United States public health officials need to correct e-cigarette health misinformation
A ddiction Early View EDITORIAL Free Access United States public health officials need to correct e-cigarette health misinformation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16097 Michael F. Pesko , K. Michael Cummings , Clifford E. Douglas , Jonathan Foulds , Thomas Miller , Nancy A. Rigotti , Kenneth E. Warner First published: 12 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.1609 About Sections Share on Health misinformation is harmful as it can cause confusion and sow mistrust regarding the adoption of public health recommendations and policies. We provide examples of e-cigarette misinformation promoted by the United States public health officials, which have persisted despite new data challenging the validity of the original assertions . The Surgeon General of the United States (SG) recently launched an initiative to reduce health misinformation. In an advisory [ 1 ], he wrote: ‘Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health. It can cause confusion, sow mistrust, h