Using regulation to remove nearly all the nicotine from cigarettes is similar in effect to a prohibition – with all that entails. That will trigger a wide range of responses by consumers and suppliers. These have barely been studied or understood.
This blog gives my take on how to think about the FDA’s decisions (some taken, some forthcoming) on approving or
EVALI was nothing to do with nicotine vaping, yet federal agencies have done nothing to reverse the confusion they created.
US vaping lung injury outbreak was a public health fiasco or worse – comment to FDA Read More
Caught in its auto-induced moral panic about the teen vaping epidemic, the FDA has decided that it would be better
Bizarre FDA vaping retail restrictions more likely to do harm than good Read More
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.
The great American youth vaping epidemic. Really? Read More
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 2018 – video (top)
The urge to ban: 10 questions to ask first Read More
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