We need more constructive non-political discourse about tobacco harm reduction to bridge the “substantial information gap” and counter the impact of bad science on the current prohibitionist mindset. That’s the view of the German Association of the Tobacco Industry and New Products (Bundesverband der Tabakwirtschaft und neuartiger Erzeugnisse, BVTE), according to a recent interview with ECigIntelligence about the dangers of misinformation and “sloppy legislation”.