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82% of the Dutch think campaigning on consultations is fine. Their tobacco control movement finds that contemptuous.

TabakNee, the Dutch anti-tobacco watchdog, spent the first week of June calling Clearing the Air's EU consultation tool "manipulation," in the same paragraph as Philip Morris and British American Tobacco. Eight days later, a poll of 602 Dutch adults found 82% think…

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Netherlands throws out disposable vapes ban plan

The Dutch government has rejected plans for a national ban on disposable vapes, warning that such a move would be legally uncertain and should instead be dealt with at EU level. The decision means the Netherlands will not push ahead with new…

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OPINION: The Kubin report, how Brussels works, and the right thing to do.

EurActiv reported yesterday that the French nationalist-right party, the Front National, might abstain from a vote in the European Parliament tomorrow on the EU tobacco tax revision. If they do, the report will probably fall, and there are conflicting reports about what…

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One year after the disposable vape ban, has Britain cut youth use or fuelled the black market?

On the surface, the UK’s disposable vape ban appears to have worked. Among 11 to 17-year-olds who vape, the share saying they mainly use disposables has fallen from 42 per cent in 2025 to 13 per cent in 2026, according to YouGov…

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Most healthcare providers wrongly think vapes are as harmful as cigarettes, US study finds

A new PLOS One study found only 21.4% of healthcare providers and trainees recognised vapes as less harmful than combustible cigarettes. Most participants, 60.2%, believed vapes were just as harmful or more harmful than smoking. The study also found widespread confusion about…

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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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A Deal for Tobacco Control: Harm Reduction for Plain Packs

I was interviewed for the European Correspondent at last week’s Global Forum on Nicotine, which I assume will publish the usual “Big Tobacco Stooges” style hit piece on us at some point. The journalist (who asked me not to mention their name)…

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