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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?
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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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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A study examining why US teenagers start and continue vaping has been retracted after problems were found in its data analysis.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…
US youth vaping rate down 74% as scientist questions ‘epidemic’ label
Current vape use among US middle and high school students fell from about 20 per cent in 2019 to 5.2 per cent in 2025, a decline of roughly 74 per cent.
Cigarette smoking stood at 1.4 per cent, while 7.2 per cent…
Full switch from smoking to vaping linked to lower heart risk, review finds
Exclusive vaping substantially reduces exposure to toxic chemicals linked to cardiovascular disease compared with cigarette smoking, the review found.
Smokers who switched completely showed favourable changes in markers linked to inflammation, blood clotting, cholesterol and blood-vessel health.
Population studies generally associated exclusive…
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Can Ozempic Help You Quit Smoking? A Cardiologist Explains
We sat down with Dr. Rohan Sequeira, a cardio-endocrinologist, at the recent World NIcotine Congress, to discuss his involvement in Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) and its potential synergy with GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for addressing public health challenges. The conversation covers the…
Voices of Harm Reduction Pt 7: Fiona Patten
We cover Australia quite a lot on CTA, but you’re the first Aussie we’ve had on this slot so far…
Well, I’m honoured.
So I kind of have to start with, what the hell is going on over there? The Government seems…
Latest Interviews
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…