FCTC COP-11 – a survival guide for delegates
UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill: why so many are wrong to support it
The war on nicotine will fail but could kill millions
Why is anyone supporting the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill?
The danger of e-cigarette prohibition and illicit trade
Videos
Short: what’s wrong with vaping prohibition?
4 December 2022
Five brief reasons why prohibition fails on all counts.
Categories
2020 Q & A on nicotine science and policy
It mostly focuses on nicotine vaping as an alternative to smoking, but most of the argument also applies to heated tobacco products, modern smokeless tobacco and new oral nicotine products.
Resources
Tobacco Harm Reduction Calendar
See critical dates in the tobacco and public health year
Evidence briefs
Four briefings on smoke free alternatives covering (1) safety, (2) displacing smoking, (3) youth, and (4) policy. (December 2024)
The critic’s guide to bad vaping science
Plain language guide to questioning the science of e-cigarette studies
LATEST TWEETS
State-funded prohibitionist group ASH complains about “consumer groups” responding to a government consultation.
More reasons why @GAtoEndSmoking should not spend a single cent on tobacco farming in Malawi. It has nothing to do with the mission of ending smoking. If tobacco leaf trade somehow radically contracts, low cost African producers will be among the last standing.
WHO says African tobacco-leaf production rose 9% from 2012 to 2024 while global output fell 19%. Tobacco agriculture is shifting geographically.
#TobaccoLeaf #Africa #TobaccoVanguard
A century-long perspective on nicotine use in Norway. The vision of a nicotine-free society appears somewhat utopian....
Public-health messaging has blurred the difference between smoking and vaping — and trust in reliable evidence is paying the price.
From @NannyFreeState
“Treat vaping like smoking and eventually people will believe that vaping is the same as smoking.”
Say it again for the policymakers in the back.