Publications
From Interessengemeinschaft E-Dampfen:
[US] R Street: Tobacco Harm Reduction: Evidence Update
Dr. Carrie Wade has updated a paper on Tobacco Damage Minimization with the latest scientific…
From RealClear Public Affairs:
Tobacco Harm Reduction: Evidence Update
Carrie Wade, Chelsea Boyd, R Street
Bottom Line: The best evidence conclusively shows that e-cigarettes are far less harmful…
Concerns that aim to protect non-users are often more influential in driving policy changes than evidence that points to a benefit for smokers. And, this will only result in policies that aim to…
Dear Mayor Jones,
I am writing in regard to Boulder’s proposed ordinance, which would ban the sale of flavored-tobacco products in Boulder, including most vaping products. I am the Western…
Smaller manufacturers of vaping products face a major obstacle to survival after the release a few weeks ago of long-overdue application guidelines for market approval. The guidelines could eliminate…
From Reason Foundation:
When all is said and done the Deeming Rule will wipe out most of the e-cigarette industry, leaving only a handful of companies standing, the majority of whom are…
From the Heartland Institute:
In a 2017 Policy Study published by the R Street Institute, Associate Fellow Richard B. Belzer examined the potential financial impact to Medicaid costs in a scenario…
A hallmark of science is reproducibility: if an experiment is conducted twice using the same methods, the result should be the same. In most epidemiologic research, reproducibility usually extends…
From Inside Sources:
R Street Institute, a public policy research organization, for example, ran a report in 2017 estimating the expected savings to Medicaid if people switched to e-cigarettes….
Although e-cigarettes are currently available on the market, for a variety of reasons, such as a lack of application guidance and unclear deadlines, no e-cigarette has yet been formally approved by…