The genius of Michael Russell – more right than ever
Professor Michael Russell died 15 years ago. His insights into tobacco and nicotine from the 1970s onwards are highly relevant today.
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Is tobacco control the new Big Tobacco?
In their frantic opposition to safer forms of nicotine use, the tactics of tobacco control activists seem eerily familiar.
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One of the worst ever tobacco control papers is ‘corrected’
Researchers were told their allegations were false, but they still went ahead and attacked a leading vaping company with baseless claims
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My application for Editor-in-Chief of Tobacco Control
A vision for a journal covering all aspects of nicotine in society based on open science, curiosity and organised scepticism
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Independent review of tobacco policy in England misses the point
England aims to reduce smoking to less than 5% by 2030, but this will need mass switching to smoke-free products as a consumer alternative to smoking, and it must be achieved by consent rather than coercion
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Fake news alert: WHO updates its post-truth fact sheet on e-cigarettes
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.
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E-cigarette risk perceptions – an American crime scene
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.
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Response to the extremely poor European Commission SCHEER preliminary opinion on e-cigarettes
Further to my 30 Sept blog: European Commission SCHEER scientific opinion on e-cigarettes – a guide for policymakers. I
Canada takes a wrong turn after a flawed paper induces moral panic about youth vaping and smoking
Summary In June 2019, an influential and well-respected research group published a paper in the BMJ showing both a sharp
The past is not the future – what lies ahead for tobacco and nicotine?
Let’s have some debate on the future of tobacco, nicotine, tobacco control and the tobacco and vaping industry. Here are
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