Ongoing project…..
Letters by Officials / Experts
Questions about deeming regs and burdens on small businesses (letter #1)
5/17/16 - Ron Johnson to FDA
Follow up letter due to no response from the FDA (letter #2)
6/6/16 - Ron Johson to FDA
Follow up letter due to inadequate response from the FDA
7/15/16 - Ron Johnson to FDA
Reform of tobacco and nicotine regulation at FDA
6/14/17 - Tom Miller, etc. to Scott Gottlieb / FDA
Letter from seventy-two specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice to WHO
10/1/18 - Experts from around the world
Youth tobacco and nicotine use – proportionate and responsible reaction
11/14/18 - Tom Miller, etc.to FDA
Letter that debunks this study: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among
Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health
07/11/19 - Brad Rodu and Nantaporn Plurphanswat to Drs. London, Eitzman, Weinberg
and Harrington
Regulation of vaping products – a crisis in 2020
7/24/19 - Tom Miller, etc to FDA, CTP, OMB, & Committees
Re: follow up to meeting regarding tobacco & vaping policy (24 September 2019)
10/3/19 - Tom Miller, etc. to OMB
Federal Flavor Ban and Economic Significance
11/13/19 - Ron Johnson to President Trump
Publications
Ethical issues raised by a ban on the sale of electronic nicotine devices
4/5/15 - Wiley Online Library - Wayne Hall, Coral Gartner, Cynthia Forlini
E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence-based policy and practice
08/__/15 - Public Health England
VAPING, E-CIGARETTES, AND PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD ALTERNATIVES TO SMOKING
8/20/17 - Dr. Brad Rodu, Matthew Glans, Lindsey Stroud
LEGISLATIVE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO
PRODUCTS, HNB TOBACCO, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, [EVP] E-LIQUID VAPING
PRODUCTS, AND OTHER VAPE PRODUCT TYPES
4/4/18 - Bill Tarling
FEAR PROFITEERS, HOW E-CIGARETTE PANIC BENEFITS HEALTH ACTIVISTS
12/5/18 - Michelle Minton
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: A GUIDEBOOK FOR POLICYMAKERS
7/23/19 - Lindsey Stroud
Nicotine without smoke: fighting the tobacco epidemic with harm reduction
8/31/19 - The Lancet - Bates, Youdan, Bonita
Youth Nicotine Use Action Plan
12/21/19 - Minnesota Smoke Free Alliance
1/12/20 - Wiley Online Library - Coral Gartner, Billie Bonevski, Wayne Hall
E-cigarette Tipping Points Revisited, with Historical Perspective
2020
Blogs / Websites
Tons of info. Great shareable graphics
twitter: @rolygate
NIH Funding Stifles Tobacco Harm Reduction Research and Support in Academia
2/17/15 - Tobacco Truth - Brad Rodu
The 2018 American Teen Vaping Epidemic, Recalculated
5/16/19 - Tobacco Truth - Brad Rodu
The US vaping flavour ban: twenty things you should know (PDF version)
11/4/19 - The Counterfactual - Clive Bates
Vaping is still at least 95% lower risk than smoking - debunking a feeble and empty critique
1/17/20 - The Counterfactual - Clive Bates
Federal Funds Misspent on Anti-Vaping Research
2/26/20 - Tobacco Truth - Brad Rodu
Movies / Videos / Podcasts / Audio
Senator Richard Burr of N.C. Tobacco Harm Reduction allow Americans to choose.
5/15/14 - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
8/6/16
E-Cigs and Joe Camel | Dr. Steven J. Allen
10/5/16 - Capitol Research Center
Are E-Cigs the Market Solution that Can Save a Billion Lives?
12/8/16 - ReasonTV
2/13/17 - CASAA
What's Worse: Vaping or Smoking?
5/8/17 - Caroline Kitchens (RStreet) - PragerU
Public Health, Vaping, and More
10/4/17 - City Journal - John Tierney, Aaron Renn
User Clip: Virginia Foxx - FDA Overreach Will Destroy Vaping Industry
12/9/18 - Rep. Virginia Foxx - U.S. House Speech
Senator Richard Burr - Harm Reduction / vaping / youth
? Jan 2019 - Senate Speech
E-Cigarettes: Smoke & Mirrors [Fourth Branch]
8/26/19 - The Federalist Society
11/20/18 - ReasonTV
Public health expert on e-cigarette panic
9/20/19 - CBS - David Abrams
Kristin Gaspar - The Real Vaping Danger
? Oct 2019 - Board of Supervisors meeting (need location in CA)
Senator Rand Paul at HELP Hearing
11/13/19 -
Vaping: what people are getting wrong
2/7/2020 - The Economist
Vape shop playlist - assorted videos
Not date specific
A Selection of Good Vaping Videos
Not date specific
11/20/20
All done up to here
Articles / OpEds
E-cig users see them as a less-harmful alternative
9/29/13 - Barry Courter - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Nicotine Itself Isn't The Real Villain
6/19/15 - Forbes - Sally Satel
Nicotine No Worse Than Cup Of Coffee - Report
8/12/2015 - Sky News - Poppy Trowbridge
You Can Quit Smoking With An E-Cigarette, Just Ignore The Lies.
12/21/15 - Blasting News - Kevin Crowley
2015 - World Report Now
E-cig reporting: What went wrong?
1/3/16 - The San Diego Union-Tribune - Bradley J. Fikes
Large Survey Finds E-Cigarettes Do Help Smokers Quit
1/12/16 - VRanks - ECig News
Top tobacco control experts to FDA: Studies of e-cigs suggest more benefit than harm
4/25/16 - Medical Xpress - Georgetown University Medical Center
Public health benefits of e-cigarette use tend to outweigh the harms, new study says
7/14/16 - Medical Xpress - Georgetown University Medical Center
New Regulations Could Put Vapor Product Companies Out Of Business
8/19/16 - The Chattanoogan - Dimitris Agrafiotis
12/8/16 - Cancer Research UK - Alyssa Best
Dear Surgeon General and Public Health Agencies, Anti-Vaping Policies Are Bad for Public Health
12/18/16 - Real Clear Health - Sally Satel and David Sweanor
Vaping Is Not a Gateway to Smoking, New Study Shows
1/9/17 - Reason - Guy Bentley
The health hazards of vaping are overblown
1/24/17 - The Globe and Mail - Andre Picard
E-cigarettes are not creating a new generation of smokers
1/27/17 - Washington Examiner - Guy Bentley
Nicotine Vapor Has Fewer Genetic Effects Than Cigarette Smoke
3/3/17 - Science 2.0 - News Staff
Vaping isn't smoking, it's a disease prevention method
2017
Summer 2017 - City Journal - John Tierney
NHS Scotland says vaping is ‘definitely’ safer than smoking
9/22/17 - Vaping Post - Diane Caruana
Vaping helps reverse smoking harm - asthma expert
11/20/17 - Massey University
Some Older Smokers Turn to Vaping. That May Not Be a Bad Idea.
12/8/17 - The New York Times - Paula Span
Stopping smoking main reason for vaping
1/31/18 - Massey University
Vaping helps tobacco smokers to quit
2/21/18 - Knox News - Dimitris Agrafiotis
E-cigarettes could be helpful for smoking cessation in hospitals
2/22/18 - Massey University
An Achievable New Year's Resolution
3/1/18 - eCloudz Magazine - Dimitris Agrafiotis
Vape advocate: Scientific evidence clears the air on vaping as tobacco harm reduction
3/30/18 - Nooga Today - Dimitris Agrafiotis
Vaping should be legal for adults, not minors
5/15/18 - Commercial Appeal - Dimitris Agrafiotis
Juul Madness Vaping prohibitionists ignore the vast public-health benefits of the new technology.
7/15/18 - City Journal - John Tierney
The Harmful Campaign Against Vaping and E-Cigarettes
11/13/18 - People’s Pundit Daily - Daniel Mitchell
How The Crackdown On Flavored E-Cigarettes Makes It More Difficult For Smokers To Quit
12/15/18 - Daily Caller - Abby Schachter
I bought my dad a Juul e-cigarette to see if he’d give up his Marlboros. Here’s what happened
1/5/19 - CNBC - Angelica LaVito
The FDA Is Overreaching With Its Attempt to Ban Vaping
1/28/19 - Observer - Brian Darling
E-cigarettes outperform patches and gums in quit-smoking study
1/30/19 - NBC News (AP)
E-Cigarette Flavor Bans Will Drive More People Back to Smoking
2/19/19 - Inside Sources - Michael Siegel
Criminalizing E-Cigarettes — Perpetuating the Spiral of Poverty
6/20/19 - Inside Sources - Marewa Glover
The Federal Government’s War on Vaping Comes to New York
6/21/19 - Observer - Brian Darling
New smoking statistics shows ‘gray vaping’ is on the rise in the UK
7/9/19 - Vpaes.com - Matt Rowland
E-cigarette Regulations Increase Prenatal Cigarette Use Among Teen Smokers, Study Shows
7/11/19 - Andrew Young School of Policy - Jennifer French Giarratano
Adults who vape are more likely to quit cigarettes, study finds
7/15/19 - CNN Health - Arman Azad
Article: Daily e-cigarette use may help smokers quit regular cigarettes
7/23/19 - Medical Xpress - Massachusetts General Hospital
Nicotine without smoke: fighting the tobacco epidemic with harm reduction
8/31/19 - The Lancet - Clive Bates, etc.
Vape flavor ban doesn't help kids, hurts adults
9/15/19 - The Detroit News - Jesse Kelly & Carrie Wade
Flavors make vaping more palatable, help cigarette smokers kick the habit
9/21/19 - The Philadelphia Enquirer - Amelia Howard
E-cigarette flavor ban — ineffective and dangerous
9/23/19 - South Florida Sun Sentinel - Michelle Minton
(Originally published by Inside Sources and reprinted by other papers)
Setting the Record Straight on Vaping
9/30/19 - National Review - Julie Gunlock
Vaping bans like Massachusetts’ will not stop illness outbreak
10/7/19 - The Philadelphia Enquirer - Shaleen Title & Michael S. Sinha
Too many unanswered questions about vaping
10/15/19 - The Philadelphia Enquirer - Editorial Board
I'm an American doctor. Here's the truth about Juul, vaping and legalizing marijuana
10/18/19 - Independent - Eugene Gu
10/23/19 - The Atlantic - Sally Satel
As other state officials warn of vaping dangers, Iowa AG defends vaping products for adults
10/29/19 - Des Moines Register - Barbara Rodriguez
Trump’s nanny-state ban on flavored vapes will only undermine public health
11/4/19 - Washington Examiner - Brad Polumbo
Let’s get the real facts out about the vaping health crisis
11/5/19 - Tennessean - Dimitris Agrafiotis
Banning E-Cigarettes Could Do More Harm Than Good
11/12/19 - NY Times - Editorial Board
Vapers Turn to Home Brew as Flavored Nicotine Bans Mount
11/12/19 - KQED Science - Jenny Gold
Trump should scrap the flavored vaping ban
11/13/19 - The Washington Times - Peter Roff
11/15/19 - Heart Matters - British Heart Foundation
Why this addiction expert says e-cigarettes are ‘holy grail’ for public health
10/2/19 - CNBC - Sally Satel
Time for The Lancet to realign with the evidence on e-cigarettes?
11/16/19 - The Lancet - John N Newton
Don’t destroy the nicotine vaping industry
11/25/19 - USA Today - Gregory Conley
Banning flavored e-cigarettes has consequences
11/28/19 - The Pueblo Chieftain - Guy Bentley
(Originally published by Inside Sources and reprinted by other papers)
Vape shop owner: I quit smoking thanks to vaping. Banning flavors hurts adults like me.
12/5/19- USA Today - Nick Orlando
Vaping: Does the American Lung Association Have a Financial Conflict of Interest?
12/6/19 - American Council on Science and Health - Cameron English
Knee-jerk vaping bans will fail public health, experts argue
12/12/19 - OSU.EDU - Misti Crane
Evidence, alarm, and the debate over e-cigarettes
12/13/19 - AAAS - Amy Fairchild, etc
Letter: Clear the air on vaping: Too many false claims circulate
12/15/19 - St. Louis Post Dispatch - John Huck
New Study: Tax E-cigarettes, Increase Smoking
12/17/19 - Reason.com - Jonathan Adler
Don’t panic: Tobacco harm reduction saves lives
12/19/19 - Washington Examiner - Jacob Grier
E-Cigarettes: The HHS Smoking Gun
12/19/19 - Real Clear Health - Steve Pociask and Krisztina Pusok
Since Adolescent Drug Use Trends Are Otherwise Unalarming, Let's Freak Out About Vaping
12/19/19 - Reason - Jacob Sullum
U.S. Prefers Mass Hysteria to Sound Policy on Vaping
12/19/19 - Bloomberg - Joe Nocera
Vapers: A Key New Addition to the ‘Leave Us Alone’ Coalition
12/19/19 - The American Spectator - Grover Norquist
Blame Anti-Tobacco Advocates for Youth Vaping "Epidemic"
12/20/19 - Competitive Enterprise Institute - Michelle Minton
Ohio State public health leader warns of knee-jerk reactions to vaping illness outbreak
12/20/19 - Columbus Dispatch - Max Filby
American Lung Association’s “Quit, Don’t Switch” Campaign a Big Mistake
1/8/2020 - Filter - Chelsea Boyd
Banning e-cigarettes is not the answer, sensible regulation is the way to go
1/8/2020 - Lansing State Journal - Guy Bentley
The vaping panic is looking eerily like the start of a new drug war
1/18/2020 - Business Insider - Anthony L. Fisher
Raising Taxes on e-Cigarettes Increases Cigarette Sales, New Research Shows
2/17/2020 - Georgia State University - Michael Pesko
False fears preventing smokers from using e-cigarettes to quit
3/4/2020 - Gov.UK - Public Health England
Vaping bans are ineffective, experts report
3/4/2020 - Medical Xpress - Rice University
3/9/20 - Business Wire
The Harm-Reduction Quandary of Reducing Adult Smoking While Dissuading Youth Initiation
3/26/20 - American Journal of Public Health - Thomas Miller, JD
Demystifying Nicotine: Unethical to Deprive People of Less Harmful Alternatives says health activist
Nov 10, 2020 - South Africa Today
Religion
Letter to the Editor Regarding Vaping Article
10/29/19 - Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal - Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
Other Resources
E-Liquid & E-Cig Research (studies) - ongoing project
2019
2019
MN Smoke Free - Action plan addressing youth use of nicotine products
2019
Retailer Guide to Age Verification Resources
2019 - Not4Kids
Vape Poll Tracking - ongoing project
Not date specific
“Approved” Methods Are Not For Everyone!
Reports of Psychotic Violence on Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Pile Up But Pfizer Isn't Seeing Them
2010
To Do List - things to add to the categories above.
E-Cigarette Uptake Amongst UK Youth: Experimentation, but Little or No Regular Use in Nonsmokers
Compilation courtesy of:
And tobacco harm reduction advocates from around the world.