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Dave Cross
- Writer at Planet of the Vapes
- East Midlands, UK
Dave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous vape companies to develop content for their websites.
The Latest from Dave Cross
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Experts reacted to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Scientists have given their reactions to MPs debating and passing the Tobacco and Vapes Bill – with crowing comments from anti-vape activists
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Risk Assessment Failure
The Government has failed to acknowledge and account for the findings of the risk assessment of its Tobacco And Vapes Bill, posing “dangers” according to UKVIA
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NNA Writes to Regulatory Policy Committee
The New Nicotine Alliance consumer charity has written to the Regulatory Policy Committee to express its concerns about the Impact Assessment for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
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The Misguided Prohibitionist Agenda
CAPHRA says it is unveiling the truth about the misguided prohibitionist agenda being promoted by New Zealand’s Public Health Collaboration Council
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Eight Weeks to GFN24
Debut appearances at Global Forum on Nicotine for keynote speakers, set to share new perspectives on economics, health and tobacco harm reduction in Warsaw
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Vape Tax is Ill-Conceived
The proposed new tax on eliquids, perversely increasing in cost with nicotine strength, stand to hold “unintended” and “negative” health consequences, according to researchers at London South Bank University
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Are Disposables a Short-Term Problem?
Independent industry information provider ECigIntelligence asks whether disposable vapes are a short-term problem
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Government Crackdown Failing
New Freedom Of Information (FOI) data from 152 local councils, submitted by Vape Club, shows that in 2023 the number of illegal vapes seized increased 19 times from 2020