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Tobacco Control Advocates: Big Tobacco’s Useful Idiots

Source Madonna has spent her entire career tracking what the young are into. The objective of any corporation is first to survive, then to thrive. A decade ago, tobacco companies had to shift into non-combustibles to survive as nicotine alternative products were…

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Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro – Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

This op-ed is by Harry Shapiro, author and tobacco harm reduction expert at the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). As the new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report shows, THR inexorably marches on, but the spectre of denial is…

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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…

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Shopify bans all vape sales worldwide after US crackdown

Shopify has ordered merchants worldwide to remove all vape products from their online stores, extending a US crackdown on illegal vapes into a blanket global ban. The Canadian e-commerce company told sellers to remove the products by July 8 or risk having…

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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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Former WHO directors warn UK not to undermine vaping with new tobacco laws

Two former WHO directors say the UK must keep its focus on smoking as new tobacco and vape laws take effect. The Lancet comment welcomes the Act’s distinction between combustible tobacco and lower-risk nicotine products. The authors warn that overly restrictive vape…

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The war on drugs comes for nicotine: Brussels lobbyists, failed Australian prohibitionists and a tiny island lobby the UN to treat vapers like meth addicts

A tiny archipelago with a population of just 18,000, has asked the UN to put nicotine on the same list as crystal meth, ecstasy and the date-rape drug GHB in an audacious move co-ordinated by European tobacco control bigwigs. Palau - a…

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“This Is Criminal Neglect of Evidence” — Tobacco Control, Ideology & Harm Reduction Explained

Peter Beckett: Delon Human, welcome to Clearing the Air. Delon Human: It’s my privilege. Peter Beckett: Can we get a short introduction of who you are and how you came to be where you are now? Delon Human: Well, I am a…

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Sweden blocks EU pouch tax hike to protect its smoke-free status

Sweden has blocked an EU tobacco tax plan that critics warned would punish the smoke-free products behind the country’s sharp fall in smoking. The move turns Sweden’s smoke-free success into a direct challenge to Brussels, coming just days after the European Parliament…

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