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 errors of analysis, misleading statements, and obvious biases.
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.
This post examines how WHO and related institutions aggressively promote the prohibition of much safer alternatives to cigarettes, such as …
This blog gives my take on how to think about the FDA’s decisions (some taken, some forthcoming) on approving or …
Bloomberg scrutinised. Unusually, a journalist decided to take a sceptical look at Bloomberg Philanthropies and its many proxies and the …
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As the World Health Organisation’s World No Tobacco Day takes aim at low-risk alternatives to smoking, several international experts have …
On 20 January 2020, the World Health Organisation published a question and answer page on “ENDS” (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems) …
American vapers and vaping businesses will shortly enter a period of chaos and existentially threatening regulation. First will be a ban on almost all flavours. Going into 2020, the industry will be in crisis and vapers and smokers will be in danger of losing one of the most important innovations of the century. Here are twenty things you should know.
The enemies of innovation are on manoeuvres This week there will be a meeting of tobacco regulators under auspices of …
A draft activist letter to the WHO Executive Board is circulating widely on email networks – so widely that it …
Think before you sign: a new letter attacking the Foundation for a Smokefree World Read More