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Harry's Blog #99: Fear, loathing and COVID-19
April 6, 2020
Already in recent years much damage has been done by doctors, public health officials and the lapdogs slavering after Bloomberg cash in order to increase uncertainty and confusion among smokers a...
Harry's blog 98: Science and Sense beat Smears and Propaganda 5-0 (after lots of extra time)
March 5, 2020
In his book Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History of Anti-smoking (referring back to the time when life was so much easier for anti-tobacco activists – Goodies vs Baddies), Chris Snowdon quoted arch ...
Harry’s Blog 97: What if the angels are wrong?
Jan. 30, 2020
Roberto was making the point that in many western countries, people tend to believe messages from public health because since the late 19th century, public health has delivered in terms of impro...
Harry’s Blog 96: The WHO reneges on universal health rights for all
Jan. 21, 2020
“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social con...
Harry’s blog 95: Flavour bans are fruitless
Nov. 13, 2019
On 11th September that bastion of common sense – the Trump administration - announced a projected ban on all e-liquid flavours except tobacco (and possibly mint, menthol and wombat). Worth noting ...
Harry’s blog 94: Extinguish Rebellion
Oct. 14, 2019
They campaign, make representations to politicians, run websites, social media, exchange and provide information and are support networks for people wanting to make the switch away from smoking. A...
Harry’s blog 93: The acid rain of vaping lies
Sept. 23, 2019
Like the planet, the war against nicotine is hotting up; predictably, the outbreak of vaping related deaths presented a golden opportunity for some reefer-madness type publicity from allegedly rep...
Keys to end smoking in Asia (and beyond): innovation and harm reduction
Sept. 2, 2019
Asia-Pacific is home to the largest population of smokers in the world, and at the same time it is home to many innovative enterprises. According to one of the keynote speakers, Professor David Sw...
Harry’s Blog 92: You are wrong at the top of your voice
Aug. 27, 2019
Recently an employee of the University of California managed to squeeze thirteen erroneous claims into a 700 word commentary about vaping. In response, former UK ASH director Clive Bates tapped ou...