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This page gives a basic summary of what e-cigarettes are, how they work and what they contain. It does not attempt to describe or assess their safety. What Are E-cigarettes? E-cigarettes, also known as electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), work by heating a nicotine containing liquid, producing emissions usually described as a ‘vapour’. They consist of a…

Alun Davies has been a Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly since 2007; first for the Mid and West Wales Region, and from 2011 for Blaenau Gwent. In 2018 he was the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services. Before he entered the Welsh Assembly, Davies set up a PR company in Cardiff called Bute…

Background Using Lobby Groups is one of the ways in which Tobacco Companies are Lobbying Decision Makers. Lobby Groups act on behalf of the tobacco industry, contacting regulators and policy makers with the aim to influence regulation and legislation. The page on Lobbying Decision Makers explains the issue in more detail, discussing – amongst other things…

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to voluntary corporate action that claims to act in the public interest by prioritising social goals rather than being solely profit-driven.102 However, unhealthy commodities industries (tobacco, gambling, alcohol, unhealthy food and beverage) and other socially-harmful industries (e.g. oil and gas, chemical) use CSR to set their own minimum standards for social performance, enabling them…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for E-Cigarettes was set up in November 2014.138139140 It closed down in November 2023.141142 This Group is not related to the APPG on Smoking and Health, which was founded in 1976.143 Background The APPG was set up by Mark Pawsey, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby, who…

Background – What is the Third Party Technique? The third party technique has been called the “heart of public relations” and has been used for decades by the public relations (PR) industry. For example, in 1991, Merrill Rose, the Executive Vice President of the PR firm Porter/Novelli, advised companies about the technique, which can offer controversial actors a credible voice:…

Creating alliances and front groupsTo mobilize farmers, retailers, advertising agencies, the hospitality industry, grassroots and anti-tax groups with a view to influencing legislation. WHO Definitions of Tobacco Industry Tactics for resisting effective tobacco control, 2009.” A front group is an organisation that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or…

Background Simon Clark, a life-long non-smoker, is the Director of tobacco industry funded group Forest244 245 246 and has been a member of Imperial Tobacco‘s Stakeholder Panel. 247 Clark is an active blogger at Simon Clark – Taking Liberties. He also writes for the Forest website and has previously written for…

Background Matthew Elliot was co-founder and Chief Executive of The TaxPayers’ Alliance, which he set up in 2004 with Andrew Allum and Florence Heath. 281 He also set up Big Brother Watch in 2009. 282 ReferencesHide↑Images adapted from: M.

The Freedom Association (TFA), set up in 1975, is a British libertarian campaign group. Their aim is “to challenge all erosion of civil liberties and campaign in support of individual liberty and freedom of expression”, which has included campaigning against tobacco control measures.287 Campaigned Against the Tobacco Display Ban and Plain Packaging In March 2011 Simon Richards, TFA’s…