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
🇪🇺Nobody quits smoking because of plain packaging. People quit when they find something better than a cigarette.
Ban the flavours, cap the nicotine, take away the pouches, and you know exactly where consumers will go back to.
Must-read. @ArielleSelya shows why nearly all the anti-vaping (etc) measures justified by “protecting youth” are based on a simplistic misunderstanding. Most youth vaping is beneficial, squeezing out youth smoking. Pls read.
Useful reading for @FDATobacco @EU_Health @DHSCgovuk
New Substack post on my talk from the recent TSRC conference:
How should we think about tobacco harm reduction going into the future as cigarettes become obsolete?
https://arielleselyaphd.substack.com/p/rethinking-population-health-implications
I have published an article on @libdemvoice on @UKLabour’s new vape tax and why it’s disastrous policymaking. Read here: https://www.libdemvoice.org/labours-new-vape-tax-is-disastrous-policymaking-80577.html
CC: @europethra @VAEPinfo @vapers_alliance @Vaping_Industry @NannyFreeState @Clive_Bates @inijames @NNAlliance @WeVapeUK @jetsipha
Great (maddening ) anatomy of grant making https://arielleselyaphd.substack.com/p/fraud-compromise-and-groupthink-how?r=dway&utm_medium=ios
All definitions of "addictive" boil down to:
Addiction = Dependence + Harm
Caffeine, for example, is dependence-forming but not "addictive."
Nicotine itself does not cause harm. In fact, it has some health benefits...