Yes, It Is a War | Health Economist Rebukes FDA’s Campaign Against Vaping | RegWatch
September 10, 2026 by regulatorwatch.com
Yes, It Is a War | Health Economist Rebukes FDA’s Campaign Against Vaping | RegWatch
The language around vaping has become a policy tool in itself. Describe a product mainly through fear, and the public may never hear the more important comparison: continued smoking versus switching away from combustion. A health economist’s criticism of the FDA campaign highlights the cost of messaging that treats caution as neutrality. Public health should inform smokers clearly, not make lower-risk choices sound too dangerous to consider.
14.10% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 39.8 million current smokers in United States 17.10% of men are current smokers but only 11.10% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
