FCTC COP-11 – a survival guide for delegates
This is a guide to the COP-11 meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva 17-22 November, 2025.
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UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill: why so many are wrong to support it
In the history of wrongness, it is hard to find greater wrongness than the uncritical support for the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill. The legislation is likely to do more harm than good, yet attracts widespread but uncritical support.
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The war on nicotine will fail but could kill millions
The global effort to reduce non-communicable diseases by one-third by 2030 has been hijacked by tobacco control ideologues. It will not end well.
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Why is anyone supporting the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill?
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill now making its way through Parliament and related measures is a failure of policy-making and public health leadership. The headline anti-smoking measure is a nothing-burger and the anti-vaping measures will do more harm than good.
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The danger of e-cigarette prohibition and illicit trade
It is hard to imagine a worse e-cigarette policy than a prohibition. I summarise the arguments against.
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Fixing the broken and lawless American tobacco and nicotine market
Fixing the broken tobacco and nicotine market requires a radical overhaul of the authorisation process for smoke-free products, lowering barriers to entry and pushing back a giant illicit market.
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Bringing the flamethrower of reform to FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products
FDA’s approach to tobacco and nicotine regulation should be a high priority for reformers of the federal bureaucracy. FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products manages to combine near complete regulatory failure with vast costs to the regulated industries and to the FDA.
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The genius of Michael Russell – more right than ever
Professor Michael Russell died 15 years ago. His insights into tobacco and nicotine from the 1970s onwards are highly relevant today.
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Fixing U.S. vape regulation – twelve proposals
In practice, FDA’s regulation of the US vape market amounts to not regulating at all. I offer a diagnosis and twelve remedies.
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UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill: a Misfire and a Backfire
New UK policies and legislation on smoking and vaping have been widely hailed as groundbreaking and game-changing. That is wrong. Closer examination shows they are likely to do more harm than good – a misfire and a backfire.
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