FCTC COP-11 – a survival guide for delegates
UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill: why so many are wrong to support it
The war on nicotine will fail but could kill millions
Why is anyone supporting the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill?
The danger of e-cigarette prohibition and illicit trade
Videos
Short: what’s wrong with vaping prohibition?
4 December 2022
Five brief reasons why prohibition fails on all counts.
Categories
2020 Q & A on nicotine science and policy
It mostly focuses on nicotine vaping as an alternative to smoking, but most of the argument also applies to heated tobacco products, modern smokeless tobacco and new oral nicotine products.
Resources
Tobacco Harm Reduction Calendar
See critical dates in the tobacco and public health year
Evidence briefs
Four briefings on smoke free alternatives covering (1) safety, (2) displacing smoking, (3) youth, and (4) policy. (December 2024)
The critic’s guide to bad vaping science
Plain language guide to questioning the science of e-cigarette studies
LATEST TWEETS
Some encouraging news for THR science! 🎉
A deeply flawed article on e-cigarettes & cancer has just been retracted, following a letter to the editor criticizing the paper. 👇
@RetractionWatch
Original article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100615
@BusinessMirror Here's @Clive_Bates completely demolishing that absolutely insane call from Bloomberg's minions to protect the cigarette trade. Those people are as far removed from actual public health as can be.
https://clivebates.substack.com/p/the-defective-reasoning-of-bloombergs
The IMF Just Challenged Global Tobacco Control Orthodoxy
@drjoesDIYhealth @jamomartin @caphraorg @MarewaGlover @Anne_Ruston @Mark_Butler_MP @_davidlimbrick @Clive_Bates
https://open.substack.com/pub/09algor/p/the-imf-just-challenged-global-tobacco?r=5a0q46&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish
Notable argument by the IMF that taxation should reflect harm.
“Ideally, the level of taxation should reflect the degree of harm a product is likely to cause while still safeguarding overall revenue.”
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People often ask whether vaping is safer than smoking. Hannah tackled this question in a recent article — the short answer is “yes”.
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