Fergus Mason

MPs resurrect zombie “gateway” claims In a bizarre move, a British parliamentary committee announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch a new inquiry into...

However, Australia’s health minister made an unhelpful intervention in the nicotine debate, refusing to even consider a move to harm reduction policies, despite apparent...

British Psychological Society endorses vaping In another sign of the British medical establishment’s swing towards tobacco harm reduction, the British Psychological Society published a new...

Fake FDA “Vaping memo” causes confusion There was widespread confusion among US vaping advocates and the industry last week, after what appeared to be a...

Meanwhile the FDA was forced into another climbdown over its Deeming Regulations deadlines, as a key computer system collapsed under the load. Manufacturers have...

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, an independent non-profit organisation, is headed by former World Health Organisation tobacco control chief Derek Yach and supported...

Less positively, a prominent European health conference has focused on vaping – and produced a lot of bad science in the process. At least...

Researchers slam Surgeon-General’s e-cig report Last December’s report on e-cigarettes by then US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy caused outrage among vapers, who accused the relatively...