As mentioned previously, I’ve found another study to have a look at. This time, it isn’t about vaping (shock!). Instead, it’s about that divisive product – Heat-not-burn. Considering that whenever heat-not-burn gets mentioned by a vaper (such as myself) on social media the response is, sadly, predictable. As I’ve mentioned Continue Reading
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The New Era Black Lung Lie
It has been a quiet time on these pages, not through lack of things to write about, but more a lack of time to actually put finger to key. Y’see, this campaign was released a few days ago – just in time for the typical “New Year Resolution” shenanigans – and Continue Reading
The Scream Test Revisited
On Monday, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World released the findings of a global survey about smokers. Most surveys claim to seek a “better understanding” of the target audience – in this case, smokers – and this one is no different. Arguably, the methodology behind this particular survey; the “Worldwide Continue Reading
ASH Keep Their Jobs (Again)
After weeks of posing the same question in Parliament and being told, repeatedly, that the new tobacco control plan will be published soon, it’s finally happened. The Government have released their new tobacco control plan – “Towards a Smokefree Generation” – which says it all really.
Smoking Rates Decline, Again
Today saw the release of the latest set of data for smoking prevalence within the UK from the Office of National Statistics Annual Population Survey and the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. As you would expect from the UK, with its generally liberal stance on e-cigarettes, and despite the shitstorm of piss poor Continue Reading
Another Bid to Ban Smoking: Consulting the Public
Thanks to Dick Puddlecote for reminding me about some more shenanigans from “public health” – this time in Sheffield. I had spotted this in my feed last week from Simon Clark but sadly work and my everyday life got in the way of putting finger to key. Council chiefs are considering whether Continue Reading
Only our data is useful, heathens!
Among many things, this really does boggle the mind. Y’see, whenever ASH or their sock-puppet ilk wave their “statistics” under the noses of our ruling elite, they claim that it is “without bias” and of course “entirely independent” – among many other platitudes. Y’see, ASH et al are entirely free of Continue Reading