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Taxes & Organized Crime: The Hidden Cost of EU Nicotine Policy

When it comes to taxing reduced-harm products, is the EU prioritizing public health, or just ignoring its own rules? We recently sat down with former EU tax official Donato Raponi, at the inaugural World Nicotine Congress, to unpack the complex and often…

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Inside the Lab with Chris Allen: What Is Actually in Your Vape?

What exactly is inside the vapes and nicotine pouches millions of adults use every day? In our latest episode of Clearing the Air, toxicologist Chris Allen takes us inside the lab to reveal the complex science of harm reduction and the shocking…

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Why Public Health Hates Consumers | Chris Snowdon on Clearing the Air

In this episode Peter Beckett sits down with Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute for Economic Affairs, to discuss whether or not nicotine is part of the culture war, or is it something that unites more than it…

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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.…

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The EU’s ‘Dangerous Tune’: Charlie Weimers on How the Commission is Sacrificing Lives for Ideology

In this episode of Clearing the Air, host Peter Beckett sits down with Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers to dive into the latest friction over EU nicotine regulation. They skip the basics and get straight into why the Commission’s current trajectory is so…

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Explainer: why vape prices will more than double with Trump tariffs

Trump’s tariffs look set to ruin the US vaping industry and send consumers back to cigarettes en masse thanks to sky high price rises. To understand why, and in particular why this is so acutely bad for vapes in particular, we need…

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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…

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New documentary reveals how Sweden beat smoking

A new documentary lifts the lid on how Sweden became the first country in the world to be declared officially “smoke-free.” Sweden’s smoking rate of just 4.5 per cent (and falling) of its population is just a fraction of the European average…

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Spain asks for public’s views on flavoured vapes ban

The ban is part of the new ‘Anti-Tobacco Plan,’ which aims to limit products that cause a risk to young people’s health and are a ‘gateway’ to smoking.

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