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
"The real urgent need is to help older smokers stop smoking by any means possible, and these measures and this letter work against that. Pay more attention to what is done than what is said."
Think carefully before you sign this letter...
An activist sign-up letter backing UK anti-vaping policies demands serious scrutiny. It looks more like political cheerleading than genuine public health. New substack via @Clive_Bates
https://clivebates.substack.com/p/think-carefully-before-you-sign-this
"Public interest groups can only show public value by basing their case on dispassionate analysis, not by joining a mob whipped up into a moral panic." Why to think twice about signing @AshOrgUK's letter if you care about public health. Via @Clive_Bates https://clivebates.substack.com/p/think-carefully-before-you-sign-this
New substack: Think carefully before you sign this letter
https://clivebates.substack.com/p/think-carefully-before-you-sign-this
A new activist sign-up letter from @AshOrgUK urges public health professionals to endorse a set of government policies that will likely do more harm than good. I give the reasons to be sceptical.
"The job of a public health regulator is to protect the health and welfare of the public. It cannot do that by walking away, hiding behind prohibitions, and hoping the police will clean up the resulting mess."
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