Peter Clark

Jan 30, 2025 | dcjournal.com | Peter Clark

The FDA recently approved Zyn as a harm reduction tool for quitting smoking, citing that the product “doesn’t contain harmful substances linked to cancer or other diseases” that are present in tobacco. The FDA approved the “marketing of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products,” approving a wide range of flavored pouches, including “.”While this is a victory for tobacco harm reduction, the FDA is still ignoring flavored e-cigarettes, one of the most effective means for quitting smoking.

Nov 18, 2024 | azcapitoltimes.com | Peter Clark

The GOP had several notable victories in Arizona for the 2024 Election. However, Republicans suffered one high-profile loss, with Ruben Gallego winning the Senate seat. With Trump’s victory in Arizona, GOP senate contender Kari Lake would have had a shot at the Senate seat. Unfortunately for one of MAGA’s biggest cheerleaders, the odds were against her. “Trump in heels” learned little from her 2022 Gubernatorial loss to Katie Hobbs.

Sep 2, 2024 | dcjournal.com | Peter Clark

Newsweek recently reported that the FDA is concerned about unregulated chemicals entering vaping devices. Some producers have been using nicotine analogs to side-step nicotine analogs flavor bans and burdensome Premarket Tobacco Product Applications requirements. Using compounds like 6-methyl nicotine is an attempt by producers to avoid the red tape and get their products on the shelf. The problem with these chemical analogs is that their effect on the body is unknown.

Aug 7, 2024 | scotsman.com | Peter Clark

Shooting as a whole generates £3.3 billion for the UK economy, not that far behind golf on £5 billionGrouse shooting is crucial to rural upland communities, with the start of the season representing the culmination of a year's hard work, grit, and determination. Unfortunately, this season doesn't look as promising as previous ones, with counts looking less positive.

Jun 12, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Peter Clark |David Torrance |Malcolm Petrie

The​ first Labour government assumed office in January 1924 after a general election a month earlier resulted in a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party. In the previous decade British politics had changed in ways that might have been expected to assist the Labour Party, most obviously with the decline of the Liberal Party, the dominant progressive political force until the First World War, which had slipped behind Labour in the 1922 election.