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A new systematic review by University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) researchers (among them the well-known researcher Stanton A. Glantz), looking into the relationship between e-cigarette use and smoking cessation, claims that e-cigarettes in mass-marketed consumer product form do not help smokers quit.

Recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, the study titled, "Electronic Cigarette Use and Adult Cigarette Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis," concluded that in randomized clinical trials, e-cigarette distribution correlated with increased smoking cessation rates, whereas in the form of mass-marketed consumer products, they did not.

“If consumer product e-cigarette use is not associated with more smoking cessation, there is no public health benefit at the population level from allowing these products to be marketed to adult smokers, regardless of the relative harms of e-cigarettes compared to conventional cigarettes. Furthermore, to the extent that people who smoke only add e-cigarettes to their smoking (becoming so-called dual users), their risk of heart disease, lung disease, and cancer may increase compared to smoking alone,” said study author Richard J. Wang MD.

Can the findings be trusted?

One name that stands out prominently among the list of study authors is the well-known long-time anti-vaping extremist Stanton A. Glantz, PhD. To this effect, many will consider the research biased. In 2020, the renowned professor even recalled one of his studies because there was no strong basis for his conclusions.

Furthermore, to the relief of much of the anti-smoking scientific community, earlier this year Glantz resigned from his position at UCSF without warning and/or explanation. “Professor Stanton A Glantz @ProfGlantz has retired from @UCSF, effective immediately. No reason given,” tweeted renowned public health expert Clive Bates.

“That should have happened years ago - many lives could have been saved. And many more. I note the most ridiculous damaging argument is here: https://clivebates.com/vaping-risk-compared-to-smoking-challenging-false-dangerous-claim-by-stanton-glantz/”

The disgraced Glantz

The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) shares the sentiment. “Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) celebrates the resignation of Professor Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. During his tenure, Dr. Glantz spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars publishing discredited anti-vaping studies that had to be retracted due to questionable science and false findings. Dr. Glantz was also accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, prompting the University of California to produce more than $150,000 in compensatory payments to settle claims "more likely than not" to be true," read a Press Release by the TPA.

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