Nine organisations representing users of safer nicotine products have called on the Swedish Government to veto Brussels plans to impose huge tax increases on vapes and nicotine pouches, calling the plans “fundamentally flawed” and “a direct threat to the Swedish Model”.
The…
The largest vape manufacturers in China, where almost all of vaping hardware is manufactured, have issued a joint letter - seen by Clearing the Air and posted to social media - indicating their intention to raise export prices by up to 13%.…
David Zaruk (aka the Risk Monger) has been an EU risk and science communications specialist since 2000, active in EU policy events from REACH and SCALE to the Pesticides Directive. He is the editor of The Firebreak. He recently published an investigation…
The author is Associate Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Politico’s coverage of an event held by the European Respiratory Society reminds me just how “tobacco control” has become a toxic ocean full of “experts” indulging…
The European Commission appears to have found a new tactic when it comes to responding to the views of people who respond to their consultations with opinions they don’t like: call them fake and ignore them.
Politico reported this morning that David…
Sweden’s record on smoking reduction has been put before UK lawmakers. Campaigners and experts urged Parliament to follow evidence showing that harm reduction cuts smoking rates while bans fuel illicit markets and slow progress.
At a Westminster event organised by Quit Like…
A WHO-backed analysis found teenagers were more likely to use non-combustible nicotine products than cigarettes in 31 of 57 countries studied
Public health authorities say vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, because it avoids tobacco combustion
Long-term projections show teen cigarette…
Mexico is moving to impose some of the world’s harshest penalties on vaping. New legal reforms would criminalise the production and sale of vapes nationwide.
The Senate has passed changes to the General Health Law that would allow authorities to impose prison…
Youth vaping in New Zealand has fallen sharply, with new national data showing regular use has halved in just two years. The findings come from the latest ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey, which polls more than 30,000 students each year.
It’s a…
