Utah nicotine caps derail harm reduction efforts rstreet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rstreet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chelsea Boyd
Despite all of the death and despair that has accompanied the COVID-19 epidemic, much of the long-term messaging has been hopeful.
Early on, we were told if we could âbend the curve,â we could control the pandemic.
Then, when vaccine development ramped up, the messaging focused on how vaccines would allow a return to normal by achieving herd immunity. Even the herd immunity threshold was optimistic in the beginning, with experts suggesting that vaccinating as little as 60 percent of the population might achieve herd immunity.
Of course, the actions weâve taken to control COVID-19 arenât for nothing. Lockdowns prevented countless deaths, and vaccines are still our best hope at achieving something closer to normalcy. However, itâs time that we face the cold-hard reality that COVID-19 will be with us forever and the grand idea of herd immunity will likely remain out of reach.
Podcast: The Current State of Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy- with Chelsea Boyd rstreet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rstreet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Unintended Consequence of Complete Flavor Bans: More Youth Smoking
Review of: Abigail S. Friedman, “A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Youth Smoking and a Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in San Francisco, California,”
Reviewed by: Chelsea Boyd
In response to continued concern over youth vaping rates, some jurisdictions have implemented flavor bans in an attempt to make nicotine products combustible cigarettes, vaporizers (vapes), e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems less appealing to young people. The ban in one jurisdiction, San Francisco, enabled researchers [2]to evaluate what happens to youth smoking rates following a ban on flavored tobacco products.