Former CEO GlobalActiontoEndSmoking, VP Tobacco Control, American Cancer Society, Advisor to US Asst. Sec. for Health & Surgeon General. Adjunct Prof @umichsphhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mratvczxyc2uI was pleased to contribute to @marcgunther.bsky.social's thoughtful look into one of public health's most consequential controversies. My hope is not to win an argument, but to advance a conversation grounded in the best available science. https://marcgunther.substack.com/p/the-new-merchants-of-doubt @lung.org @fda.gov22 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mratvczxyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mqu3zefmwc2oNew study: Illicit Geek Bar marketing targets youth. “About 25% of 16–19-year-olds who vaped in the past 30 days and had a usual brand reported Geek Bar as their preferred brand.” FDA should expand legal, regulated nicotine options for adults—or lethal cigarettes will continue to dominate. https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525003547?via%3Dihub#bb015017 Jul 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu3zefmwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3moyakzaddk26Dr. Timothy Vermillion—social worker and Iraq War veteran—offers a thoughtful perspective on nicotine policy, military readiness, and supporting service members who smoke with accurate information. "The Pentagon Can't Have It Both Ways on Nicotine" https://stripes.com/opinion/2026-06-04/nicotine-dod-troops-guidelines-21873607.html #MilitaryHealth23 Jun 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyakzaddk26https://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3moyakzaddk26Dr. Timothy Vermillion—social worker and Iraq War veteran—offers a thoughtful perspective on nicotine policy, military readiness, and supporting service members who smoke with accurate information. "The Pentagon Can't Have It Both Ways on Nicotine" https://stripes.com/opinion/2026-06-04/nicotine-dod-troops-guidelines-21873607.html #MilitaryHealth23 Jun 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyakzaddk26https://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mnushjjvvs2aPumped to see The Wallflowers perform here tonight. Great songs never get old. Looking forward to hearing Jakob Dylan live.09 Jun 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnushjjvvs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3ml56nzljec2vWhy did it take political pressure for the FDA to move on life-saving alternatives to cigarettes? See my new Substack: "The FDA Finally Moves on Flavored Vapes" https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffdoug/p/the-fda-finally-moves-on-flavored?r=1lelk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true05 May 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml56nzljec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3ml4zjhzfvs2mAnd ... boom ... FDA has just announced authorization of "four Glas electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) ... includ[ing] Classic Menthol, Fresh Menthol, Gold, and Sapphire. This action marks the FDA’s first authorization of non-tobacco and non-menthol ENDS products." https://fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-expands-market-access-authorizes-new-ends-products [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4zjhzfvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3ml4qmhvov22uBreaking news: "A frustrated President Trump" criticized FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for blocking flavored vapes. Makary is "weighing becoming more open to vape flavor approvals." Is needed change coming? https://wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pressures-fda-commissioner-to-approve-flavored-vapes-9dad81ee?st=pGkdLJ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink My interview on this issue at t.co/SM77ObSZLe @regwatch.bsky.social05 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4qmhvov22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mjjzksipq22dDr. @mikepesko.bsky.social asked acting CDC Director @drjbhattacharya.bsky.social to rename "EVALI" (E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury), which wrongly links deaths from 2019-20 to nicotine vapes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15VS0ekFKkfnDg7gi_VPZ8XjdqHM_oyaGHB5C_63stTU/edit?usp=sharing See https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16097.15 Apr 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjzksipq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mj67ix2vs22qThis is unacceptable: “The price of regular gasoline in the United States jumped 25 percent from February to March, the highest monthly percentage increase on record.” A Record Jump in U.S. Gasoline Prices Is Squeezing Consumers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/business/economy/gasoline-price-rise.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Apr 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj67ix2vs22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mioz7vly6k2xA report on the personnel process, such as it was, at @FDATobacco prompts me to think about the human beings involved & the impact the tumultuous past year has had on those dedicated & hard-working people and the productivity of the Center for Tobacco Products. https://tobaccoreporter.com/2026/04/02/filing-shows-fda-rescinded-229-ctp-rif-notices/04 Apr 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioz7vly6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3midgimosys27A new study reports youth using e-cigarettes “to get high from nicotine.” That caught my attention. “Getting high” doesn’t reflect how nicotine is actually experienced. And when such language is wrong or misleading, there are consequences. See my new Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-19268814631 Mar 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3midgimosys27https://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mh7kp7rdic2wThis is the right trend - one that will, over time and with concerted effort in multiple sectors, both reflect and contribute to tremendous public health gains. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7kp7rdic2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mgjlnjupbk2yYouth cigarette smoking in the U.S. is now just 1.4%. Youth vaping has fallen 74% since 2019. The new National Youth Tobacco Survey tells a story we should be celebrating. I wrote about what the new data really show—and what it means for moving forward more effectively: https://substack.com/home/post/p-190253682.08 Mar 2026 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgjlnjupbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mf5enhdpgs2xThe @nytimes spotlights the disastrous and widespread illicit trade for cigarettes in Australia: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/world/asia/how-40-a-pack-cigarettes-pushed-australians-to-the-black-market.html?. Australia is harming health by reducing access to safer alternatives, keeping more people smoking, and by misusing taxation to drive many of its citizens to more smoking.18 Feb 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5enhdpgs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3megtevwykk2xThe thoughtful commentator Claudio Teixeira has shared his latest observations in "England, After the Smoke," an analysis of falling smoking rates in that country, where #vaping has helped reduce lethal combustible tobacco use. I was honored to contribute. https://www.disobedientmargins.com/p/england-after-the-smoke09 Feb 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3megtevwykk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3me2baasabs2oThis forecast of plummeting smoking rates has huge meaning for the health & well-being of millions in our society. Government must help - while the people choose. https://clivebates.substack.com/p/the-future-like-it-or-loathe-it04 Feb 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2baasabs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mdj7tqyd3k2mA new study from an expert team of researchers has found that "people who used ENDS products [i.e., nicotine vapes/e-cigarettes] specifically to quit smoking were more likely to achieve smoking abstinence." https://www.tobaccoinduceddiseases.org/Cigarette-smoking-abstinence-at-follow-up-at-12-months-among-US-adults-who-regularly,215874,0,2.html28 Jan 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdj7tqyd3k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdoug-bsky.bsky.social/post/3mdj6s7bcsk2mThe return of vapes (e-cigarettes) to 6,000 @Walgreens stores for the first time since 2019 is a welcome move, especially with growing evidence that nicotine vaping is more effective than nicotine medications in helping adults quit smoking. Progress! https://cspdailynews.com/tobacco/walgreens-resumes-e-cigarette-sales-nationwide28 Jan 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:xo4ggkcggnhtlmidwwychlpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdj6s7bcsk2m