Professor Michael Siegel

[KatherineDevlin]

3rd August 2010: FDA Reply Brief in NJOY Electronic Cigarette Case is Not Compelling Because It Ignores FDA Tobacco Law
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_08_03_archive.html

30th July 2010: New Study Shows that Thirdhand Smoke is 100 Times More Dilute than Secondhand Smoke
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_30_archive.html

29th July 2010: Study Concludes that Higher Intensity Puffing Required for E-Cigarettes May Have Adverse Effects on Health, But Doesn't Consider Toxicity of the Vapor
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_29_archive.html

28th July 2010: Why Do Anti-Smoking Groups and Researchers Recommend Pharmaceutical Cessation Aids for Every Patient When Unaided Quitting is More Effective?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_28_archive.html

27th July 2010: Will World Health Organization Declare that Winston Cigarettes are Safer and/or Less Enticing to Kids than Other Cigarettes?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_27_archive.html

26th July 2010: New Study Provides Strong Evidence of Causal Association Between Chantix and Violent Acts Towards Others.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_26_archive.html

22nd July 2010: World Trade Organization to Consider Whether Clove Cigarette Ban Violates International Trade Agreements.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_22_archive.html

21st July 2010: Wisconsin Medical Society Physician Disseminates Blatantly False Information About Electronic Cigarettes.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_21_archive.html

[KatherineDevlin]

20th July 2010: If You're Banning Chocolate and Banana in Cigarettes, Then Why Not Licorice, Brown Sugar, Caramel, Lemon Oil, Lime Oil, and Scotch Spearmint Oil?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_20_archive.html

13th July 2010: Gwinnett Medical Center Will Not Even Hire Ex-Smokers If They Use Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_13_archive.html

12th July 2010: Two Amicus Briefs Support NJOY's Position that FDA Lacks Authority to Regulate Its Electronic Cigarettes as Drug Delivery Devices Under the FDCA.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_07_12_archive.html

22nd June 2010: Tobacco Companies are in Compliance with Law; Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Has No One to Blame But Itself.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_22_archive.html

21st June 2010: Another Failed Promise of the FDA Tobacco Law: Ban on Light Cigarettes Goes Up in Smoke, as Predicted.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_21_archive.html

20th June 2010: American Cancer Society Continues to Lie About the Origins of FDA Tobacco Law.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_20_archive.html

18th June 2010: Former FDA Commissioner Calls for Agency to Mandate 90% Reduction in Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes; Move Would Likely Increase Cigarette Consumption.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_18_archive.html

17th June 2010: American Medical Association Not Sure Smoking is Any Worse than Using Electronic Cigarettes
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_17_archive.html

[KatherineDevlin]

10th June 2010: New Study Shows No Effect of England Smoking Ban on Heart Attacks, Despite Concluding Otherwise.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_06_10_archive.html

24th May 2010: Coalition of Anti-Smoking Groups in North Carolina Expresses Interest in Maintaining Cigarette Tax Revenues and Consumption.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_24_archive.html

18th May 2010: Insanity of the Modern-Day Tobacco Control Movement: Approve and Protect Existing High-Risk Cigarettes; Get Rid of Everything Else.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_18_archive.html

17th May 2010: Anti-Smoking Groups Refute Contention that Cigarettes are More Dangerous than Tobacco-Free Nicotine Delivery System, Call for Statewide Bans on E-Cigs
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_17_archive.html

13th May 2010: Why is the American Lung Association Not Even Willing to Look at the Scientific Evidence?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_13_archive.html

12th May 2010: American Lung Association States that There is Only One Laboratory Study on Electronic Cigarettes
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_12_archive.html

11th May 2010: American Lung Association Says There is No Scientific Evidence that Cigarette Smoking is Any More Dangerous than Vaping; Scientific Competence is Shot
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_11_archive.html

10th May 2010: IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association Urges Thousands of Ex-Smokers to Return to Smoking
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_10_archive.html

[KatherineDevlin]

7th May 2010: IN MY VIEW: American Cancer Society Doesn’t Want Smokers to Quit, Unless They Use Pharmaceutical Products
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html

6th May 2010: The Folly of Using Tobacco Tax Revenues to Fund Essential Government Programs
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html

28th April 2010: GlaxoSmithKline to Market Nicotine Mini-Lozenges in Cherry and Mint Flavors; Is This Also a Ploy to Lure Kids?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

21st April 2010: New Study Finds No Effect of Bupropion (Zyban) on Craving to Smoke; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Zyban to Be Pulled Off Market?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

13th April 2010: New Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes in Suppressing Desire to Smoke; E-Cigs Performed as Well as Nicotine Inhalers
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_04_13_archive.html

29th March 2010: UK Department of Health’s New Tobacco Control Strategy Criticized for Lack of Evidence Base on Smoking Cessation Recommendations
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_29_archive.html

26th March 2010: New Report from Royal College of Physicians Calls on Policies to Protect Children From Even Having to See Smokers
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_26_archive.html

21st March 2010: Maryland Bill Would Severely Harm the Public’s Health by Forcing Many Ex-Smokers to Return to Cigarette Smoking
Would Also Criminalize Individuals Who Give Electronic Cigarettes to Friends or Relatives to Help Them Quite Smoking
Bill Acknowledges that Deadly Analog Cigarettes are Approved by the FDA, and that State Lawmakers Would Rather People Smoke the Deadly Ones than the Much Safer Electronic Ones
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_21_archive.html

[KatherineDevlin]

17th March 2010: Illinois Legislature to Consider Bill to Ban Electronic Cigarettes
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_17_archive.html

11th March 2010: Duke University “Branch” of Philip Morris Puts Out Study that Perpetuates Focus on Nicotine Biology and Obscures Need for Effective Cessation Approach
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_11_archive.html

4th March 2010: New Study Shows That Even Extended Nicotine Replacement Therapy is Extremely Ineffective; Unaided Quitting Rates are Far Better
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_04_archive.html

1st March 2010: GlaxoSmithKline Given a Seat on FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

26th February 2010: Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights Using New Research on Thirdhand Smoke to Claim that Secondhand Electronic Cigarette Vapor is Hazardous
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_26_archive.html

25th February 2010: Anti-Smoking Advocate Reportedly Claims that Electronic Cigarettes are More Dangerous than Real Ones
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_25_archive.html

11th February 2010: Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory Study of Electronic Cigarettes Finds Little Nicotine Delivery, But Some Suppression of Craving for Cigarettes
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_11_archive.html

10th February 2010: Research: Nicotine Alone is Not Enough to Treat Smoking Addicition; Behavioral Components Must Also Be Treated
Research Explains Why Electronic Cigarettes May Be So Effective in Promoting Smoking Cessation
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_10_archive.html

[KatherineDevlin]

9th February 2010: Reported Results of First Clinical Trial on Electronic Cigarettes Suggest that These Devices are Much Safer than Previously Thought
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_09_archive.html

9th February 2010: Results of Electronic Cigarette Clinical Trial Announced
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_09_archive.html

4th February 2010: Utah’s Proposed Action on E-Cigarettes Shows the Absurdity of the Anti-Smoking Movement’s Entire Approach to Tobacco Policy
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_04_archive.html

3rd February 2010: FDA Appeals District Court Decision to Issue Injunction Against Regulating Electronic Cigarettes as Drugs/Devices
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_02_03_archive.html

28th January 2010: Published Article in British Medical Journal Concludes that Smoking is Probably No Worse Than Using Electronic Cigarettes
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_01_28_archive.html

27th January 2010: No Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines or Diethylene Glycol Detected in inLife Electronic Cigarettes
Do Anti-Smoking Groups Still Want Ex-Smokers to Return to the Real Thing?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_01_27_archive.html

19th January 2010: New Jersey State Senators Tell Public that Electronic Cigarettes are More Dangerous than Regular Ones; Call E-Cigarettes a Tobacco Industry Ploy
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_01_19_archive.html

18th January 2010: IN MY VIEW: The Court Ruling on Electronic Cigarettes: What Does It Mean?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_01_18_archive.html

14th January 2010: United States District Court Rules that FDA Most Likely Does Not Have Authority to Regulate Electronic Cigarettes as Drug-Device Combinations
Issues Preliminary Injunction Enjoining FDA From Regulating Electronic Cigarettes as Drug-Device Combinations
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_01_14_archive.html