The US Food and Drug Administration published a page on the relative risks of tobacco products. It fails in that mission. But did it even try?
Lethal miscommunication: FDA fails to explain the relative risks of tobacco products Read More
The World Health Organisation continues to present misleading information about e-cigarettes that spreads doubt and confusion among the public, media and policymakers. This post reviews its latest Q&A and finds multiple analytical errors, misleading statements, and obvious biases.
Fake news alert: WHO updates its post-truth fact sheet on e-cigarettes Read More
Most Americans now incorrectly believe that e-cigarettes are just as harmful or more harmful than cigarettes. US health organisations have unethically cultivated this misunderstanding and compare unfavourably with UK equivalents. Their duplicitous behaviour resembles that of Big Tobacco 50 years ago.
E-cigarette risk perceptions – an American crime scene Read More
FDA has authorised 22nd Century to claim a reduced nicotine cigarette is a reduced risk product. This will spread confusion and divert smokers from better choices.
FDA spreads confusion about nicotine and smoking Read More
100 experts signed a public letter on the failure of the WHO approach to tobacco smoking and public health. In
Expert statements on WHO and tobacco harm reduction Read More
I had an excellent conversation with Ethan Nadelmann, the founder of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance for his outstanding
Psychoactive Podcast: The E-cigarette revolution – vaping, nicotine and harm reduction Read More
Further to my 30 Sept blog: European Commission SCHEER scientific opinion on e-cigarettes – a guide for policymakers. I
Summary In June 2019, an influential and well-respected research group published a paper in the BMJ showing both a sharp
This paper turned up in my weekly search of PubMed. Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of
I am proud to be a co-author of a commentary published today in The Lancet: Nicotine without smoke: fighting the