The World Health Organisation’s upcoming tobacco control summit, COP11, is under fire for framing harm reduction as a “tobacco industry narrative” - a move that critics say sidelines evidence and consumer voices.
WHO sets tone for closed debate
Set to take place…
Leading economists and former WHO senior staff call for governments, industry, and civil society to embrace tobacco harm reduction and save 100 million lives in advance of the WHO FCTC's COP11 meeting this month in Geneva
Derek Yach - former Executive Director…
Several studies making dramatic claims about the dangers of vaping have made headlines in recent years - only to be withdrawn after serious questions were raised about their methods and conclusions.
Here are three notable cases where papers linking vaping to cancer,…
A former World Health Organisation (WHO) director has accused the agency of ignoring science and blocking progress on tobacco harm reduction.
Professor Tikki Pang warns that the WHO’s current position risks stalling efforts to cut smoking in the Asia-Pacific - the region…
Leading tobacco control say a Daily Mail article claiming that vapes have a “devastating health impact” on young people is “misleading by design”.
WHO says vapes risk “renormalising smoking behaviour,” particularly among youth
The 2025 report warns newer nicotine products may reverse public health gains
Vapes are described as “addictive and harmful,” and linked to increased cigarette uptake
Harm reduction advocates accuse WHO and BMJ…
Letters referred to in this article can be viewed here and here
Both major organisations leading the charge against safer nicotine products in the EU have both received letters from the EU Commission demanding that they stop lobbying officials using public money.…
A widely cited 2024 meta-analysis by Glantz et al misclassified diseases, double-counted cases, and relied on weaker study designs, experts say.
Risk estimates based on inconsistent data may overstate the harms of vaping.
High-quality studies find no evidence of serious respiratory harm…
Australia’s strict vaping laws appear to be backfiring, with black market sales now outstripping legal ones by almost 1,700 to one.
Experts warn the country is losing the “war on nicotine” in much the same way as it lost the war on…
