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How Generation AIDS sees Harm Reduction
I was born in 1963 which technically makes me a Baby Boomer but I certainly wasn’t experiencing the scene at Woodstock. I have referred to those born in the early 60s under a generational subset known as “Generation AIDS”. I was coming…
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…
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Smokers three times more likely to quit with nicotine vapes, trial finds
Smokers given a 5% nicotine vape were more than three times as likely to quit cigarettes after six weeks as those given a nicotine-free vape.
The trial found 36.5% of people in the nicotine vape group stopped smoking, compared with 11.5 per…
FDA’s first fruit-flavoured vape approval exposes the flaw in America’s anti-flavour policy
The FDA’s first authorisation of fruit-flavoured vapes should be a turning point in America’s long-running battle over nicotine policy. Instead, it has exposed just how confused that policy has become.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised four vaping products from…
Vape metals scare: what the latest study doesn’t tell you
A new vape study is fuelling fresh fears about toxic metals - but experts say the science behind the headlines is far less clear.
Published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, the research explored whether metals from vape aerosol can build up in…
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20,000 sign petition to protect vapes
Almost 20,000 people have signed an online petition against a crackdown on vapes in Europe that would put “millions of lives” at risk.
‘Banning disposable vapes will fuel illicit market’ – action groups speak out against UK ban
The UK’s disposable vape ban will put children at greater risk by fuelling the black market, action groups have warned.
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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…
The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 1
The corruption behind the group providing policy guidance against tobacco harm reduction
Brussels has today received a report evaluating whether the EU needs to update its rules on tobacco and nicotine. Far from a dispassionate review of the evidence, what we have…