What do we tell patients about e-cigarettes?

What about E-cigarettes?

T his issue of Pediatric Annals includes a series of fascinating pe-diatric cases that are very educational. As noted by Stan L. Block, MD, FAAP, this is his last " Healthy Baby " column—at least for a while. Stan, the self-styled small town " country doctor, " has done a fabulous job of writing a column each month on a topic relevant to general pediatrics. We are greatly indebted to his outsta...

Erratum: “Vaping and Health: What Do We Know about E-Cigarettes?”

The September 2014 News article “Vaping and Health: What Do We Know about E-Cigarettes?” [Environ Health Perspect 122:A244–A249 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A244 ] has been revised to correct errors and clarify certain statements. The article incorrectly referred twice to e-cigarette emissions as “secondhand smoke.” However, e-cigarettes do not produce smoke; they produce vapor. In...

What should we tell people about dementia ?

Over the past decade, advances in the accuracy of the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as progress in the genetics, aetiology, pathology and therapeutics of the condition, have stimulated a debate on whether patients should be informed of their diagnosis. Prior to this, it was the culture within medicine for practitioners to withhold information from patients. This attitude was based o...

What do we tell our patients about calcium and vitamin D supplementation?

The importance of science-informed policy and what the data really tell us about e-cigarettes

A possible future end-game for cigarettes is explored in the context of the historical progress made to date by tobacco control. Despite good progress, there remains an urgent need to increase the use of proven tobacco control policies and practices for prevention and cessation. The problem is worse than previously thought and the 50(th) anniversary United States Surgeon General's report indica...