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Harry’s blog 11: 27 March 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

One posted comment came from Richard Cranfield from US Health Works who made the insightful point that the FDA (and probably most other US public health agencies) have no interest in harm reductio...

Harry’s blog 15: 24 April

Feb. 18, 2017

This is one of the very real potential problems with a legal, regulated market in drugs. Whatever the merits of the idea, if it ever happened, it is almost inevitable that the bar would be set ver...

Harry’s blog 14: 16 April

Feb. 18, 2017

Clearly cigarette sales will continue to be the industry's income mainstay for many years to come especially in regions like Africa and Indian sub-continent, the revenue from which is funding...

Harry’s blog 13: 9 April

Feb. 18, 2017

A similarly dossier of 'dodgy' provenance is being promoted to the effect that e-cigarettes cause heart attacks. Leading the charge on this is Dr Stan Glanz who has declared that we now ...

Harry’s blog 12: 5 April

Feb. 18, 2017

The law would also regulate nicotine and non-nicotine e-cigarettes and e-liquid by: prohibiting sale, and supply in a public place, to under 18 year olds restricting sale via vending machines to ...

Harry’s blog 10: 20 March 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

He takes as his lead, the tactics of Big Tobacco to counter all the robust and incontrovertible evidence dating back to the 1940s that smoking causes cancer. The facts about smoking — indisputable...

Harry’s blog 9: 13 March 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

Back home agencies such as the FDA, CDC, NIDA and others all sing from the same hymn sheet – whether because they all genuinely believe what they publish or simply through fear of lucrative posts ...

Harry’s blog 8: 6 March 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

And this same nonsense is being inflicted on the world of e-cigarettes. The American Heart Association are claiming that vaping causes severe strokes and poses a higher risk of severe strokes than...

Harry’s blog 7: 26 February 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

Lead investigator Dr Gina Kruse from Harvard Medical School, Boston said, "Smokers with asthma, COPD, or cardiovascular disease probably use e-cigarettes for the same reasons as other adults:...

Harry’s blog 6: 18 February 2017

Feb. 18, 2017

The Canadian online watchdog Regulator.com conducted an interview with that rare species, the tobacco regulator prepared publicly to answer some serious questions about vaping laws. Facing up to p...