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Nicotine’s Terrifying Little Secret
What is keeping Bloomberg-funded activists and scientists awake at night and compelling them to lie?
Health warning: This article may present information that is deemed offensive to individuals who prefer to live in a reality that coheres with their dogmatic preconceptions.
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Prof. Tikki Pang – WHO’s Harm Reduction Blind Spot.
Former WHO director Professor Tikki Pang says the organisation has developed a dangerous blind spot on tobacco harm reduction.
In this interview, he explains why evidence is being ignored and what it would take to force reform.
Peter Beckett: Tikki Pang, thank…
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Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro – Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction
This op-ed is by Harry Shapiro, author and tobacco harm reduction expert at the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR).
As the new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report shows, THR inexorably marches on, but the spectre of denial is…
Youth vaping ‘highly unlikely’ to be major source of premature death, new study finds
New modelling of more than four million young Americans suggests adolescent vaping is highly unlikely to become a major cause of premature death. Even under the study’s most pessimistic main scenario, the average projected impact was equivalent to around 31 days of…
Youth vaping study retracted after analysis errors affected results
A study examining why US teenagers start and continue vaping has been retracted after problems were found in its data analysis.
The Journal of Adolescent Health says the flaws affected the results reported in the paper.
The retraction was requested by both…
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OPINION: the EU is consulting on nicotine bans. The paper trail matters.
*Since this was written the commission has launched a second public consultation. We will write more about that shortly. **This article, minus the swearing, has been submitted to the EU’s call for evidence on behalf of Clearing the Air. Go ahead…
What is COP and why does it matter?
COP stands for ‘Conference of the Parties:’ a global event that brings together decision makers from all countries signed up to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The tenth COP – COP10 – will take place from Monday 5 February to…
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Smoke-Free or Nicotine-Free? Clive Bates Unpacks the Split in Tobacco Harm Reduction
Public health advocate Clive Bates, founder of the influential blog The Counterfactual, joins Clearing the Air's Peter Beckett for a candid discussion on the current battles in the world of tobacco harm reduction.
Peter Beckett: Clive, welcome to Clearing the Air.…
The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 2
Conflicts of interest, a pervasive bias and corruption at the heart of the European Commission’s tobacco and nicotine policy guidance document
In Part 1, we looked at how the European Commission tender for a Single Framework Contract for Support Actions in the Field…