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Harry’s blog 22: 26 June

June 26, 2017

  It’s going to be a long haul. One presenter joked that he could cross out 2016 from last years’ presentation and scribble n 2017. He may be crossing out for some time to come. It took maybe 20 ...

Harry’s blog 21: 12 June

June 12, 2017

My second small tale – tail actually as it involves my local dog walking group. We were out one morning and I noticed one of our number smoking. Now since getting involved in this world I have bec...

Harry’s blog 20: 6 June

June 6, 2017

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/gone-in-60-seconds-govt-backs-vaping-law-then-announces-inquiry-one-minute-later/news-story/5bd2054762d722a2fbc12ec0d26bc75d The next GFN conference in Wars...

Harry’s blog 19: 29 May

May 29, 2017

The word 'addiction' is heavily freighted with moral undertones. The original value free meaning of the word 'addict' was simply a citizen of Rome who was in debt and so went i...

Harry’s blog 17: 19 May

May 7, 2017

“Why? It's true that smoking rates are falling, but more than a billion people still smoke. They're served by a small group of companies who have no new competition to worry about – nobo...

Harry’s blog 18: 23 May

May 7, 2017

The Washington Post reported, “ While the administration has not indicated what it will ultimately do about the 2016 rule, the decision to side with the industry in delaying the rule represents a...

Harry’s blog 16: 8 May

May 7, 2017

“Thus, the zeal for the almost-no-nicotine cigarette as the only way to end the pandemic of cigarette-related illness. “The vast majority of tobacco control advocates are advocates, not scientists...

GFN taking the debate on vaping on the road

April 10, 2017

Across all three dialogues some 147 people took part, representing consumers and consumer advocates, academics, public health professionals, producers and distributors of products and members of t...

GFN UK Dialogues 2017

March 5, 2017

There is still a lot of debate between scientists and policy makers about the nature, use and safety of nicotine containing products. The media has produced a lot of stories about e-cigarettes, no...

GFN UK Dialogues 2017

March 5, 2017

There is still a lot of debate between scientists and policy makers about the nature, use and safety of nicotine containing products. The media has produced a lot of stories about e-cigarettes, no...