What sort of ‘warnings’ should go on tins of snus? Modern snus use is probably around 98% less risky than […]
Misleading the public for their own good? Changing the warnings on snus Read More
The opponents of e-cigarettes have determined that ‘ultrafine particles’ or ‘particulates’ are an issue they can work with. But this campaigning gambit,
Scientific sleight of hand: constructing concern about ‘particulates’ from e-cigarettes Read More
There are three problems increasingly evident in ‘tobacco control’ science when it comes to tobacco harm reduction: Contrived and phoney research
The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle applied Read More
It was a dire (though mercifully short) experience: I decided to provide a brief response to each of the many submissions to
A critical commentary on the Glantz and UCSF e-cigarette submissions to the FDA Read More
I’ve had enough of the one-sided conversation about the risks associated with e-cigarettes… poisons, gateways, renormalisation, fires, explosions, MRSA, pneumonia, dual
Turning the tables on public health – let’s talk about the risks *they* create Read More
Within a couple of weeks of a fake gateway effect discovery, more bogus science emerges, stretched to the limits of
Rogue research group opens the slurry gusher again Read More
I am totally exasperated by spin about the so-called gateway effect. Unable to take any more, I decided to write
Cease and desist: making false claims about the gateway effect Read More
With the approach of 2014 and New Year resolutions under negotiation, my thoughts and good wishes turn to all those
Where is the humility? Where is the empathy? Read More
I want to give over a guest post to Gerry Stimson, David Dorn and Rick Lines to reproduce their excellent
Nothing about us without us Read More
We now have health and consumer organisations, notably the disgraceful World Health Organisation, spreading harm around the world by advocating
Health campaigners want to ban e-cigarettes internationally – unethical and unscientific Read More