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The first statement of the Hippocratic Oath to which all doctors are supposed to adhere to is ‘do no harm’. But to the best of my knowledge, no such undertaking is required of scientists whose findings are often translated into public policy and legislation which in turn affects millions of lives. This is wrong; scientists should be held to account more than just by having peer-reviewed papers argued over which, as the name suggests, only peers are likely to see.
I am just winding down from the whirlwind of activity that is the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) conference held in Warsaw earlier this month. It is a gathering of people from all occupations and
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...Debunking common myths and misconceptions about teens and vaping - separating the facts from the scare stories
Put yourselves in the shoes of a parent (if you're not already one). You read in the papers about a teenage vaping epidemic. There's a good chance you're one of the many people in the UK who think vaping is just as bad as smoking, and you've already been told that electronic cigarettes are a gateway to smoking cigarettes.
The natural reaction is panic, and for
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As I see it, currently the Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) and e-cigarette policy scene continues
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Keeping up to date with the proceedings of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, in Cape
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In the Orwell classic Animal Farm there was a binary notion that the animals lived by
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Significant progress has been made in reducing smoking prevalence
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