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What would he do? Given the confusion, anxiety and indignation that surrounds the role of the tobacco industry in tobacco harm reduction, I thought it would be interesting to imagine how a tobacco company chief executive might be thinking about vapour, heat-not-burn or other low risk products. Here’s my best shot – perhaps erring […] 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 […] Will he get the thumbs up for his e-cigarette report? Update 8 December – my reaction: Bad science, poor insights and likely to do harm – rapid reaction to the Surgeon General’s terrible e-cigarette report (these questions remain unanswered). On 8 December 2016 the U.S. Surgeon General will release a new report on e-cigarettes. […] “Full of sound and fury but signifying nothing” – Shakespeare This is part one of a twin post. Part 2 is Five questions to put to the US Surgeon General on e-cigarette science (next posting). To respond to the forthcoming publication of a new US Surgeon General publication on e-cigarettes, I have have expedited […] 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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