Tag: Clive Bates
The UK’s Controversial Ban on Disposable Vapes Has Been Officially Announced
Earlier this year, the new UK Government had announced plans to re-introduce the previously shelved Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which among other measures included...
The UK’s Tragic State of THR Regress
A new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) report highlights how vaping is set to surpass smoking in the UK by 2025. Since...
COP10 Has Been Postponed to 2024. Is This Good or Bad...
The Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and the Third session...
FDA’s Latest Move Sends the Wrong Message About Nicotine and Smoking
While most remain misinformed about the health risks derived from consuming nicotine, public health experts have repeatedly highlighted that it is the tar and...
A Comparison Between The Restrictive COP9 And The Science-Based COP26
COP9 "excludes many legitimate perspectives: notably consumers, pro-harm reduction public health experts, policy think tanks and critical economists, libertarians, and commercial entities affected by...
Health Canada Consults on Banning Vape Flavours
In December 2020, Health Canada proposed a nicotine limit of 20 milligrams per milliliter (mg/ml) for all vaping products. This proposal came in response...
Clive Bates on What is Missing in The EU Beating Cancer Plan
“Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan” (EBCP), aims to create a ‘tobacco-free generation’ by 2040. It is based on four key pillars: prevention, early diagnosis, treatment,...
Canada: Young Adults’ Smoking Rates Are Dropping Unprecedented Rates
While smoking rates had been declining due to Government policy towards tobacco, the real change happened when vaping products arrived on the scene.The Canadian...
