Former Surgeon Genera joins NJOY

Richard Carmona, former Surgeon General under George W. Bush, has joined the board of NJOY.

Carmona is a large part of the reason smoking is banned nearly everywhere these days. A report on the effects of second-hand smoke while Surgeon General was a huge factor in turning public and legislative opinion against smoking.

“I’m probably going to be [the company’s] biggest critic. … I still look at my job as being a doctor of the people, and I’m going to look at the science. … If we can find a viable alternative that gave us harm reduction as people are withdrawing from nicotine, I’m happy to engage in that science and see if we can do that.”

As a former crusader against any form of tobacco use, we can only hope that the addition of Carmona to NJOY’s board may make a few anti-tobacco zealots stop and realize that reduced-harm alternatives to tobacco, such as electronic cigarettes, are a good thing, and will save lives.  Fighting them tooth and nail is not going to result in healthier people, and will, in fact, only increase the body count.

Richard Carmona joining e-cigarette board – Politico

Former Surgeon Genera joins NJOY