If There's Vapor, There's Fire: Regulation and Use of E-Cigarettes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates tobacco products, including e-cigarettes or vapes. In recent years, there have been debates about whether e-cigarettes should be promoted as safer than combustible tobacco and what role the FDA or other policymakers should take in limiting e-cigarette use among youth. In this seminar, we will consider opportunities and barriers to policies that reduce tobacco use and mitigate disparities among socioeconomic groups.

Chapters
0:00 Intros and Today's Topic
5:08 Presentation by Daniel Aaron, JD, MD
27:10 Presentation by Abigail Friedman, PhD
39:56 Panel Discussion Moderated by C. Joseph Daval, JD

Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL) at Brigham & Women's Hospital, and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.