A new U.S. Surgeon General’s report on e-cigarette use among youth and young adults finds that even without the use of combustible products, there is no acceptable level of nicotine when it comes to youth – and that the aerosol produced by “vaping” is harmful to anyone who may inhale it second-hand.
Terry F. Pechacek, a professor at the Georgia State University School of Health and a former research official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is available to discuss the new report.
Pechacek can be reached directly by email at [email protected].
To reach him by phone or further assistance, contact Anna Varela, Director of Communications for the Georgia State School of Public Health, at [email protected] or 404-413-1504, or Jeremy Craig, Public Relations Coordinator for the central Georgia State Department of Public Relations & Marketing Communications, at [email protected] or 404-413-1374.
The report and executive summary are available from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General at http://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/resources.html.
Pechacek served as the deputy director for research translation at the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, and has involved in research into smoking and tobacco use prevention and cessation policy.
He has been involved in the preparation of U.S. Surgeon General Reports on Smoking and Health since 1979. Pechacek was also the senior associate scientific editor and contributing author of The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress, released in 2014.
He was awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion in recognition of his work to support the Office of the Surgeon General in communicating the risks of tobacco use, and received the Jeffery P. Koplan Award from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
For a list of his research publications and a curriculum vitae, visit http://publichealth.gsu.edu/profile/terry-pechacek/.
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