Summary The benefits of innovation are unpredictable and hard to quantify. Fear of adverse consequences can lead to excessive emphasis … Continue reading “Vaper Trails: New nicotine products and the innovation principle”

There is currently a global debate about the efficacy of vaping in reducing smoking prevalence. While the debate is ongoing, … Continue reading “Vaping Works”

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics this week looked a ban on e-cigarette flavours implemented in San Francisco on 1 … Continue reading “The empirical evidence is clear: anti-vaping policies are pro-tobacco policies”

You would hope that politicians – current or prospective – would rank improving the lives of their fellow citizens as … Continue reading “Politicians wouldn’t ban motorcycle helmets, so why do they ban safer tobacco products?”

Earlier this week, Hong Kong’s government decided to impose a full ban on the sale, manufacture and import of e-cigarettes. … Continue reading “The rise of e-cigarettes – a parable of the free market”

Disentangling ourselves from the EU after four decades will be fiendishly complicated but some elements of Brexit are refreshingly simple … Continue reading “The low-hanging fruit on the Brexit tree: repeal the Tobacco Products Directive”

E-cigarettes have become by far the most popular smoking cessation aid in the UK, helping hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading “When it comes to e-cigs, harm reduction must be the order of the day”

‘Excuse me, Miss, but you can’t smoke that in here’, is a phrase I’ve grown accustomed to hearing. I’ve been … Continue reading “It’s my party and I’ll vape if I want to”

Yesterday saw the publication of the first ever Nanny State Index. It looks at 32 criteria and 28 countries to … Continue reading “Britain is amongst the EU’s most meddlesome nanny states”