In WSJ Op-Ed, Siegel Questions Claims E-cigarettes Are ‘Gateway’ to Tobacco Use.

BUSPH’s Mike Siegel weighs in on the controversy over e-cigarettes with an Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, arguing that the “gateway hypothesis” surrounding electronic cigarettes is “a myth.” Siegel, who has extensively studied smoking and tobacco control, says government agencies and public health officials “have no business discouraging or disparaging e-cigarettes in the absence of any data that they are causing harm. This is especially the case when these products have so much potential to curb cigarette smoking, the public health scourge that still claims half a million lives a year.” Read the full article (subscription needed).