Regulating e-cigs better for public health – harm reduction expert

A Washington, D.C.-based harm reduction expert, who was invited to speak during the joint hearing of the House Committees on Health and Trade and Industry, is pleased that Congress is now leaning towards the regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), otherwise known as e-cigarettes, versus an outright ban on the said products. Carrie Wade, Director of Harm Reduction Policy of think tank R Street Institute, told DZIQ Radyo Inquirer in an interview that regulating e-cigarettes is a "better pathway for public health" as "a ban would only create criminalization". She explained that in markets where e-cigarettes are not regulated, an opportunity for dangerous products to...

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