Everybody, including me, used to think e-cigarettes are like cigarettes but not as bad. If you substitute a few e-cigarettes for cigarettes, you're probably better off, it turns out you're worse off.

Stanton Glantz

To have people mixing their own e-cigarette liquid is crazy. These are very toxic chemicals, if you drop a little bit of nicotine on your skin, it can send you to the hospital.

What they told me was they didn't think that was a problem. by Stanton Glantz

What they told me was they didn't think that was a problem.

Health groups are doing better at getting tobacco control laws passed in these regions now, they haven't caught up with the rest of the country, but things are moving there.

Historically, tobacco was a powerful political force in these pla... by Stanton Glantz

Historically, tobacco was a powerful political force in these places.

In October, Canada became the first major economic country to legalize recreational marijuana, which will undoubtedly be a bellwether for the U.S. as it continues to debate policy issues surrounding pot. And although cigarette smoking might be on the decline, Dr. King notes the tobacco industry has heavily diversified its portfolio of products and still remains one of the most profitable industries globally. So while it might be awhile beforeconvenient stores are sellingpacks of joints, similar to a pack of cigarettes its cleartobacco is positioningitself for an impendingshift towards cannabis. Kids started with tobacco and then graduated to marijuana, now its the other way around. Kids start with marijuana and they graduate to tobacco.

It may be that next year or five years from now the product will be different along with the marketing and regulation environments.

So e-cigarettes are not only not helping people quit smoking, they’re also inhibiting people from quitting smoking.

By blunting that effect it’s probably undermining the motivation to quit and the ease of people quitting.

This is likely because their brains are still developing. by Stanton Glantz

This is likely because their brains are still developing.

It is going to provide the most fine-grain, comprehensive, highest quality data on tobacco use that has ever been collected in the United States.

Vaping affects your lungs at every level. It affects the immune function in your nasal cavity by affecting cilia which push foreign things out... [ T ] he ability of your upper airways to clear viruses is compromised.

Some of my pulmonary [ colleagues ] have noted people under 30 [ with Covid-19 ] ending up in hospitals and a couple were vapors.

It is a step forward. Although menthol is by far and away the most important flavor and what the evidence is showing is when you get rid of the other flavors, kids just go to menthol.

It's like the Bermuda Triangle of substance abuse. There's good research out there showing any kid who does any of those is more likely to do the other ones.