Papers & Letters: 2014
Submission to FDA: Framing issues in evaluating a Modified Risk Tobacco Product application
November 2014: United States / FDA
Letter
My views on the many absurdities of the way the US regulator, the FDA, approaches communication of reduced risk to the consumers. See also a submission done jointly with 17 academics. Relates to snus MRTP application.
WHO position on ENDS (e-cigarettes): A critique of the use of science and communication of risk
October 2014: Global / WHO
Letter
Analysis of the false and misleading risk communications about e-cigarettes coming from WHO in the run-up to FCTC COP-6.
Brief for House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Health
October 2014: Canada
Briefing
A disruptive public health technology threatened by excessive regulation. See blog: Canadian Dawn – following a positive report by this committee.
Critical commentary on the public comments on the FDA deeming rule submitted by UCSF faculty and fellows
August 2014: United States / FDA
Letter
My critique of the multiple submissions to the FDA by Professor Stanton Glantz and his colleagues aiming to create harmful regulation for e-cigarettes. I put the counter case.
Letter to WHO Director General Margaret Chan by 53 scientists and experts
May 2014: Global / WHO
Letter
Reducing the toll of death and disease from tobacco – tobacco harm reduction and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Letter makes case for a more balanced approach to tobacco harm reduction. A response and counter response followed.