
On 17 November 2016, the Iowa Attorney General, Tom Miller, gave a speech at the E-cigarette Summit 2016 (with biography) on e-cigarettes examining the claims of anti-vaping activists, and their scientific, ethical and legal basis. The full text of the speech is here: America Needs England (PDF). I reported an earlier speech here.
The speech should be widely read, especially in the United States. To facilitate an informed reading, I have reproduced the speech here, with some thematic subheadings, source links and illustrations [these are my additions].
- Introduction
- On legal accountability and the limits of impunity for misleading consumers
- On misleading health claims
- On fundamentals: no combustion
- On youth vaping and smoking
- On e-cigarette gateways
- On e-cigarette marketing to kids
- On false perceptions of relative risk and the responsibility of public health bodies to put this right
- On what America can draw from England
- On the importance of top academics speaking out
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