Since 2013, the E-Cigarette Summit has been shaping the vaping debate, bringing key scientists, policymakers and public health professionals together. It’s an incredible opportunity to learn a huge amount about vaping in a very short period of time, and as usual Amanda Strange has done a simply superb job putting it together. In these posts, …
E-Cig Summit 2021 Roundup – Part 1 Read More »
Vaping received a huge boost of confidence after the UK Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) approved e-cigarettes for sale via prescription. In the UK, one of the most pro-vaping countries in the world, smoking rates have plummeted since the introduction of e-cigarettes. Youth smoking is at a record low, and there is clear evidence …
UK Gov Approves Vaping for Prescription Read More »
On October 27th 2021, the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) launched their latest report ‘Fighting the Last War: The WHO and International Tobacco Control’ at a conference at London’s Oval Cricket Ground – with both physical attendees and a further 100 (including us!) watching online. What the report says With 1.1 billion smokers …
GSTHR ‘Fighting the Last War’ Launch Event Round Up Read More »
I remember my local pub a decade ago. Just outside, the smokers would gather, sipping their beer and blowing streams of smoke into the air by the road. Even when I vaped, I would join them, as quite often that was where the most interesting conversations were. How different it is now. One by one, …
Up In Smoke: How Vape Bans Increase Tobacco Use Read More »
The UK government has recently been mulling lifting the age limit on buying cigarettes and vaping products to 21. There are complex arguments around raising the age limits on cigarettes (think personal freedom, whether you have a choice when you are addicted, net public health gain and so on). But this is a vaping blog, …
Vape Age Restrictions Will Mean More Young Smokers Read More »
In the USA, states have enjoyed decades of revenue from the sale of tobacco cigarettes. The money was supposed to repair some of the damage smoking has done. In reality, it has been largely frittered away. The source of the revenue is the Tobacco Master Settlement. While aimed at punishing tobacco companies, the settlement actually …
Vape Master Settlement: A New Blow for Vaping? Read More »
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has released a major report calling for the UK government to promote electronic cigarettes via a mass media campaign. This would form part of a campaign that returned funding for anti-smoking campaigns to at least 2008 levels. The suggestion is just one of a number of recommendations the RCP …
Promote Vaping via Mass Media Campaigns Says Royal College of Physicians Read More »
The World Health Organisation can sound pretty negative on vaping at times. So it might surprise you that harm reduction (such as switching from smoking to vaping) is embedded in its tobacco control charter. It might surprise you even more to find that one of the biggest influences on WHO policy is from an individual …
Guess WHO? Vaping, harm reduction & the World Health Organisation Read More »
Opposition to vaping is driven by a complex web of factors. These include money, anti-nicotine morality and a justified distrust of anything related to tobacco companies. To get further into the web, it’s important to understand the precautionary principle. What is the precautionary principle? The precautionary principle applies across different fields of science. It informs …
Vaping, Covid and the Precautionary Principle Read More »
When Vanity Fair journalist Marie Brenner met Jeffrey Wigand in 1996, Jeffrey was accompanied by a bodyguard. His reputation was under attack. Lawyers were trying to destroy him. He and his children had received death threats, one accompanied by a bullet. One of the death threats read: “We want you to know that we have …
How Tobacco Industry Duped Anti-Smoking Lobby Over Vaping Read More »
