A study linking vaping to ill health, this time liver disease, has been retracted after its authors failed to justify their claims. The study titled, “Association of Smoking and E-Cigarette in Chronic Liver Disease: An NHANES Study,” consisted of a cross-sectional study using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)...
Covering a new CDC study, this week the U.S. media bemoaned the fact that over 1 in 10 young adults reported being regular vapers. As always, what these articles have failed to mention is how since vapes arrived on the scene, smoking rates have dropped drastically. Conducted by the CDC’s...
The results of the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have indicated a drop in smoking and vaping rates, in a number of US States. The biennial survey has indicated new trends with youth smoking reaching an all time low, and...
Is this a new chapter for the controversial e-cigarette manufacturer? Juul Labs is back with a new closed-system pod device that it calls a solution to address a variety of issues, like youth uptake of vaping Juul Labs is hardly a saint in the e-cigarette industry. However, the company wants...
A recent press release from ASH (Action on Smoking and Health UK) caught my eye. Along with YouGov, they conducted a survey of over 12,000 adults over 18 in the UK on the topic of tobacco regulation. You can read a summary of the findings here plus there are further links on...
