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
Once again the Mayo Clinic indulges in unethical and misleading risk communications in the form of a new article on
On 5th January, Ireland’s Health Information and Quality Authority published a draft Health Technology Assessment on smoking cessation interventions with a press
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Welcome to a new report written by me, Clive Bates, with David Sweanor of Ottawa University, and Eli Lehrer, President
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European Commission consultation: the Commission is consulting on applying excise duties (i.e. tax) to vape products and other reduced risk alternatives
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The news coverage: British newspapers, the main domestic vector of the anti-scientific public health dogma and baseless fear-mongering, were yesterday
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The chart of an audience poll from the Global Tobacco Dependency Treatment Summit 2016 (23-24 May 2016, twitter:#TDTSummit16) is deeply disturbing…
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The World Health Organisation does a good line in war-like rhetoric when it comes to tobacco policy. But what is
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Updated 16 May 2016 Apparently, there are still people in public health trying to defend the EU Tobacco Products Directive
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Regulators and the compliance fallacy – buying 99% nicotine e-liquid from China Read More