In cheap publicity stunt Royal Society of Public Health sounds a fake alarm about a non-problem
Today the Royal Society of Public Health is pitching its ‘undercover investigation’ into vape shops selling stuff to adults who …
Hold the Mayo
Once again the Mayo Clinic indulges in unethical and misleading risk communications in the form of a new article on …
Vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Ireland – consultation response in five quotes
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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Reshaping American tobacco policy: eight proposals for the Trump administration
Welcome to a new report written by me, Clive Bates, with David Sweanor of Ottawa University, and Eli Lehrer, President …
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Bad science, accountability and courage – speech by AG Tom Miller
On 17 November 2016, the Iowa Attorney General, Tom Miller, gave a speech at the E-cigarette Summit 2016 (with biography) on e-cigarettes …
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To tax or not to tax? Response to EU on taxing vaping and other reduced risk products
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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WHO tobacco meeting – could the FCTC do something useful on vaping?
I’m sometimes accused of being a WHO-sceptic, or worse. No more! In the run up to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control …
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New Nicotine Alliance calls for repeal of EU e-cigarette regulation and snus ban
New Nicotine Alliance proposes that the forthcoming Great Repeal Act is used to repeal pointless, burdensome and restrictive EU regulation of e-cigarettes …
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Anatomy of a public health tweet
Professor Simon Capewell, the Vice President of Health Policy at the Faculty of Public Health, states in a tweet on …
You want a debate about nicotine? Let’s have one. Letter to Mitch Zeller, America’s vape regulator
A recent article in the New York Times (A Lobbyist Wrote the Bill. Will the Tobacco Industry Win Its E-Cigarette …