A report was made available to ASFA staff today (05/30/2019), put together by Raymond Niaura, PhD, Director of Science and Training at the Steve A Schroeder National Institue for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Truth Initiative. For those who aren't familiar, Truth Initiative has been one of the largest opponents of vaping, and are a well funded NGO with a mission to “inspire tobacco-free lives” - sadly this mission has began to tread outside of their initial scope, and into promoting the restriction and/or elimination of harm-reducing vapor products.

This report came into our possession when it was posted on the Truth Initiative website at https://truthinitiative.org, then subsequently removed a short time later. Upon reading through the report, we can see why…

There are many contradictions between the public rhetoric of the Truth Initiative and the evidence presented in this report. Please take a moment and read the report, and learn from their own science how they are manipulating the data. Then, decide for yourself where you stand on the so-called “worst public health crisis of our decade.”



Here are a few excerpts from the summary: