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Dear WHO FCTC, do not block the exits for people trying to quit smoking using vaping, smokeless, heated tobacco or novel products. Remember, the enemies of innovation can do more harm than good. Every two years, the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meet to discuss how to advance the treaty. […] Clive Bates from The E-Cigarette Summit U.S. 2018 My presentation from the E-cigarette Summit (US) 30 April 2018 – video (top) and PowerPoint slides (below). […] Some things don’t have to be used to be useful On 28th July, FDA announced that it wants to hold a “public dialogue” about regulating to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes to “non-addictive levels”. I’ve previously written about this idea in my critique of ‘tobacco endgame’ ideas, and I was pleased to present on […] Sources: Office for National Statistics (UK). Smoking habits in the UK and its constituent countries, 2016. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2016. Updates: New Zealand moves / Media interviews Update: two new submissions (available at Committee submissions page #336) Clive Bates, Colin Mendelsohn. Do vapour products reduce or […] Positive… The Department of Health (UK/England) today released its tobacco control plan for England: Towards a smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England (PDF) The embrace of vaping and other low-risk alternatives to smoking runs through the text. This is probably the first significant government policy paper anywhere that recognises and pursues the opportunities […] |
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