Clive Bates

What's right thing to do? Been with IBM, Greenpeace, ASH, Cabinet Office, Environment Agency, UN in Sudan, Welsh Government, DECC and now my own Counterfactual.

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

One hundred specialists call for WHO to change its hostile stance on tobacco harm reduction - new letter to FCTC delegates published.
https://t.co/IN6AO9deRC

#COP9 @DrTedros
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[Arielle Selya @ArielleSelya]

Huge congrats to @LynneDawkins for receiving the Michael Russell Award at #GFN26!! 🎉🎉

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

Interesting article from Bloomberg about what happens if the policies advocated by its proprietor are introduced.

[durand benoit @benoit_durand]

@WHO_Europe The WHO uses World No Tobacco Day to attack far safer alternatives to smoking. It is an abusive disinformation operation that spreads doubt, protects the cigarette trade, and promotes organised crime.
https://t.co/3HdJSjWnn4
https://t.co/me7TpUGliQ

[Dr James Martin @jamomartin]

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[Martin C @NannyFreeState]

"It is time for the President of the European Commission to demand the resignation of @OliverVarhelyi." Via @the_firebreak https://t.co/ieuaQEsDfy

[NSP @NicotineSP]

Global tobacco policy has become increasingly disconnected from the main cause of tobacco-related #disease smoking itself.

https://t.co/D0bZJlQaJH

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@iowa_josh @MoHFW_INDIA @PMOIndia @narendramodi @JPNadda @AnupriyaSPatel @mpprataprao @PIB_India @MIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @mygovindia Certainly a factor... but the big threat to jobs would come from raising agricultural productivity in tobacco growing.

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@KETCA254 @GitaliJoel @KeTreasury @PriscaGithuka2 @valerie_aura @NAssemblyKE @uicc @TheGGTC @GATC_int @AfricaNoTobacco However good the intentions, it is essential to pay attention to the essentials of tobacco and nicotine policy. There's a high risk of doing more harm than good.

Please see this critique of WHO's approach, based on ten fundamentals...
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@UAHR_ae But that is a misrepresentation of the problem and, therefore, of the opportunity. The main public health policy imperative is to reduce *smoking* at all costs.

Take a deeper look and reflect critically on how to address the fundamentals here:
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@Bludn_Gore @IGTC_Hopkins Turkiye is the most extreme example of that: high scores on MPOWER but high and rising smoking prevalence.

Conversely, Sweden has a mediocre to poor tobacco control score, but exceptionally good results.

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@UKMissionGeneva @DHSCgovuk @DHSCmedia @WHO @DrTedros @FCDOGH Thanks, Danny... but the tobacco-free generation law and the Tobacco and Vapes Act are a setback for public health. It may seem counterintuitive, but I have explained why here.

Ten reasons to dislike the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill
https://t.co/OKbNBXSi9m

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@CARICOMorg It is essential to focus on *smoking* and follow the global leadership of Guyana and St Kitts & Nevis in supporting tobacco harm reduction as a critical public health strategy.

See more here: Ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@WHOSEARO That analysis is simplistic. There are vast differences in risks between these products and great public health potential to migrate from high-risk to low-risk nicotine use.

For a better view on #WNTD, see: Ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@UDF_BHARAT @drlakshyamittal @drasmalhi @_Drbenny_ Doctors must move beyond trite talking points and grasp the essence of tobacco-related public health.
Please focus on smoking and the most toxic smokeless recipes.

See here: What’s wrong with WHO: ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@wooldorsockbatt @FCTCofficial These are the blessed and transfigured nicotine molecules. Different rules apply.

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@TokerErguder @WHO Türkiye banned the safer alternatives to cigarettes, but has seen rising smoking rates despite high scores for MPOWER. What exactly is the lesson we should learn from Türkiye?

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@SKMCH To save lives, focus wholly on smoking, not nicotine.
Pakistan has made great progress in displacing smoking with nicotine pouches, yet if the WHO were giving advice, it would ban these products.

See: Ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@amitavb1 @VMaya11156 @HealthScholarIN @misrapranab @ashutoshpkanak @ArvindK26905698 @Milan_reports Not so. Prohibitionists control the nicotine policy narrative, aided by lavish funding from unaccountable billionaires, and unencumbered by real-world evidence or experience. Doing more harm than good.

See: Ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

@WHOSEARO The @WHO needs a complete rethink on tobacco and nicotine policy, especially in SE Asia, where smoking and illicit trade are rampant.

See the real public health story here:
👇
What’s wrong with WHO: ten fundamentals on tobacco and nicotine policy
https://t.co/1GBiEggGEt