5 lessons on vaping regulation in other countries from Behavioural Insights Team

Andrew Maynard testing Apple Vision Pro and us wondering about the addictive properties of it.

Reflecting on whether we have become a bystander society in our attitudes to addiction?

Innovation and the Addiction Economy - they will find a way

Vape companies hope we will make vapes a ‘mainstream’ addiction like caffeine. It definitely isn’t. We must not let them.

Our 7 recommendations for government on vapes.

Haha Sam Altman CEO of OpenAI warning about the addictiveness of AI and doing nothing about it!

Great new report from Gateshead Council - on commercial determinents of health

Warning vape companies are innovating ahead of disposables ban

New stats from British Heart Foundation don’t mention ‘commercial determinants’ and policy actions from that? Wondering why.

The public reject claims that ‘all people want is cheap food’ - politicians should avoid being the ‘neglectful state’ if they want to get re-elected.

It seems that the predatory capitalism of multinational companies is definitely better for society than criminal gangs, but that regulation and treating addicts like human beings is the best way.

Total deregulation of cannabis reprises the big tobacco playbook of the 50’s says regulator.

“…no correlation between performance on the marshmallow test and a host of adolescent behavioural outcomes”

Here are our ideas on how to prevent vapes becoming the new acceptable addiction like alcohol.

How the invented term ‘excited delerium’ contributed to the death of George Floyd.

Vapes are the new hot products for the young because they use the 5 drivers of the addiction economy

We need to look beyond economies on smoking, drinking and obesity

Our updated recommendations on vaping

New study says building awareness of predatory marketing practices helps prevention and un-addiction.