Misperceptions of Nicotine Causing Harm for Consumers

August 07, 2023 by townhall.com

Misperceptions of Nicotine Causing Harm for Consumers

Despite being on the U.S. market for more than a decade and a half, there is a lot of misinformation about e-cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco harm reduction. A recent global survey of more than 15,000 doctors representing 11 different countries came to the alarming conclusion with 74 percent of participants “incorrectly [believing that] nicotine causes a range of illnesses from lung cancer to COPD.” More recently, ABC News (and other outlets) picked up on updated guidelines from various public health trade associations (including the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology), claiming that doctors “increasingly discourage vaping amid mounting health concerns.”


19.30% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 52.1 million current smokers in United States 22.90% of men are current smokers but only 15.80% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR


TOP NEWS by REGION

July 18, 2023, 10:02 p.m. by politico.com

FDA could thwart its own smoking-cessation push

Regions: United States of America North America

July 21, 2023, 12:02 p.m. by themessenger.com

Sales of Smokeless Tobacco IQOS Surged as Cigarettes Fall for Industry Giant Philip Morris

Regions: United States of America North America

July 24, 2023, 1:05 p.m. by realclearpolicy.com

End the War on Vaping

Regions: United States of America North America

July 26, 2023, 7:54 a.m. by heart.org

As E-Cigarette Use Grows, More Research Needed on Long-Term Effects of Vaping

Regions: United States of America

Sept. 4, 2023, 10:42 p.m. by rstreet.org

Top Misconceptions in Tobacco Harm Reduction – 2023

Regions: United States of America North America

RELATED VIDEOS

video youtube thumbnail

05 September 2024

How do we debunk this myth?!

video youtube thumbnail

04 December 2023

Dispelling #vaping myths

video youtube thumbnail

06 September 2024

What's the Truth about Nicotine? | #GFNVoices24

video youtube thumbnail

02 July 2018

How to feel AND think about nicotine and those who use it.

video youtube thumbnail

11 September 2024

What causes the most misunderstanding in the field of tobacco harm reduction?

video youtube thumbnail

10 January 2025

QUIET TRIUMPH | Collapse in Youth Smoking Ignored by Public Health

video youtube thumbnail

29 June 2018

Smokeless tobacco & harm reduction - Mohamadi Sarkar

video youtube thumbnail

22 June 2022

GFN'22 | Benefits of nicotine