Nearly four decades after the 1964 surgeon general’s report on smoking and health, almost 25 percent of adults in America still smoke. The current surgeon general says smoking kills over 400,000 Americans every year. He also indicates that there is no evidence that smokeless tobacco-which is no longer chewing tobacco as is commonly believed, but a modern product placed inside the cheek and used much like a breath mint-is safer than cigarettes. Is smokeless tobacco in fact a tool used for recruiting new smokers, for keeping current smokers from quitting, or does it wean smokers away from more harmful tobacco use? Two experts will summarize the latest research on the effects of smokeless tobacco. AEI resident scholar Sally Satel will discuss the politics of harm reduction and AEI resident scholar John E. Calfee-who helped regulate tobacco advertising at the Federal Trade Commission in the 1980s and has written widely on tobacco and public policy-will moderate the discussion.
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