Letter sent to the House Finance Committe of the State of Rhode Island General Assembly Dear House Finance Committee Member, I’m writing to share my concerns about the proposed 80% tax on e-cigarettes that your committee will consider on Wednesday, March 21st. This new tax would harm Rhode Island consumers (especially the most vulnerable), local businesses, and […]
WASHINGTON POST: Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the Consumer Choice Center criticized the FDA’s move, saying the proposal puts policy before science.
WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL: Jeff Stier, senior fellow with advocacy group Consumer Choice Center, criticized the latest FDA step. “It seems that FDA is pushing a policy agenda and looking for science to support it,” Stier said. “Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
PAKISTAN OBSERVER: The American Cancer Society is recommending — with caution — to health care clinicians that they add electronic cigarettes and vaporizers as a smoking-cessation option.
ORLANDO SENTINEL: The pro-vaping Consumer Choice Center said the society’s qualified endorsement was “a step in the right direction,” in a statement posted Wednesday on Twitter.
CONTACT: Jeff Stier Senior Fellow Consumer Choice Center jstier@consumerchoicecenter.org 21. February 2018 American Cancer Society Finally Recognizes Benefits Of E-Cigs WASHINGTON, DC – The American Cancer Society acknowledged yesterday that e-cigarettes can appropriately help smokers quit, and the Consumer Choice Center (CCC) applauds said recognition. ACS, in a clinical recommendation, tepidly endorsed e-cigarettes in their statement: “Many smokers […]
Dear Chairman Eliason and members of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, I received thoughtful feedback from many of you after I wrote to you last month to share my concerns that H.B. 88 (Electronic Cigarette and Other Nicotine Product Amendments) would harm Utah consumers (especially the most vulnerable), local businesses, and provide no countervailing benefit to […]
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL: The pro-e-cig advocacy group Consumer Choice Center said Wednesday that “given the growing body of evidence in the U.S. and around the world that suggests the need to support the use of lower-risk nicotine products to quit smoking, the ACS was forced to either stubbornly continue its opposition to e-cigarettes, or lose their […]
FORBES: Jeff Stier, one of the world’s leading experts on harm reduction, is attacking the Israeli Finance Minister’s decision to tax IQOS like regular cigarettes.
January 8, 2017 Science and Public Health Expert Jeff Stier joins the Consumer Choice Center as Senior Fellow WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) is delighted to announce Jeff Stier has joined the group as a Senior Fellow. As he’s done for two decades, Stier will continue to be a voice for consumers […]
