Clive Bates discusses electronic cigarettes

Clive Bates - a former director of ASH, who has previously worked for the UN, talks about electronic cigarettes

Video Blog - why the MHRA model will not work

is Professor Bertollini a LIAR ?

Roberto Bertollini is the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative at the EU, and Chief Scientist of the WHO regional office for Europe.

For such an important position, you would think that he would know his stuff. He should do, having been promoted to such a level.

However, on the subject of electronic cigarettes, he appears to be either appallingly ignorant and incompetent or a devious liar - one of these two.

There is no other explanation - think about it - he either knows his stuff, as his qualifications would indicate, in which case he is a devious liar - OR - his knowledge falls far short of his qualifications and he is incompetent and ignorant.

The thing is, this is not just my view.

Professor Etter is someone who really does know about this subject. Why ? because he is a serious academic who bases his statements on thing like facts and evidence, you know, the sort of things that are backed up by actual research and academic scrutiny.

Professor Etter's areas of research include tobacco dependence, nicotine replacement treatments, other addictions - so he should know about electronic cigarettes, and he does.

Here is what he has to say about e-cigs and Roberto Bertollini :




Professor Etter described Roberto Bertollini's presentation as "appalling" - Bertollini "cherry picked" studies - his evidence was described in terms such as "if a student had presented such a work to me, I would have given him a very bad grade"

EU policy is being decided upon with the input of this appalling, cherry picked, bad-grade, poor student level of knowledge from Bertollini.

So Roberto Bertollini is either a devious liar or an incompetent.

Either way - with this track record - He should not be allowed anywhere near near EU Law making that affects the health of many millions of people.


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posting Hyperlinks in the comments on this Blog

I have noticed that some people are abusing the comments section of this blog.

They are posting a comment, but using part of the text of their comment to place a spammy hyperlink to their e-cig websites.

This can be annoying, because I have to waste my time going through all the comments to delete the offending posts.

BE WARNED

- if this happens again then you risk me writing blog posts ABOUT HOW SHIT YOUR COMPANY IS.

For example :

 

 

Which means - LIVCIGS ARE SHIT, DON'T BUY LIVCIGS - LIVCIGS SPAMMY SHIT DO NOT EVER BUY LIVCIGS. LIVCIGS AWFUL Livcigs don't work. Livcigs shit do not buy.

Piss off Lewis, do not spam my blog.

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Is Lord Sugar going to enter the electronic cigarette market ?

Lord Sugar has been on Twitter asking about electronic cigarettes for a few weeks now.

He is clearly interested.

Today, his son, Simon Sugar posted this on Twitter :

Just wondering if he is getting interested ? Looking like he is.

More MEPs rush to defend common sense on e-cigs.

Well, before I start this blog post - I just want to clear one thing up.

Some people have emailed me, and PM'd on the forums to ask if I favour a particular political party - in terms  of e-cigs and the EU proposed legislation.

My only comment on this is that who I vote for is between me and the ballot box, I wouldn't have it any other way - and so whoever you vote for must be whoever you think is best - it is up to you.

We have some big supporters in the Lib-Dems, and also the Conservative Party.

The following video is from my local MEP talking about e-cigs

It saddens me that my favourite party has not represented the electorate, but favoured the tobacco companies by blocking the only product that can compete with and displace cigarettes.

I am now a floating voter - who I vote for is now, as I said,  between  me and the ballot box - you have your choice.

Chris Davies MEP - we salute you !

Well,

I was just about to write a blog post about Chris Davies MEP, and then I saw this article on Christopher Snowdons' blog

http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/politics-as-it-should-be-done.html

I couldn't have put it better myself, so rather than just repeat the same thing, I refer my readers to Christophers post - good stuff!