The claim, "nicotine harms developing brains" first appeared in the 2014 US Surgeon General Report, "The Health Consequences of Smoking." Is this harm claim true?
Action on Smoking & Health UK is a respected evidence-focused non-profit with no industry ties. ASH UK disagrees with this now-widespread harm claim.
And 15 past-Presidents of the world's top professional society in the field of Tobacco Control agree with ASH UK. They call the "brain harm" claim "speculative" because there is no human evidence.
I have to point out:
(1) If nicotine harmed developing brains, 1 in 3 living US adults over the age of 40 would have brain harms from smoking in their teens. THEY DON'T.
(2) 60% of young men returning from WWII would have had brain harms from smoking cigarettes in their K-rations. THEY DIDN'T.
To be blunt: This is an invented harm. It is a propaganda tactic, not TRUTH.
ASH UK: ash.org.uk/uploads/ASH-ev…
15 past-SRNT Presidents: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.210…
Action on Smoking & Health UK is a respected evidence-focused non-profit with no industry ties. ASH UK disagrees with this now-widespread harm claim.
And 15 past-Presidents of the world's top professional society in the field of Tobacco Control agree with ASH UK. They call the "brain harm" claim "speculative" because there is no human evidence.
I have to point out:
(1) If nicotine harmed developing brains, 1 in 3 living US adults over the age of 40 would have brain harms from smoking in their teens. THEY DON'T.
(2) 60% of young men returning from WWII would have had brain harms from smoking cigarettes in their K-rations. THEY DIDN'T.
To be blunt: This is an invented harm. It is a propaganda tactic, not TRUTH.
ASH UK: ash.org.uk/uploads/ASH-ev…
15 past-SRNT Presidents: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.210…
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