A group of tobacco researchers has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Surgeon General to correct misinformation about nicotine vaping shared by those public health agencies.
The authors laud Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recent COVID-inspired initiative to reduce health misinformation, but remind the SG and the CDC that the agencies are also actively promoting misinformation regarding e-cigarettes.
Specifically, the authors cite CDC misinformation regarding the 2019 outbreak of lung injuries called “EVALI,” and the Surgeon General’s 2016 youth vaping report that claims nicotine vaping is a gateway to youth smoking.
The appeal is in an editorial published today in the journal Addiction. It was co-authored by Georgia State University health economist Michael Pesko and colleagues from Harvard Medical School, Penn State University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Michigan. Iowa Attorney General and former Truth Initiative board chairman Tom Miller is also a co-author.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360 – 2022-12-12.
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