Fergus Mason
Veteran, vaper and writer. All articles express my own opinion and do not necessarily reflect the Editor's view.
Threat to squonking in UK, but some good news in Australia
UK squonking ban as MHRA gold-plates EU law
Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, the quango put in charge of enforcing EU law on the...
Smoking RISES in UK despite success of vaping
Tobacco control bungles push smoking rate up
There was bad news from the UK last week, as the Office of National Statistics revealed that the...
Anti-vaping lawmakers keep pushing
British health trust threatens staff who vape at work
A UK healthcare trust has extended its no smoking policy to cover vaping – and threatened...
Pennsylvania court confuses vape tax issue
One of the few bits of positive news from the USA recently was a decision by Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruling that the state’s e-cig...
Threat to Scottish vapers as SNP attack advertising
Scottish politicians want to make TPD even worse
Tobacco harm reduction advocates unanimously agree that the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive, with its unscientific attacks on...
UK study says vaping is viable for harm reduction
Researchers at Norwich medical School, part of the University of East Anglia, have conducted a new study into the effectiveness of vapour products as...
Battery explosion puts man in hospital; unsafe handling to blame again
Kevin King, a young father, says he was in his car at the weekend when a loose lithium ion battery he was carrying in...
