{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fb61120df-60de-4442-87bf-d4d2833f5839","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Vapers and public-health experts (with Sally Satel)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/b61120df-60de-4442-87bf-d4d2833f5839\"></iframe>","title":"Vapers and public-health experts (with Sally Satel)","description":"<br />\nJust a few years ago, e-cigarettes were lauded as a public-health miracle that could wean addicts off of far more harmful smoking habits. Today, the same e-cigarettes are denounced as a public-health nightmare, and their sale is increasingly restricted. How did this happen? And which view is more right? <br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nGuest Sally Satel joins us to tell a story of tone-deaf manufacturers, flawed regulation, media scare-mongering, and an extraordinary lack of intellectual integrity in a prominent sector of the public-health community. And she discusses the implications for America\u2019s public-health experts going forward as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. <br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://www.aei.org/profile/sally-satel/\" target=\"_blank\">Sally Satel</a> is a psychiatrist, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a visiting professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.\u00a0This podcast discusses themes from Sally\u2019s essay in the Spring 2020 issue of National Affairs, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-e-cigarette-revolution-that-wasn%E2%80%99t\" target=\"_blank\">The E-Cigarette Revolution That Wasn\u2019t</a>.\u201d You can also read an annotated version of Sally\u2019s essay <a href=\"https://sallysatelmd.com/articles/2020/the-e-cigarette-revolution-that-wasnt-annotated-version/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">here</a>. <br />","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/772081ae-c222-47c1-96d3-8a24b908d4f5/nationalaffairspodcast-finallogo2-3000px.png"}