Note from Counterfactual. There’s much speculation and theorising from public health academics about what the tobacco industry is doing and
How does Big Tobacco see its future? Guest blog by Jonathan Fell Read More
Sometimes studies appear that can create the appearance of the discovery of a ‘gateway effect’ – the idea that vaping
How not to be duped by gateway effect claims Read More
The chart of an audience poll from the Global Tobacco Dependency Treatment Summit 2016 (23-24 May 2016, twitter:#TDTSummit16) is deeply disturbing…
Are they nuts? The dysfunction and decadence of tobacco control in one chart Read More
Regrettably, the influence of Professor Stanton Glantz of the University of California at San Fransisco is not confined to California
Professor Glantz brings his anti-vaping crusade to Europe – I review his presentation Read More
How easy will it be to sidestep European Union and U.S. FDA regulation? To find out, I bought some high strength
Regulators and the compliance fallacy – buying 99% nicotine e-liquid from China Read More
A recent editorial in the journal Tobacco Control discusses what’s wrong with the FDA. In fact, the editorial is more telling
In my paper on regulating recreational drugs: Harms or highs? Regulating narcotics, alcohol and nicotine (2015), I suggested, wishfully perhaps,
Harmful and negligent to ignore unintended consequences of e-cigarette policies Read More
Update: predictably on 4 May 2016, the judgement was announced and Totally Wicked’s case rejected in full. See judgement in
Totally Wicked case: Advocate General’s flawed reasoning would protect the cigarette trade Read More
Some quick notes on the NatCen report: Survey of Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England – see Summary
Smoking and vaping among young people in England – reassuring new report Read More
In 2013, Goldman Sachs declared e-cigarettes to be a disruptive technology: the search for creative destruction Eight Disruptive Themes (1)
Regulating disruptive technologies – three papers Read More