When senior officials claim that the is an epidemic of teenage vaping or nicotine addiction, what do they actually mean and does the claim makes sense? Most vaping is infrequent, and regular use is concentrated among smokers, where is may be benficial.
 Letter from Iowa Attorney General Miller and others, including me, to Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner. See PDF at the …
Youth vaping and the dangers of over-reaction – a letter to the FDA Read More
Mitch Zeller, the Director of the Center for Tobacco Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, recently published an …
Rethinking nicotine: FDA asks six questions about the future of nicotine regulation Read More
Clive Bates from The E-Cigarette Summit U.S. 2018 My presentation from the E-cigarette Summit (US) 30 April 2018Â – video (top) …
Update 30 April 2018 – JUUL: hold the moral panic Introducing a modern moral panic Over the weekend in an …
On 28th July, FDA announced that it wants to hold a “public dialogue” about regulating to reduce nicotine levels in …
FDA wants to reduce nicotine in cigarettes – what could possibly go wrong (and right)? Read More
It came as a surprise, but today’s announcement from FDA on tobacco policy is huge. Â The video of Dr Gottlieb’s …
Huge FDA announcement on future tobacco and nicotine strategy Read More
There have been two very encouraging initiatives in the United States in the last month, both captured in the form …
American experts call for risk-based reform of FDA regulation of tobacco and nicotine Read More
Just looking for our submission to FDA’s consultation? Here it is: Submission by Clive Bates & David Sweanor – PDF But …
Reckless and pointless at the same time – FDA proposes NNN standard for smokeless tobacco Read More
Can the impending near-complete destruction of the U.S. vaping market be averted? Â A group of public health experts believes it …