tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.comments2024-03-18T08:47:54.385-04:00Tobacco TruthBrad Roduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comBlogger635125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-58654444245157380112018-05-24T15:17:05.571-04:002018-05-24T15:17:05.571-04:00The move by Kentucky to differentiate taxes based ...The move by Kentucky to differentiate taxes based on different risks is terrific news. I have worked globally on tobacco tax issues as a public health advocate since the 1980s and along with several others with an interest in risk-proportionate regulation, I commented on and supported the proposal. Brad, you and the others involved deserve much credit.<br /> <br />While taxation is a powerful tool in shaping behavior, efforts to tax everything the same ‘to avoid switching’ (as endorsed by many anti-tobacco groups) is a blunt and far less effective tool. A huge majority of those motivated to ‘just quit’ are back on nicotine shortly, and in the absence of nudges are usually back on cigarettes.<br /><br />I am particularly pleased to see the following language from pages 80-81 of the relevant revenue bill:<br /><br />"The General Assembly recognizes that increasing taxes on tobacco products should reduce consumption, and therefore result in healthier lifestyles for Kentuckians. The relative taxes on tobacco products proposed in this section reflect the growing data from scientific studies suggesting that although smokeless tobacco poses some risks, those health risks are significantly less than the risks posed by other forms of tobacco products. Moreover, the General Assembly acknowledges that some in the public health community recognize that tobacco harm reduction should be a complementary public health strategy regarding tobacco products. Taxing tobacco products according to relative risk is a rational tax policy and may well serve the public health goal of reducing smoking-related mortality and morbidity and lowering health care costs associated with tobacco-related disease."<br /><br /><br />This is good health policy. Congratulations to Kentucky legislators for the leadership they have shown. I hope good policy proves to be contagious!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929887332603506205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-44606012318291690592018-05-19T23:24:55.443-04:002018-05-19T23:24:55.443-04:00The authors of the flawed research rely on the typ...The authors of the flawed research rely on the typical tobacco control tactic of attacking any and all that dare challenge their lies and propaganda. One day the public will become aware of their corruption and they will be held accountable for their ideological fraud. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-421061679014438322018-05-17T09:26:11.456-04:002018-05-17T09:26:11.456-04:00Funny thing. If you look up Dr. Rodu on the intern...Funny thing. If you look up Dr. Rodu on the internet, say, "Tobacco Tactics.org", you will find absolutely NOTHING which deals with his actual research and scholarship and instead maligns him for his alleged "ties" to "Big Tobacco." I've written on this blog before and I'll write it again: Ad Hominem attacks, and the failure to deal with facts, is the sure mark of a charlatan and tool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975946063659761293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-13097222117544249562018-05-14T15:03:20.188-04:002018-05-14T15:03:20.188-04:00Thanks for exposing these facts.
After FDA unlawf...Thanks for exposing these facts.<br /><br />After FDA unlawfully banned e-cigs in 2009 and held a press conference that lied about SE and NJOY vapor products and demonized the companies (in an attempt to influence the federal judges in the DC District who were adjudicating the lawsuit filed by SE and NJOY against FDA), the FDA issued a poison center alert encouraging parents and healthcare professionals to report any youth exposures with an e-cig.<br /><br />Most of the calls to PCCs for youth exposures to e-cigs were cases involving one or two inhalations from an e-cig, and some calls reported that a youth simply touched an e-cig (which PCCs also classify as an "exposure").<br /><br />Bill Godshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-67966693337991803082018-05-11T22:29:55.734-04:002018-05-11T22:29:55.734-04:00Unfortunately this in not a surprise, tobacco cont...Unfortunately this in not a surprise, tobacco control's corrupt practices and Pharma collusion make ethical conduct the exception rather than the rule. But what can you expect when a large segment of the current the Big Pharma cartel is composed of direct descendants of the I.G. Fabren cartel. The tobacco control propagandists (exemplified by Glantz et al) have a long legacy of fabricating evidence, manipulating data and promulgating outright lies to further their corrupt cause. Sadly medical journals publish thier propaganda without observing ethical standards of review and accountability. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-35491952669159701782018-05-07T19:51:42.309-04:002018-05-07T19:51:42.309-04:00This does not surprise me,but they should tell the...This does not surprise me,but they should tell the truth this is so wrong!! It hurts people who live in ca that have been helped by vaping myself includedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-8679217399249284592018-05-02T22:22:20.706-04:002018-05-02T22:22:20.706-04:00What they also tend to leave out of media reports ...What they also tend to leave out of media reports is that if you read the CDC Logs up to 2014, you can see the calls were mostly inquiries such as [paraphrased from actual call] "I was in a packed auditorium that was really hot, and I saw a guy with a vape pen in his pocket. Later that night I started feeling sick. Was I poisoned from it?"<br /><br />I have a copy of the old logs, and it wasn't filled with emergency poising calls -- rather, it was misconceptions and inquiries about whether most of the callers were poisoned due to proximity.Bill Tarlinghttp://vapedistortion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-47848345473055687712018-04-28T08:40:01.704-04:002018-04-28T08:40:01.704-04:00It is a fact that brain and body maturity starts f...It is a fact that brain and body maturity starts from age of 21. And laws are matching it quite properly...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09954058844999813171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-53662934859758470562018-04-18T20:46:01.336-04:002018-04-18T20:46:01.336-04:00What an awful misleading infographic. The compari...What an awful misleading infographic. The comparison needs to be vaping versus smoking. Yes, vapor contains stuff that may be harmful. But there is no question that the level of "stuff" in vapor is far far (orders of magnitude) less than combustible tobacco. When you open a bottle of nail polish you are inhaling stuff too. Cosmetics and household cleaning liquids... Review of the National Adult Tobacco Survey shows that smokers who, after two years, became daily vapors, were 8 times more likely to have quit smoking completely. No evidence that vaping helps you quit?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282977874926512066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-39376770886829964692018-04-12T13:16:35.622-04:002018-04-12T13:16:35.622-04:00I agree completely with Anonymous. Thank you Brad ...I agree completely with Anonymous. Thank you Brad Rodu for your bravery in the face of powerful deceitful greedy forces, that would kill for a buck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-79935006625091123552018-04-11T22:54:03.613-04:002018-04-11T22:54:03.613-04:00Once again the tobacco contra propaganda front (he...Once again the tobacco contra propaganda front (headquarters at UCSF) lies and manipulates data to further their persecution of smokers and vapers. They should be prosecuted for fraud and misappropriation of public (grant) funds. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-1279531419532807982018-04-06T17:23:11.633-04:002018-04-06T17:23:11.633-04:00It's amazing that Glantz hasn't been prose...It's amazing that Glantz hasn't been prosecuted for waste, fraud and abuse of public grant funds given his track record of overt manipulation of data to meet his policy objectives. HIs history of fraudulent second hand smoke studies is now being reinforced with fraudulent vaping studies. It appears the foundations of tobacco control, are corrupt. <br /><br />Graft, corruption, and academic fraud appear to converge in this lucrative propaganda machine. That of course call the entire tobacco control project into question. It's time to objectively reexamine and challenge all of the work conducted by Glantz and his collaborators. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-16925094892471580362018-04-03T21:48:24.462-04:002018-04-03T21:48:24.462-04:00Somehow I'm not surprised that Stanton Glanz i...Somehow I'm not surprised that Stanton Glanz is a co-author of tis flawed study. he has made a career of pesudo-scince and propaganda. Only lack of peer review or corruption explains his ability to get published given his track record of lies and manipulation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-51247249806747770242018-03-28T05:20:17.311-04:002018-03-28T05:20:17.311-04:00Nothing sensible makes sense to government bureauc...Nothing sensible makes sense to government bureaucrats who are bent on making smokeless products illegal and/or simply not affordable. I happen to live in northern Florida where smokeless products are taxed so high it is ridiculous. My solution: I drive up to either Georgia or Alabama where the taxes are far lower. A "Tobacco Free Florida" will fail. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975946063659761293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-56198563925912494942018-02-27T13:10:00.127-05:002018-02-27T13:10:00.127-05:00Not only has "past-30-day" cigarette smo...Not only has "past-30-day" cigarette smoking among teens plummeted, but so has "ever" cigarette smoking, "daily" cigarette smoking, and "1/2+ pack daily" cigarette smoking. <br /><br />Since 2011, (the year Tom Frieden cited as beginning of the so-called youth vaping epidemic), "ever" cigarette smoking by teens has declined by 33%, while "daily" cigarette smoking and "1/2+ pack daily" smoking have declined by 60%.<br /><br />Below is MTF data for "ever" and "daily" cigarette smoking among 12th graders.<br /><br />Ever smoked a cigarette (%)<br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017<br />44.7 43.6 42.2 40.0 39.5 38.1 34.4 31.1 28.3 26.6<br /><br />Daily cigarette smoking (%)<br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017<br />11.4 11.2 10.7 10.3 9.3 8.5 6.7 5.5 4.8 4.2 <br /><br />1/2 pack + daily cigarette smoking (%)<br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017<br />5.4 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.1 1.8 1.7<br /><br /> Bill Godshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-40339159083428549412018-02-24T20:46:57.095-05:002018-02-24T20:46:57.095-05:00The evidence here seems, frankly, staggering. Corr...The evidence here seems, frankly, staggering. Correlation does not imply causation but these statistics are certainly suggestive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-29972123930474306772018-02-22T04:11:16.044-05:002018-02-22T04:11:16.044-05:00Ad hominem attacks, and the failure to deal with f...Ad hominem attacks, and the failure to deal with facts, is the sure mark of a charlatan and tool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975946063659761293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-17196221915224821482018-02-16T22:37:21.504-05:002018-02-16T22:37:21.504-05:00Im sorry - but I think you may have been kept out ...Im sorry - but I think you may have been kept out of the loop here <br /><br />Only those who have directly or indirectly been funded by pharma or medical can be qualified as 'real' tobacco harm researchers/ experts. <br /><br />Please understand that tobacco and nicotine THR (regardless of benefits direct and otherwise) is the new devils lettuce because we/ medical/ pharma dont control the now multi billion dollar market and many of us would stand to lose our prominent positions or jobs if we did not continue to demonize the market which we did not control. <br /><br />The fact that nicotine and other related products for vaping, snus and unrelated medical products comes from tobacco plants making all things in the THR argument a case of apples and oranges and has no bearing on our decision on how we now push to treat (lie about) the issue of THR and its proponents. <br /><br /><br /><br />We thank you for your understanding - <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-54745081511173514972018-02-03T09:40:57.868-05:002018-02-03T09:40:57.868-05:00From a colleague who wishes to remain anonymous:
...From a colleague who wishes to remain anonymous:<br /><br />Nice job summarizing the iQOS/TPSAC deliberations.<br /><br />One thing bothers me about the TPSAC failing to endorse the risk-reduction claim. The CTP, possibly in a well-intentioned attempt to offer TPSAC a less nuanced risk question, posed it this way as Question 2b:<br /><br />“…has the applicant demonstrated that the reductions in exposure are reasonably likely to translate to a measurable and substantial reduction in morbidity and/or mortality?”<br /><br />Whereas the FSPTCA stated it this way: [emphasis added]<br /><br />‘‘(iv) the scientific evidence that is available without<br />conducting long-term epidemiological studies demonstrates<br />that a measurable and substantial reduction<br />in morbidity or mortality among individual tobacco<br />users is <b>reasonably likely in subsequent studies</b>.”<br /><br />To me, the explicit wording of the Act more clearly shows that Congress fully appreciated and properly anticipated that full “proof” of reduced risk-especially for a new-to-market product- would not be available.<br /><br />I think the requirement that the evidence show a reasonable likelihood of reducing risk <b><i>in future postmarket studies</i></b> was very proper, but unfortunately that was lost in CTP’s re-phrasing of the intent of the regulation.Brad Roduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-80773576923939772672018-01-29T13:17:46.675-05:002018-01-29T13:17:46.675-05:00I am unable to answer individual questions about r...I am unable to answer individual questions about risks in this venue. However, according to numerous epidemiologic studies, the risk of mouth cancer among dippers and chewers is not significantly higher than that among non-users of tobacco. For example, see my blog post about this study from federal government researchers: https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2017/01/federal-studies-zero-mouth-cancer.html<br /><br />Brad Rodu Brad Roduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-44101487214621149692018-01-27T01:23:33.772-05:002018-01-27T01:23:33.772-05:00Dr rodu ive been dipping for over 3 years I starte...Dr rodu ive been dipping for over 3 years I started in the marine corps my question if u use proper hygiene willyou get mouth cancer from dipping also I've heard pouches are worse for you then long cut is this true I really love dipping it helps with my nerves I really don't want to quit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495777376381390319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-48031220434855817122018-01-16T15:16:52.695-05:002018-01-16T15:16:52.695-05:00Unfortunately for tobacco consumers, vapers and pu...Unfortunately for tobacco consumers, vapers and public health, the same MRTP claims that SM and BAT/Reynolds have applied to FDA to make also accurately describe the health benefits of several hundred different smokeless tobacco products and 3 million vapor products that are now on the US market, and that are registered with the FDA.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the several thousand manufacturers of vapor products cannot afford the $100 million or more it could cost to submit PMTA and MRTP applications to FDA (that FDA would actually review) for any of their 3 million products.<br /><br />And if FDA approves PMI/Altria's PMTA and MRTP for IQOS (which will grant PMI/Altria a legal monopoly to truthfully market the only lower risk alternative to cigarettes), PMI and Altria will spend billions of more dollars protecting their new multi billion dollar monopoly (by lobbying to preserve FDA's Deeming Rule that bans >99.999 of competitive vapor products).<br /><br />That's why PM/Altria negotiated and agreed to the TCA with CTFK's Matt Myers and then GSK lobbyist Mitch Zeller in 2003/2004, and why they combined forces to lobby Congress to enact the TCA from 2004 to 2009, and why Altria (and Reynolds) urged FDA to impose the Deeming Rule.<br /><br />While IQOS should be legal to sell in the US (and PMI could have began selling it in the US before the Deeming Rule's 8/8/2016 deadline kicked in), creating a legal monopoly for IQOS would make it far more difficult and expensive for THR advocates and the vaping industry to convince Congress to repeal/amend the TCA and/or convince FDA to repeal/amend the Deeming Rule to allow vapor products to compete against IQOS on the legal market.<br /><br />Similarly, if FDA approves MRTPs for SM's General Snus and/or BAT/Reynolds Camel Snus products, SM and/or Reynolds will spend a lot more money to lobby (along with PMI and Altria lobbyists) to keep the TCA and Deeming Rule intact (in order to ban competitive vapor products and their manufacturers).<br /><br />The only silver lining in this situation is that black markets for vapor products may render (and may be already rendering) FDA's vapor Deeming Rule as ineffective as the federal law banning marijuana.<br />Bill Godshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-81744188377494401462018-01-07T00:40:18.378-05:002018-01-07T00:40:18.378-05:00Focusing on odds ratios and ignoring (or hiding or...Focusing on odds ratios and ignoring (or hiding or playing down) the actual demographics is common in many "gateway" studies. I found out the same problem in a study on Mexican teenagers [P Lozano et al, Drug and Alcohol Dependence 180 (2017) 427-430]. They report that vaping but not smoking kids at baseline in 2015 had a 40% risk of becoming "conventional" smokers (at least a cigarette in the last 30 days) in 2017 in comparison with never smokers at baseline. When you break down the demographic data, it turns out that of the 247 conventional smokers in 2017, 223 were never smokers in 2015 and only 24 (about 10%) had tried vaping but not smoking in 2015. Also, the correlation between vaping trial and conventional smoking was not statistically significant (only the relation between trial of e-cigs and trial of cigarettes was significant). All this, the demographics and the lack of statistical significance, is buried in the paper, so you have to dig it up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469202562006676543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-56617126328829495282018-01-04T16:43:27.729-05:002018-01-04T16:43:27.729-05:00Thank you for exposing this research misconduct.
...Thank you for exposing this research misconduct.<br /><br />And if the UCSF researchers had NOT excluded all "ever cigarette smokers" in their study at baseline, they would have almost certainly found more than 219 baseline "ever cigarette smokers" who were cigarette smokers a year later.<br /><br />Unfortunately for scientific integrity and government accountability, many DHHS officials and grant administrators are fully aware of this research misconduct by UCSF, which is why they gave them the money.Bill Godshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-54323876955959861952017-12-20T19:11:30.434-05:002017-12-20T19:11:30.434-05:00A very nice summary of the story and I would have ...A very nice summary of the story and I would have to agree the Americans have a rather myopic view on this. Reminds me of the HIV discovery story between Gallo and the French and we know how that turned out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com