Scary vaping headlines are built on bad science. Studies can’t untangle decades of smoking damage, so they blame vapes instead. That’s misleading the public, not protecting it. #EvidenceMatters clearingtheair.eu/post/scary-h...

New COPD trial: switching from cigarettes to vaping for just 2 weeks improved blood pressure and airway resistance. No heart or lung measures got worse. clearingtheair.eu/post/switchi...

Over-55s report the biggest health gains from switching to vaping. Restricting access or communication could lock older smokers out of safer alternatives when they need them most. #TobaccoControl clearingtheair.eu/post/vape-cr...

“Factually wrong.” Experts tear apart the study @OliverVarhelyi used to claim vapes are as dangerous as smoking. This is the evidence behind the EU’s clampdown. #HarmReduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/fact...

Spain’s competition watchdog urges the government to rethink its vape ban, warning it may breach EU law and impose unnecessary costs. #EUlaw #PublicHealth Read more → clearingtheair.eu/post/spains-...

Extraordinary move from Mexico: jailing vape sellers for up to 8 years while smoking rates are rising. WHO orthodoxy once again shows Tobacco Control isn’t public health. #HarmReduction #PublicHealth clearingtheair.eu/post/mexico-...

BREAKING: The European Commission will fast-track revisions to EU tobacco laws, with a proposal now expected in 2026. After failing at WHO talks, Brussels is clearly trying to regain control. #EUHealth #HarmReduction clearingtheair.eu/post/eu-to-f...

Calling nicotine vapes “opioid delivery devices” because criminals use vape hardware is like calling cars “drug trafficking tools.” It’s a category error, and it’s intentional. #EvidenceNotFear clearingtheair.eu/post/panic-o...

Adult smokers who vape use flavours and devices for a reason. Take them away, and cigarettes fill the gap. clearingtheair.eu/post/restric...

Gateway studies can’t detect diversion, where vaping replaces smoking. This review says that flaw has skewed policy for a decade. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/study-c...

Vape Island? Six years after Love Island banned on-screen smoking, we now know how they manage it: a communal “vape box” the Islanders can’t be seen touching. Shakira Khan accidentally broke it. #LoveIsland clearingtheair.eu/post/love-is...

It’s wild: a 2018 lung experiment goes viral in 2025 because years of misinformation kept people believing vaping was worse. Now the visuals are convincing smokers to quit instantly. #QuitSmoking #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/yout...

The disposable ban was meant to fix youth use and environmental waste. Instead: illegal vapes still on sale, battery fires soaring, and consumers dumping refillables in general bins. Policy failure 101. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/illegal...

The Brown study is clear: vapes and nicotine pouches cut smoking among adults facing the highest barriers to quitting. If we’re serious about reducing health inequalities, harm reduction isn’t optional. #publichealth #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/vapes-a...

New systematic review: heated tobacco users show consistently lower toxicant and inflammatory biomarkers than smokers. Not a single study found worse outcomes vs cigarettes #harmreduction #HTP clearingtheair.eu/post/heated-...

Poland’s draft bill treats cigarettes and safer nicotine products as if they carry the same risks. They don’t. Sweden and New Zealand show what happens when you regulate smartly, not punitively: smoking collapses. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/pola...

New survey: 68% of Brits can’t spot an illegal vape. After July’s disposable ban, the illicit market is booming and most consumers are flying blind. Who could’ve predicted that? #harmreduction #vaping clearingtheair.eu/post/most-br...

Notorious nanny state Russia is bravely cracking down on harm reduction while tax-generating cigarettes stroll on untouched. Authoritarianism disguised as “public health” yet again. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/russia-...

As youth vaping falls and youth smoking collapses, NZ’s dual-track approach shows you can protect teens and support adult quitting at the same time. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/youth-v...

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents seen by CTA show tomorrow’s closed door EU Health Ministers’ lunch will focus on new curbs on safer nicotine products. Similar moves were blocked in Geneva by Sweden, Greece and Czechia. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/docu...

.@HayppGroup reports fruit at 30.4 percent of sales post ban, with fruit mint fusion and mint close behind. Flavours are still central to successful quitting. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/fruit-a...

The new CoEHAR study found zero ROS from flavoured e-liquid aerosols. Cigarette smoke, by contrast, generated huge oxidative stress even at low exposure levels. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/vape-ae...

UK budget - the average vaper will pay over £400 more each year once the new tax hits. For many, vaping was a cheaper, safer alternative. That gap is closing fast. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/uk-b...

Sweden’s youth data is being misused. SFP overstated under 18 use while ignoring the same report’s conclusion that snus carries far lower risk than smoking. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/sfp-you...

Part 2 of our interview with Dr Derek Yach: he says WHO’s stance on nicotine is “flat earth thinking” and that harm reduction is being blocked by ideology, not science. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/the-...

MEP perceptions are drifting from the science - @ecigintel finds awareness is up, but so is the belief that vapes and pouches are as harmful as cigarettes. clearingtheair.eu/post/a-third... #harmreduction

New today! Six ways public health messaging on nicotine is missing the mark. Mixed signals, blurred distinctions and risk inflation are confusing the very people who need clarity. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/6-ways-...

“Equal taxation for unequal risks” is the core warning to EU lawmakers. Treating vapes like cigarettes blurs the difference between high and low-risk products. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/economi...

Youth vaping research leans heavily on susceptibility, but the latest analysis finds it has limited predictive validity. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/youth-v...

Belgium’s disposable vape ban flooded schools with unregulated devices. Now the government wants to repeat the approach with flavours. This is not evidence led policy. clearingtheair.eu/post/belgium...

Stanton Glantz, a once credible researcher whose high-profile vaping study was retracted after editors found its main claim unsupported, is once again promoting conclusions that do not match the evidence. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/stanton...

Iceland, Finland and the US are proving a simple point. When safer nicotine is available, accessible and affordable, smoking drops to historic lows. clearingtheair.eu/post/smoking...

Denmark and the Commission are pushing an EU wide ban on safer nicotine products in Geneva. Member States rejected this. Denmark is defying Europe and the evidence. @Statsmin @FCTCofficial @OliverVarhelyi #FCTCCOP11 clearingtheair.eu/en/post/euro...

Minister Casey Costello says the index rewards hostility to industry, not health outcomes. The numbers prove her point, New Zealand is delivering world leading declines in smoking. clearingtheair.eu/post/nz-heal...

Let’s be clear. GATC is lying to COP delegates. The strongest independent evidence we have shows vaping improves quit rates. Cochrane confirms it. Cancer Research UK confirms it. GATC simply chooses to ignore the science. clearingtheair.eu/post/cop-day...

Who control's the @WHO? Majority of Tobacco Control NGO's are personally bankrolled by Mike Bloomberg, how can a single person be allowed this much unchecked influence? clearingtheair.eu/en/post/echo...

New Zealand has one of the lowest smoking rates on earth at 6.8 per cent, yet @WHO linked groups are attacking it for embracing harm reduction. They are fighting a manufactured enemy at the expense of public health. #COP11 #FCTC clearingtheair.eu/en/post/cop-...

🚨 New COPD vaping study under fire. Italian respiratory experts say the meta-analysis is riddled with flaws and confuses smoking harm with vaping harm. Read more → clearingtheair.eu/en/post/stud... #HarmReduction #Vaping #Science

Ireland can protect young people and help smokers quit, but only if safer alternatives remain available for adults. clearingtheair.eu/post/ireland... #PublicHealth #HarmReduction #NicotinePouches

🚨 Danish youth smoking hits a record low: just 2.7% now smoke daily, down from 15.4% in 2014. The switch to safer nicotine is happening, despite policymakers' best efforts. #HarmReduction #Vaping #Nicotine Read more → clearingtheair.eu/post/denmark...

Only 12% of smokers now know vapes are safer than cigarettes. The rest have been talked out of the truth, and out of quitting. Read more → #HarmReduction #Vaping #Science clearingtheair.eu/post/most-sm...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: EU Member States have blocked the Commission’s push for bans on safer nicotine products at COP11. The word “ban”… has itself been banned. Huge win for harm reduction. clearingtheair.eu/post/exclusi... #HarmReduction #COP11 #Vaping

Paternalist Putin has added another corker to his ever-growing list of poor decisions, signalling support for a national vape ban. clearingtheair.eu/en/post/puti...

From vape bin to powerwall ⚡️ A UK engineer has turned 500 disposable vapes into a working home battery that powers his house and workshop. Waste to watts, literally. clearingtheair.eu/post/uk-engi...

Criminalising nicotine pouches with tougher penalties than cocaine was always absurd. French MPs now agree — proposing regulation, not repression. #HarmReduction #NicotinePouches #PublicHealth clearingtheair.eu/post/french-...

Correlation isn’t causation. One researcher says claims that vaping slowed youth smoking rely on fragile assumptions, not real-world evidence. #TobaccoControl #HarmReduction clearingtheair.eu/post/expert-...

The @WHO’s own treaty defines tobacco control as including harm reduction. Yet COP11’s agenda leaves it out, reframing it as “industry narrative.” Science shouldn’t be rewritten to fit ideology. #TobaccoControl #HarmReduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/cop1...

🇬🇧 Smoking hits a record low: just 10.6% of UK adults now smoke. For the first time ever, more Brits vape than smoke. Evidence that harm reduction works in real time. #HarmReduction #Vaping clearingtheair.eu/post/uk-smok...

🚨 Landmark Cochrane Review: Nicotine vapes help more smokers quit than patches, gum, or lozenges, with no evidence of serious harm from regulated products. #HarmReduction #Vaping clearingtheair.eu/post/vapes-m...

The FDA’s new tone on harm reduction could reshape nicotine policy worldwide. A move toward legal, flavoured, reduced-risk products — and away from prohibition. #TobaccoControl #HarmReduction clearingtheair.eu/en/post/fda-...