Why are CDC and the FDA Incapable of Telling the Truth? E-Cigarettes are NOT a Form of Tobacco Use

In anarticle published Friday in the journalTobacco Control, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ' s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicated that electronic cigarettes are simply another form of " tobacco use. " The article noted that 68% of electronic cigarette users vape flavored e-liquids and concluded that: " It is important for tobacco prevention and control strategies to address all forms of tobacco use, including flavoured tobacco products. "The Rest of the StoryVaping is not a form of tobacco use. Electronic cigarettes do not contain any tobacco. This is a tobacco-free product and to tell the public that vaping is a form of tobacco use is dishonest. What the CDC and FDA are doing here is " a form of " lying.The interesting question is: Why are the CDC and the FDA apparently incapable of telling the public the truth? Why are they not able to be honest about the fact that electronic cigarettes do not contain tobacco?Clearly, for some reason, the truth represents a great threat to these agencies. Perhaps they are worried that if the public understands that vaping does not involve the use of tobacco, many more young people will start vaping. But that hardly justifies lying to the public.What is so potentially damaging about being honest and telling the public that while vaping is not a form of tobacco use and is therefore much safer than smoking, there may be some risks associated with long-term ...
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