Vaping As Health Policy Experiment
November 18, 2019
Amid proposals to ban e-cigarettes, it should be remembered that vaping can help smokers kick the habit or discourage people from smoking at all, says a New York Times editorial. And a new study adds evidence that adult smokers can gain heart health benefits from switching to e-cigarettes. Earlier in Issues, a public health specialist looked at the science and laws around vaping and called on states to launch “policy experiments” to test vaping and other tobacco alternatives as ways to reduce overall smoking rates.