Harry Shapiro
Harry’s blog 51: Could the goalposts shift?
Feb. 20, 2018
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(17)30749-3/fulltext http://dailyvaper.com/2018/02/15/another-smoking-cessation-study-fails-to-understand-smoking-cessation/ The publication of this pap...
Harry’s blog 50: There is law on snus but is there justice?
Feb. 12, 2018
Those putting the case for snus included Gerry Stimson, Karl Lund, Lars Ramström and Martin Jarvis. The ban was defended by the UK, Norway, the European Parliament, the European Council and the Eu...
Harry’s blog 49: Norway, Gateway? No Way
Feb. 6, 2018
On the strength of the rise in the number of younger snus users, the Norwegian government decided to intervene in the European Court of Justice case brought against the EU by the UK’s National Nic...
Harry’s blog 48: Warning! The cautionary principle could seriously damage your health
Jan. 30, 2018
The process of heating rather than burning tobacco results in significantly reduced levels of toxin release IQOS was likely to be acceptable to current smokers while, for a number of reasons, be ...
Harry’s blog 47: Does Big irredeemably mean Bad?
Jan. 22, 2018
The unwholesome reputation of these global enterprises means it is axiomatic that any research or charitable activity funded or underwritten wholly or partly by a relevant commercial interest is r...
Harry’s blog 46: It’s the smoke not the tobacco
Jan. 17, 2018
Lynn Kozlowski and various colleagues have written on the ethics and legality of withholding or distorting health informationhttps://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-3...
Harry’s blog 45: A CRUCial campaign from CRUK
Jan. 9, 2018
It’s very hard not to be rather smug about the overall UK response to tobacco harm reduction. It would be great to be able to report on the publication of ground-breaking reports from equivalent o...
Harry’s blog 44: Power to the People
Dec. 22, 2017
https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/WgsiQiEAABXB1KCS Similarly, the genesis of vaping was a consumer-led phenomenon driven by the concerns of smokers wishing to protect their health without ne...
Harry’s blog 42: The Truth Is Out There
Dec. 11, 2017
What is decidedly not normal practice is for criticism of a study to extend to personal attacks on the original author, declarations that the publishing journal and staff are biased and calling fo...