Peter Beckett
@peterbeckett
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EU public affairs with a smile. Partner at Three Six One. Boring centrist realist. Cooking and yoga enthusiast.
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Joined June 2008
Part 2 of our interview with Dr Derek Yach: he says WHO’s stance on nicotine is “flat earth thinking” and that harm reduction is being blocked by ideology, not science. #harmreduction
https://t.co/VEDNLSqq21
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#Budget2026 take: moving deck chairs on the Titanic. Modest modifications to the division of the pie. There are two growth levers available to the UK. Planning reform and joining the Single Market. No one will take UK growth plans seriously until this has been recognised.
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What fresh new hell is this?? “Denmark and the European Commission want to bind the whole of the EU to banning vapes and nicotine pouches, according to negotiating documents circulated this evening” via @clearingthe_air
#COP11FCTC #COP11 #FCTCCOP11
https://t.co/JTxNVU8ktX
clearingtheair.eu
Denmark and the European Commission want to bind the whole of the EU to banning vapes and nicotine pouches, according to negotiating documents circulated this
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Read the EU's #COP11FCTC position on @clearingthe_air !
FULL DOCUMENT - the EU has now agreed its position for #COP11FCTC, and mention of bans has been banned. Great news for #vapers and #pouches, bad news for #prohibition advocates https://t.co/d3L2maP0jj
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Thread on @FCTCofficial pre COP press conference. 45 minutes of my life I will never get back. We watch this 🐂 💩 so you don't have to. #FCTCCOP11
#FCTCSAVESLIVES (lol on that official # tag)
Right here goes. Acting FCTC Head Andrew Black, who's filling in for Adriana Blanco, who is apparently unwell. Pretty ghetto setup they have here. At least journos can ask questions. Perhaps they'll take ours (I will not hold my breath). #COP11FCTC
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Delighted to once again grace the @Vaping_Industry Forum on 26th November in London, and to announce that @clearingthe_air will be media sponsors! I'll be charing a panel talking about #vaping and disinformation. If you want, you can come and heckle at a 15%b discount!
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#Brusssels is already a narcostate, so why hand the vaping industry to the same gangs? Me for @clearingthe_air, with thanks to @MrSamWilkin for the inspiration. You should all sign up to his newsletter.
#Belgium risks becoming the next #Australia with its war on #nicotine and #vapes, says @peterbeckett . The country's top judges call it a narco state, but the Deputy PM is handing the gangs the nicotine market with no plan to deal with the fallout. https://t.co/yPdzTPWpFi
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Men laat Frank Vandenbroucke & co gewoon doen: "Paul Van den Meersche, the Federal bureaucrat in charge of enforcing Belgium’s “ban everything” approach to nicotine policy, recently told Kiosk magazine that while “the illegal vape and tobacco market is flourishing mainly thanks
clearingtheair.eu
There are some upsides to living in Brussels, as I have done for much of my adult life. The tax system sucks, but the cost of housing is reasonable (for this
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NEW: COP-11 - a survival guide for delegates. https://t.co/JrKzbhBKq9 There is only one big, workable, forward-looking idea in tobacco and nicotine policy: Make nicotine use much safer. Yet backwards-looking prohibitionists at #COP11 and @FCTCofficial are trying to obstruct it.
clivebates.com
This is a guide to the COP-11 meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva 17-22 November, 2025.
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Tagging the former Belgian PM instead of the current one should be kind of embarrassing really, but I suppose Tories are known for that sort of thing now.
🇧🇪 For goodness’ sake, Belgium. Freedom and democracy are under attack on our continent - and you’re blocking €140 billion for Ukraine because you’re scared of Moscow? Come on @alexanderdecroo
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Does anyone else suspect @RishiSunak is getting grey highlights because he thinks he needs them if he's gonna actually be a former PM?
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak is joining The Sunday Times as a columnist, starting 26 October. He will contribute a weekly column to the Business section on subjects including business, technology, politics and the economy
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Why are Americans so much better at protest posters than us Brits, but so much worse at football chants?
One of the most viral posters from today’s No Kings Protest:
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30 seconds after EurActiv and 30 seconds before Politico. Quite happy with that.
🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission will unveil its long-awaited evaluation of EU tobacco laws, led by Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, who has falsely claimed nicotine causes cancer. New rules expected by 2027.
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🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission will unveil its long-awaited evaluation of EU tobacco laws, led by Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, who has falsely claimed nicotine causes cancer. New rules expected by 2027.
clearingtheair.eu
The European Commission is to unveil its “evaluation report” on the EU’s Tobacco Control policy framework, according to a draft of the Commission’s work plan
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https://t.co/MRj6mJsgLA Thanks @peterbeckett for a chance to reflect on decades of work to end smoking. We now have the technical ability and tools to end tobacco use faster than ever before- but lack the political courage to do so. I remain hopeful that will happen soon 🔜
clearingtheair.eu
As we count down to the WHO’s bi-annual summit on tobacco control - which is increasingly used to spread misinformation about harm reduction, we sat down with
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One wonders how the Catalans will feel about this...
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Conflating the invitation of murderers and rapists to the EP by a Member with lobbyists who have regulated access to the building? Seriously @LukasSieperMdEP and @MaxGriera?? Another "lobbying scandal" with no lobbyist involved.
politico.eu
“This is a situation to learn from,” acknowledges lawmaker after supporters of sanctioned group fighting Sudan’s civil war were due to speak in Brussels.
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