Martin is an international fellow of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Consumer Center. He lives in South London, UK.
At the end of November, an extraordinary episode caused outrage: the expulsion of Karl Erik Lund from a conference on…
For the past few years, the United States public health community has been amplifying irrational fears among certain sections of…
It was widely reported at the end of June that the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, is proposing…
In a surprising decision at the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a new tobacco company,…
The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London earlier this month that discussed global…
China has just amended its tobacco monopoly law to include e-cigarettes, as Filter reported. This means that vaping products and…
The Canadian government recently consulted on its proposals for regulating—read:banning—flavors used in vaping products. Its supposed justifications include a perceived…
“Two countries divided by a common language” is a common saying misattributed to George Bernard Shaw. US and UK vocabulary…
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tweeted about the dangers of nicotine pouches, a fairly…
I am rather happy that my country is widely regarded as a global leader in tobacco harm reduction. Enthusiastic take-up…