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Anchor lead: A new committee hopes to inform e-cigarette use worldwide, Elizabeth Tracey reports In honor of World No Tobacco Day, an international committee has developed a policy brief to help inform lawmakers worldwide in regulating e-cigarettes, which are poised …
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Anchor lead: Should the public health community change its ways on e-cigarettes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Pubic health researchers have largely adopted the idea that e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible cigarettes and therefore are preferable, but Enid Neptune, a lung …
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Anchor lead: A new law restricting flavored tobacco products has been upheld in California, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city of San Francisco was being challenged by big tobacco, but has …
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Anchor lead: How many deaths would a wholesale conversion to e-cigarettes avert? Elizabeth Tracey reports The discussion over e-cigarettes is complicated, with a new study in the BMJ showing a huge benefit if those who smoke combustible cigarettes switch to …
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Anchor lead: Is it reasonable to expect a wholesale switch to e-cigarettes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Lower the nicotine in combustible cigarettes and people will quit the habit. That’s the clear underpinning of a new strategy unveiled by Scott Gottleib, FDA …
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Anchor lead: What is the rationale for low nicotine cigarettes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can reducing nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes induce people to quit? That’s the hope of Scott Gottleib, FDA commissioner, in a recent announcement of this strategy as …
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This week’s topics include how the Zika virus changed, outcomes after surgery and health literacy, e-cigarettes and healthcare costs, and a reaction to tattooing. Program notes: 0:36 Case report of an outcome after a tattoo 1:32 Reaction to the tattoo …
