Episode 25: How Tobacco Control Lost Its Way—Dr. Michael Siegel

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On this episode of Shaping Vaping, AVM Vice President Alli Boughner sits down with Dr. Michael Siegel to discuss the tobacco-control movement’s rejection of harm reduction. There’s an abundance of evidence that tobacco harm reduction helps smokers give up cigarettes; yet many US public health authorities deny that vapes and other low-risk alternatives to smoking should be used for cessation. Why? Dr. Siegel’s answer may surprise you.

Michael Siegel is a professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit his website and read his blog. 

Alli Boughner is the vice president of the American Vapor Manufacturers (AVM). Follow her on Twitter @Alli_vapes.