Harry Shapiro

Harry`s Blog 33: Evidence and the long grass

Oct. 9, 2017

So politicians invariably act in accordance with the cautionary principle and if possible kick tricky policy issues into the long grass for somebody else to choke on. And one very tricky issue rig...

Harry`s Blog 32: Solid foundation, or castle made of sand?

Sept. 18, 2017

https://www.smoke-freeworld.org/The $80 million question is of course, independence. On its website, the organisation states “as established in the Foundation’s bylaws, PMI and the tobacco industr...

Harry`s Blog 31: Very low nicotine cigarettes or shit without the hit

Sept. 5, 2017

https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/negligible-evidence-of-radical-nicotine.html The history of reducing the psychoactive element from a product, the whole point of which is the psycho...

Harry’s blog 29: 28 August

Aug. 28, 2017

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a1.htm http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-myth-that-wont-die-movies-cause-teen-smoking/article/2631562The other research item comes from the Journal o...

Harry’s blog 30: 15 August

Aug. 15, 2017

In the letter highlighted by Dr Michael Siegel, which should have been headlined ‘What planet is she on? Oh right’. Dr Enid Neptune wrote: "As a physician who treats patients devastated by to...

Harry’s blog 28: 7 August

Aug. 7, 2017

But even at this level of argument there are problems. The big one is that if America’s 38 million smokers are faced with a product that doesn’t deliver much of the reason for smoking, they simply...

Harry’s blog 27: 31 July

July 31, 2017

Of course we do not live in a perfect world; the FDA is majoring on the inherently flawed idea of reduced nicotine cigarettes Click here for some informed commentary on the subject https://www.sli...

Harry’s blog 26: 24 July

July 24, 2017

My impression has been of a monolithic body of anti-tobacco fanatics who wrap ENDS (the WHO term for e-cigarettes and other similar technologies) in the same fog of evil that envelops the issue of...

Harry’s blog 25: 17 July

July 16, 2017

Harm reduction as applied to the world of illegal/controlled drugs refers to specific policies, programmes and practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of these drugs in peop...

Harry’s blog 24: 11 July

July 11, 2017

https://gfn.net.co/videos-2017 But while the main thrust of Ethan’s oration was to compare drug and tobacco harm reduction (THR) challenges, he did touch on some of the most important themes of th...