A major review of global smoking cessation research has found that e-cigarettes containing nicotine appear to help people quit smoking more effectively than several other commonly used methods. These include nicotine replacement therapy (nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, etc.), non-nicotine e-cigarettes, and behavioral support programs. The research combined evidence from multiple systematic…
In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.
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Though illicit e-cigarettes have flooded in from China, the new policy could allow major tobacco companies to sell from prime shelf space at thousands of stores.
Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to claim Friday that vaping is healthier than smoking.
Speaking before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Kennedy tried to peddle some of his classic pseudoscience.
“There’s an argument for vapes,” Kennedy said. “Vapes reduce cigarette tobacco smoking—”
“No sir. That was an argument Juul made, and I’d be happy to have a further…