction – 16 October 2011
Must Reads Kevin Libin sums up hypocrisy of medics who are pro-HR for heroin, but anti-THR The National Post’s Libin is probably the strongest voice for THR at a major newspaper. (It includes comments...
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Weekly suggested reading in Tobacco Harm Reduction – 23 October 2011
Must Reads Triangulating on anti-tobacco extremism Why is an article about cigarette litter a must read? Well, we often argue that anti-THR is primarily motivated by anti-tobacco extremist who...
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Elementary my dear Watson
Though the show has been on for some time, I just saw this a couple of days ago and it fit neatly in with what had been tumbling about in my head in regards to nicotine and the times we live in....
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Semi-weekly suggested reading in Tobacco Harm Reduction – 15 November 2011
Must Reads Bergen comments on how e-cig researchers ignore what is already known (see also the link in the comments to Kristin Noll Marsh’s similar post from earlier this year)...
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Random thoughts on TabExpo and the future of THR chattering
Last week I (CVP) was at the TabExpo conference in Prague. It was an interesting experience, though not so much in good ways, unfortunately. The networking was great, and I had fun and worked out...
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General Nordic Mint snus: good news for US smokeless users (and smokers who...
This week, I chanced upon the opportunity to try this new product from Swedish Match North America and learn that it is on its way to the largest chain convenience stores in my area. [Request to one of...
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Canada’s health experts don’t mind lying to the public
Two items this week once again make me think twice about self-identifying as Canadian. I suppose I can take solace in the fact that one’s country and one’s identity is something quite different from...
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Worth reading: Carl Phillips testimony at the FDA tobacco center meeting
reprinted from Epology My testimony at today’s FDA tobacco center meeting Today I departed from my usual practice of fiercely avoiding any “science by committee” setting or engaging with government...
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We should really be doing this more often…
Over at ep-ology is a posting of some new research re the candy-tobacco issue. It’s called Demonstrating that children believe that deadly tobacco products are harmless candy, an experimental study....
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Sunoco minimart on Lancaster Ave, a leader in reducing smoking
Price of the new Americanized version of General snus: about $1.60 for a “trial pack” of 10. Pennsylvania excise tax on low-risk alternatives to smoking: just what it should be — zero — thanks to the...
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Canadian Lung Association says reducing health risk not as important as...
In a recent press release “celebrating” Canada’s National Non-smoking Week, the Canadian Lung Association warned people “Don’t be fooled by e-cigarettes!” Given that this is a one stop shop of...
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Two ways in which vaping will clear more than just the air
(I would like to thank Char from VapeMate for bringing the podcast to my attention.) I’ve just finished listening to a CBC podcast: The rise of E-cigarettes: Helping to quit or encouraging to smoke? It...
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Credit where credit is due: Some positive e-cigarette coverage
In the wake of the recent uproar regarding the Daily Mail’s “E-cigarette’s can cause more harm than smoking” (see Clive Bates for the before and after pictures of the webpage – deleted after a formal...
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Bad apple studies – pt 1
I was thinking about the persistence of that FDA assay despite the rounds of criticism from all the right quarters. Just about every article or health web site arguing against vaping will cite this one...
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New Four Country E-cigarette Survey Published
I’ll get back to the Bad Apple post but this is worth publicizing (noticed it on Michael Siegel’s Rest of the Story). The citation is Adkison SE, et al. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems:...
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E-cigarettes are NOT banned in Canada
You know the old canard – if it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and looks like a duck its probably a duck? Well, what we have here in Canada is the opposite. Though Health Canada acts as though...
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Bad apple studies – pt 2 (and Josey Wales too)
Following from Part 1 There is something else that is special about the Winn and FDA studies. Typically when one study becomes a standard citation it is an examplar of some sort. It either represents...
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Even professional harm reduction workers have issues with tobacco harm reduction
Ask any doctor what they would recommend if a patient of theirs who felt compelled to use a drug with proven health risks asked whether it would be better to take another drug which made them feel...
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The trouble with dedicated nicotine-free e-cigarette producers
First of all there is nothing wrong with nicotine-free options for someone who wants them. The problem is that producers and marketers limited to nicotine-free options, particular in a distorted market...
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E-cigarettes as medical or recreational devices – is there room for both?
In the latest New Scientist is a report on British American Tobacco’s acquisition of an e-cigarette company and apparently “is now planning to ask the UK authorities to recognise one of its products as...
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