Tobacco
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Paper Analyzes Impacts of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Deal
Members of the University of Michigan and Georgetown University’s Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulation (CAsToR) recently published a new commentary analyzing the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to stop a deal between Altria, the largest US cigarette company, and the leading vaping company, Juul Labs. Read more
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Web-Based Tool Calculates Lives Saved, Policy Implications of Tobacco Control
The Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) tool is an interactive simulation modeling application developed by Jamie Tam, assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, Rafael Meza, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the NCI-funded Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) lung consortium. Read more
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Upcoming Project to Research Link between Tobacco Use and Discrimination
Q&A with Delvon Mattingly
The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) was recently awarded a diversity supplement to help conduct research on the influence of discrimination on patterns of tobacco product use. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Banning E-Cigarettes, Not Tobacco Products, Is 'Ludicrous,' Some Public Health Experts Say
Ken Warner Quoted by NBC News
San Francisco's ban on electronic cigarettes is an "insane public policy," some public health experts say, arguing that the city should ban all tobacco products instead. Read more
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Raising Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 Would Prevent Thousands of Premature Deaths in Michigan
New Research from Holly Jarman and Rafael Meza
Restricting sales of tobacco products to people 21 and older could keep 11,000 Michiganders from starting to smoke, potentially avoiding premature deaths in two-thirds of that population, according to a University of Michigan study. Read more
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Michigan Minds: Taming the Wild West of E-cigs
New Contribution from Clifford Douglas
E-cigarettes are starting to get the attention of regulators. Recently the FDA added restrictions on sales of flavored vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations to keep them out of the hands of minors. Read more
