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==Regulators, Government Agencies, and Policy Makers== | ==Regulators, Government Agencies, and Policy Makers== | ||
===2019 and Beyond: The CDC and EVALI=== | ===2019 and Beyond: The CDC, the FDA, and others: EVALI=== | ||
*Article: [https://medium.com/the-great-vape-debate/the-cdcs-evali-screwup-ff09f4c3e187 The CDC’s EVALI screwup] | *Article: [https://medium.com/the-great-vape-debate/the-cdcs-evali-screwup-ff09f4c3e187 The CDC’s EVALI screwup] | ||
**Making a mistake is one thing. Failing to correct it is worse. | **Making a mistake is one thing. Failing to correct it is worse. | ||
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* Tweet by [https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1177704654068748293?s=20 Scott Gottlieb MN] | * Tweet by [https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1177704654068748293?s=20 Scott Gottlieb MN] | ||
**My point is simply if you know a THC product hurt someone, don’t call it an e-cigarette, call it a THC vape or THC vaping product. Nomenclature matters in helping consumers properly identify which products are causing which kinds of risks. That’s why we develop naming systems. | **My point is simply if you know a THC product hurt someone, don’t call it an e-cigarette, call it a THC vape or THC vaping product. Nomenclature matters in helping consumers properly identify which products are causing which kinds of risks. That’s why we develop naming systems. | ||
===2018 and Beyond: Youth Vaping Epidemic: US Surgeon General, FDA, CDC, etc.=== | |||
*Slide 22/83 - [https://www.fdli.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/345-Protecting-Youth-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0-QyS2u-Zp7y4e-3jMo_AzsOX8q22KxOFV_hnSOkr9_plPtkhyFonqI4o FDA research findings on using the word "epidemic"] - shows they were aware of the unintended consequence of deterring adults from using e-cigs to quit smoking. They went ahead with the campaign. | |||
*[https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/surgeon-generals-advisory-on-e-cigarette-use-among-youth-2018.pdf US Surgeon General issues advisory on youth vaping epidemic]. | |||
**Dec 2018: [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/18/677755266/surgeon-general-warns-youth-vaping-is-now-an-epidemic NPR story about SG advisory] and the [https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/surgeon-general-advisory/index.html CDC issues information] about the SG advisory. | |||
*Dec 2019: [https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2019/12/fdas-so-called-laser-targeted.html FDA’s So-Called Laser Targeted Advertising is Hypocritical, and Deadly]. | |||
**The FDA found that its campaign would convince adult smokers that e-cigarettes were equally or more harmful than cigarettes and suppress quitting, and still the agency proceeded with its dangerous misinformation program. | |||
**How did the FDA campaign, which has been supported by other government and medical organizations, work out? As the chart shows, pre-campaign, nearly 40% of Americans believed that e-cigarettes were safer than cigarettes in 2012. By 2018, that number had cratered to a mere 17%. | |||
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