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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…

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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Voices of Harm Reduction Pt 6: Kurt Yeo

Kurt Yeo left a 16-year corporate career in information systems to help smokers switch to vaping after he did so himself over a decade ago.

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Voices of Harm Reduction Pt 5: Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor was a Member of the European Parliament for the UK Liberal Democrats in 2013, when the EU agreed its current rules on vaping.

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Voices of Harm Reduction Pt 4: Martin Cullip

Martin Cullip, International Fellow at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, has been a leading commentator on tobacco and vaping policy since 2008, with contributions to Spiked and Filter Magazine.

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