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South Africa smoking prevalence – Tobacco Atlas Source: South Africa Factsheet – Tobacco Atlas David Abrams, Ray Niaura, David Sweanor and I have submitted comments on the draft tobacco and vaping legislation under discussion in South Africa. South Africa is always influential in low and middle income countries, especially in Africas, and […] Stockholm Syndrome: is the Government of Sweden captured by baseless tobacco control dogma about snus? One of the more puzzling things about snus is the reluctance of Sweden’s government to claim credit for what is by any standards an extraordinary public health achievement. So here I write to the relevant ministers requesting that they […] A damaging regulation that should not exist should not be defended in court Updated 19 July 2017 with the reply. Eighteen of us have written a detailed letter to Mr Frans Timmerman, the EU’s Commissioner for Better Regulation (amongst other things) drawing his attention to one of the worst regulations in the EU, the […] Vaping in Taiwan – the approaching darkness of prohibition or a new dawn for rational policy-making? The government of Taiwan has been consulting on amendment its Tobacco Hazards Prevention and Control Act. Article 14 of the amendment bill bans the manufacture, import, sale, and display of e-cigarettes (unless authorised as a pharmaceutical product). See […] 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 […] |
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