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United States Public Health Officials Need to Correct E-cigarette Health Misinformation.

Thursday, January 5, 2023  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Michael F. Pesko, K. Michael Cummings, Clifford E. Douglas
United States Public Health Officials Need to Correct E-cigarette Health Misinformation.
Addiction. First published: 12 December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16097.

United States public health officials need to correct e-cigarette health misinformation (Editorial)
Summary: Health misinformation is harmful as it can cause confusion and sow mistrust regarding the adoption of public health recommendations and policies. Authors provide examples of e-cigarette misinformation promoted by the United States public health officials, which have persisted despite new data challenging the validity of the original assertions.