CASAA Call to Action: Yet another specious and disingenuous liar joins the club. The Southern Nevada Health District Director, the local public health authority serving more than 2 million residents of Clark County, which constitutes more than 70% of Nevada’s population. Their mission is to protect the health and well-being of residents within their jurisdictions. However, some of his recommendations will insure the DEATH of more residents if Vaping is significantly impacted. A bureaucratic bloviating “MD” who does make some valid points about children in his letter to the FDA but also advocates some ideas that would destroy Vaping. Naturally he uses junk science to further his agenda. Just a few quotes for your reading please from his letter to the FDA:
“FDA and other independent scientists have found numerous potentially dangerous chemicals and carcinogens as well as varying levels of nicotine that are inconsistent with the amount indicated on the labels of e-cigarette solutions. For example, a recent study of e-cigarette refill fluids found that the majority (65%) of nicotine fluids tested deviated by more than ten percent from the nicotine concentrations on the label.2 Furthermore, because ecigarettes are unregulated, we do not know the full range of chemicals included in e-cigarettes being produced by the large number of e-cigarettes manufacturers.”
“Another troubling aspect of e-cigarette marketing is that ads continue to make health claims regarding the safety of e-cigarettes and the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a cessation tool without sufficient testing or data to back up these claims. Indeed, a recent study of fifty-nine e-cigarette websites found that 95 percent of the sites contained health claims, including 64 percent that mentioned cessation and 22 percent that featured doctors.”
Your contact details and please let this public servant know your feelings:
Joseph P. Iser, MD, DrPH, MSc
Chief Health Officer Southern Nevada Health District
P.O. Box 3902 | Las Vegas, NV 89127
702.759.1000 | www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org
Contact Information
(702) 759-1201
board.of.health@snhdmail.org