Videos View More Short: what’s wrong with vaping prohibition? 4 December 2022 Five brief reasons why prohibition fails on all […]| The Counterfactual
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill now making its way through Parliament and related measures is a failure of policy-making and public health leadership. The headline anti-smoking measure is a nothing-burger and the anti-vaping measures will do more harm than good.| The Counterfactual
It is hard to imagine a worse e-cigarette policy than a prohibition. I summarise the arguments against.| The Counterfactual
The UK government has decided it will ban disposable vapes and suggests it will ban vape flavours. This will trigger more smoking, more illicit trade and more workarounds. The problem of youth vaping is a non-problem and the government is reacting to a moral panic it doesn't understand. The post UK to ban disposable vapes, restrict flavours and do more stupid stuff appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
The government is consulting on proposals for a smokefree generation and restrictions designed to tackle youth vaping, including bans on flavours and disposable vapes – I am sharing my draft consultation responses for information and input The post UK smoking and vaping policy consultation – my final response appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
The Commission is trying to use the forthcoming FCTC COP-10 meeting to endorse anti-harm-reduction measures and to evade democratic scrutiny. The post EU bureaucrats plotting to use WHO treaty to sideline European Parliament on tobacco harm reduction appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
In their frantic opposition to safer forms of nicotine use, the tactics of tobacco control activists seem eerily familiar. The post Is tobacco control the new Big Tobacco? appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
South Africa's parliament is consulting on anti-vaping legislation that is so extreme and ill-designed that it would, if enacted, cause more harm than good. What's wrong with it, and who is influencing it? The post South Africa’s self-harming anti-vaping legislation appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
On World No Tobacco Day, the WHO launches a campaign to "grow food, not tobacco" supposedly to address hunger and tackle tuberculosis (TB). None of it makes any sense. The post World Health Organisation exploits tobacco farmers, the hungry, sick and poor in its crude activism. appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
The 2022 Reagan Udall Foundation evaluation of FDAs approach to tobacco highlighted a lack of coherent strategy. An expert group writes to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf with a proposed strategic framework for federal tobacco and nicotine regulation. The post Rethinking U.S. tobacco and nicotine regulation (part 2) appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
Researchers were told their allegations were false, but they still went ahead and attacked a leading vaping company with baseless claims The post One of the worst ever tobacco control papers is ‘corrected’ appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
Fixing the broken tobacco and nicotine market requires a radical overhaul of the authorisation process for smoke-free products, lowering barriers to entry and pushing back a giant illicit market.| The Counterfactual
FDA's approach to tobacco and nicotine regulation should be a high priority for reformers of the federal bureaucracy. FDA's Center for Tobacco Products manages to combine near complete regulatory failure with vast costs to the regulated industries and to the FDA. The post Bringing the flamethrower of reform to FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products appeared first on The Counterfactual.| The Counterfactual
Professor Michael Russell died 15 years ago. His insights into tobacco and nicotine from the 1970s onwards are highly relevant today.| The Counterfactual
In practice, FDA's regulation of the US vape market amounts to not regulating at all. I offer a diagnosis and twelve remedies.| The Counterfactual
New UK policies and legislation on smoking and vaping have been widely hailed as groundbreaking and game-changing. That is wrong. Closer examination shows they are likely to do more harm than good - a misfire and a backfire.| The Counterfactual
The US Food and Drug Administration published a page on the relative risks of tobacco products. It fails in that mission. But did it even try?| The Counterfactual
The government is squandering a public health leadership position with populist but counterproductive measures to address smoking and vaping. Its flagship measure on smoking misses the point. Its measures on vaping will slow down progress on smoking. It has not taken the measures that would make a difference.| The Counterfactual
The Brazilian government is proposing a prohibition of vapes and heated tobacco products. This consultation response sets out why this will protect the cigarettes trade, promote smoking, nurture criminal networks and do more harm than good.| The Counterfactual
What do delegates to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control COP-10 meeting need to do their job well. This provides commentary on the agenda and papers and range of background resources.| The Counterfactual
New Zealand's incoming coalition government says it will reverse tobacco 'endgame' legislation. That will allow New Zealand to pursue better policies based on consent rather than coercion. It is an advance, not a reversal.| The Counterfactual