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The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary
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Budgets/TaxesRegulationTobacco
Anti-Vaping Advocates Support Indoor Vaping Bans Because We Don’t Know if Secondhand Vaping is Harmful
by Dr. Michael Siegel March 27, 2017In an interesting twist from the usual reasoning in public health, anti-vaping advocates are promoting the enactment of policies that ban vaping in public places not because secondhand vaping has…
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Budgets/TaxesRegulationTobacco
New York State Department of Health Urges Physicians to Discourage Patients from Quitting Unless They Use Big Pharma Products and Tells Vapers They Might as Well Go Back to Smoking
by Dr. Michael Siegel March 20, 2017The New York State Department of Health has sent out a letter to medical professionals in the state, urging them to discourage patients from quitting smoking using e-cigarettes, even if…
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Budgets/TaxesRegulationTobacco
American Heart Association Sticks to Its Guns: “E-Cigarettes May Pose the Same or Higher Risk of Stroke” than Smoking
by Dr. Michael Siegel March 20, 2017Earlier this week, I discussed a press release from the American Heart Association which claimed that vaping causes severe strokes and poses a higher risk of severe strokes than smoking.…