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Journalist and philanthropy expert Marc Gunther and tobacco harm reduction researcher Clive Bates join AVM’s Amanda Wheeler to discuss the latest news on the court challenges to the FDA’s marketing order denials, staffing changes at the FDA, and the war between prohibitionists and harm reductionists. Plus, the Media Lapdogs of the week.

Links:

• Amicus Brief in Bidi Vapor Case

• Biden promised to reverse Trump’s health policies. He’s done that — mostly.

• Transformers Versus Abolitionists

• Prohibitionists at work: how the WHO damages public health through hostility to tobacco harm reduction

• Bloomberg’s Millions Funded an Effective Campaign Against Vaping. Could It Do More Harm Than Good?

• Lies, damn lies and (vaping) statistics

• Media Lapdog: AHA Retracts Study on Vaping Risks

• Media Lapdog: Denver Post Cheers Flavor Ban

Intro music: Last Summer by Ikson - https://www.iksonmusic.com