SF Examiner Publishes “Regulate e-cigarettes” Op-Ed by SFMS President Lawrence Cheung, MD March 6, 2014 Advocacy, Public Health, SFMS Member Lawrence Cheung, e-cigarettes 0 Op-Ed originally appeared in The San Francisco Examiner, March 5, 2014. Regulate e-cigarettes Electronic cigarettes are very much in need of more regulations, in order to minimize marketing and access to them by kids and to reduce exposure to their vapors for everybody. The San Francisco Medical Society has had a policy supporting such regulations for years, and a growing number of other medical and health organizations — and cities — are agreeing that e-cigarettes can pose health risks. Contrary to heavy lobbying by e-cig and tobacco interests, the proposed San Francisco regulations pose no burden to those who might actually use e-cigs to help quit tobacco smoking, and we commend the San Francisco supervisors who are proposing stricter, healthier regulations. Dr. Lawrence Cheung President, San Francisco Medical Society San Francisco Comments are closed.
