Episode 17: Alex Norcia & Jim McDonald

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Journalists Alex Norcia and Jim McDonald join Shaping Vaping to discuss the inconsistencies in how public health officials define harm reduction, the states that are trying to stealth-ban synthetic nicotine, and a grab bag of other vaping topics in the news. Plus, this week’s Media Lap Dogs.

Links:

• Vital Strategies is trying to define vaping out of harm reduction

• Three States Have Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine by Stealth

• Over 1 year later: smokers’ EVALI awareness, knowledge and perceived impact on e-cigarette interest

• Outcry After High School Students Strip-Searched for Vapes

• Felony Charges for School Official Who Searched Girls for Vapes

• A PGA hero emerges…

• vaping restrictions *increase* infant mortality

• Media Lap Dog: New York Post hypes junk science study on vaping.

Intro music: Last Summer by Ikson - https://www.iksonmusic.com