Misinformation Archives - Tobacco Harm Reduction

Letters Misinformation THR & Nicotine Vaping

Clickbait Chaos: How False Vaping Claims Are Putting Smokers at Risk

In response to current articles making false claims that' vaping is more harmful than smoking’ due to a ‘first-of-its-kind’ unpublished study,…

Tobacco Harm ReductionMarch 5, 2025

Misinformation Tobacco

Canada’s nicotine pouch ban is ‘deadly error defying science’, say health experts

INTERNATIONAL health experts have criticised Canada’s new laws restricting the sale of nicotine pouches as a “deadly error” and “a…

Tobacco Harm ReductionAugust 30, 2024

Misinformation Taiwan Vaping

The WHO Proves It Is Interested Only in Its Own Power, Not Health

As evidence of the effectiveness of reduced risk products to help people quit smoking grows, and as more countries start…

Tobacco Harm ReductionMarch 5, 2024

Ireland Misinformation Vaping

Vaping and ‘Popcorn Lung’ Misconceptions

Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), has emerged as a popular alternative to traditional nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)…

Tobacco Harm ReductionSeptember 29, 2023

Misinformation Vaping

Are Big Pharma payments driving anti-vape campaigns?

"The health of Whānau is not for sale in Aotearoa, yet worryingly, perhaps we've seen the first evidence that it…

Tobacco Harm ReductionApril 20, 2023

Flavours Misinformation Vaping

A compelling lie: e-cigarette flavours hook kids

Clive Bates, Director of Counterfactual Consulting, not only challenges but refutes the false activist proposition that kids are hooked by the flavours in…

Tobacco Harm ReductionDecember 1, 2022

Misinformation Uzbekistan

Six Differences Between Harm Reduction And Prohibition

This month, we mark three important events: International Harm Reduction Day on 7 May, World Vape Day on 30 May and World No Tobacco Day on…

Tobacco Harm ReductionMay 1, 2022

Misinformation Tobacco Vaping

Book Review: Dr Colin Mendelsohn’s ‘The Healthy Truth About Vaping’

Dr Mendelsohn’s book provides a comprehensive and practical how-to guide for smokers considering vaping as a safer alternative to smoking, but it also…

Tobacco Harm ReductionMay 1, 2022

Misinformation Studies Vaping

Unsubstantiated scaremongering headlines: Expert reaction to unpublished abstract claiming ‘15% higher risk of stroke at a younger age’ for e-cig users

Unfortunately, last week scaremongering headlines circulated worldwide, based on an abstract from an unpublished study. Subsequently it has been WITHDRAWN by…

Tobacco Harm ReductionNovember 8, 2021