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Nobody knew nicotine policy could be so complicated Earlier in May, eleven Democrat senators appeared to be channelling talking points from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids when they wrote a letter to the incoming FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb. Together with my co-conspirator, Sally Satel from the American Enterprise Institute, we have responded […] Tom Miller: “public policy through facts and science rather than ideology” On 17 November 2016, the Iowa Attorney General, Tom Miller, gave a speech at the E-cigarette Summit 2016 (with biography) on e-cigarettes examining the claims of anti-vaping activists, and their scientific, ethical and legal basis. The full text of the speech […] DANGER: E-cigarette ‘gateway’ studies may expose gullible readers to reputational harm Sometimes studies appear that can create the appearance of the discovery of a ‘gateway effect’ – the idea that vaping causes young people to progress to smoking. Update: a ‘gateway’ study has just been published (13 June) and lots of dupes have duly […] Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome… Professor Glantz visits Europe Regrettably, the influence of Professor Stanton Glantz of the University of California at San Fransisco is not confined to California or to the United States. Last month he made a visit to Europe – to Austria in fact. As good Europeans, we always take our American visitors […] Children at play Some quick notes on the NatCen report: Survey of Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England – see Summary and Full report PDF. NatCen is contracted by the official statistician to conduct this survey, which provides data for 2014 for England on substance-using behaviours of 11-15-year-olds. It’s is […] |
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