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Dr. Pesko’s work on Drug Regulation and Mortality featured in Cato Research Brief

MU Economics

The newest issue of Cato Research Briefs in Economic Policy features “Pharmaceutical Drug Regulation and Mortality: Evidence from Electronic Cigarettes,” by Michael Pesko, University of Missouri; and Christian Saenz, Georgia State University.  The authors find that “e-cigarettes exemption from FDA regulation saved 74,000 life-years from 2011-2019.  The Cato Institute is the leading free market think tank in the world and promotes public policy research consistent with a free and open society in which liberty allows every individual to pursue a life of prosperity and meaning in peace.