Clive Bates

What is vaping?

Dec. 29, 2016

To the health professional, vaping ought to be an important extension to the array of options to assist people who present as smokers. It offers a different strategy for quitting smoking (what mat...

WHO position on ENDS - a critique of the use of science and communication of risk

Sept. 14, 2014

On 26 August 2014, WHO published its long-awaited paper on 'ENDS' Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, the term it uses to describe e-cigarettes and vapour products. This is published i...

Making sense of the proposed new e-cigarette regulations

Dec. 20, 2013

This is wrong in every respect – and not one scintilla of evidence justifies it, but plenty confounds it. So how come someone so ignorant is meddling in legislation to regulate products that are i...

E-cigs and regulation – what do investment analysts think?

Nov. 17, 2013

For ease of reference, I have highlighted some parts of quotes in red – these are my emphasis. The bold emphasis is in the original. BNP Paribas has set up its own e-cigarette operation to find o...

Tobacco products directive: after the insurrection – what next?

Oct. 26, 2013

The most important decision by far was a rejection of the proposal to regulate e-cigarettes as medicines. In its place was a proposal to apply aspects of tobacco regulation and other restrictions ...

Everyone is involved but no-one is responsible – amending the tobacco directive

Oct. 3, 2013

The proposed amendment is good and bad. Good mainly because it rejects medicines regulation. Never-the-less, I consider it significant progress and a breakthrough overall for which vapers should b...

Public health experts oppose reckless timetable for Tobacco Products Directive

Sept. 5, 2013

On current timetable, the debate and vote would be on 9th and 10th, we think this is a ridiculous reckless rush for something so complex, so poorly understood (not least by its main supporters) an...

Tobacco Products Directive – what next?

Aug. 31, 2013

This is a process whereby the European Commission makes a proposal and then the European Parliament (elected MEPs) and European Council (representatives of 28 member state governments) go through ...

Lazy, stupid, wrong – the Mail can’t stop itself

Aug. 26, 2013

Update 27 August: an excellent analysis of this third rate study by Dr. Farsalinos: A new “study” on chemical analysis of e-cigarette: nothing new but huge negative publicity and intimidation ....

Incoherent tobacco directive – letter to European Scrutiny Committee

Aug. 12, 2013

William Cash MP Chairman European Scrutiny Committee House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Dear Mr Cash Incoherence in the proposed revision of the Tobacco Products Directive I am writing to you c...