Yesterday, I that the 2014 Surgeon General's , released last Friday, failed to disclose the financial conflicts of interest of many of its authors. Specifically, the report is hiding the fact that many of its authors have or had financial conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the smoking cessation products about which the report provides a misleadingly positive review.

At the Rest of the Story, I don't have that luxury. I make the call based on what I see as the most credible scientific evidence available. And at the current time, I believe that for many smokers, electronic cigarettes are a reasonable option for smoking cessation or dramatic smoking reduction. These benefits of electronic cigarettes are demonstrable and there is no evidence that they are being undermined by these products serving as a gateway to tobacco cigarette addiction. In fact, all the evidence at the current time points to a strong relationship between e-cigarette use and decreased overall use of tobacco products, not the other way around.

Perhaps the most damning finding of the report is the marketing of Nicorette toy race cars, a tactic that the lawmakers say can only be targeted at young children and intended to create positive associations with Nicorette in children as young as 2 and 3 years-old. The lawmakers included in the report multiple images of Nicorette toy race cars:

In a salvo of actions, these lawmakers first issued a decrying the use of flavorings in electronic cigarettes and then the FDA's proposed deeming regulations for not imposing a ban on these flavorings.

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