nicotine

Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide

Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, and still successful, according to a…

February 2, 2023

Taiwan Is About to Ban the Use of Nicotine Vapes

Taiwan looks set to become the next country in Asia to ban nicotine vaping products. On January 12, amendments to…

January 24, 2023

Johns Hopkins Call for Nicotine “Common Language” Falls Flat

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has just published a video, featuring Johanna Cohen, the Bloomberg professor of…

January 12, 2023

Pakistan Nicotine-Pouch Surge Brings Harm Reduction Hope in South Asia

Globally, almost a third of tobacco consumers use oral products. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is generally safer than combustibles. But traditional…

December 16, 2022

Supreme Court Refuses to Block California’s Nicotine Flavor Ban

On December 12, the United States Supreme Court said that it would not block California’s flavored nicotine ban, legislation that’s…

December 14, 2022

California Votes to Ban Sales of Almost All Flavored Nicotine Products

California residents voted in the November 8 midterm elections to ban the sale of almost all flavored nicotine products, as…

November 9, 2022

CA Voters May Pass Nicotine Flavor Ban Bankrolled by Bloomberg

On November 8, California residents will vote on a ballot measure to prohibit the sale of flavored nicotine products. A…

November 3, 2022

Make It Make Sense: The Confusing Terminology Around Safer Nicotine

Nicotine vapes contain no tobacco but are routinely called “tobacco products.” A 2019 lung disease outbreak is still known as…

October 12, 2022

High-Nicotine Vapes Don’t Increase Nicotine Use Compared With Smoking, Study Finds

A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that vaping products with higher nicotine levels are more effective…

August 17, 2022

FDA Head Orders a Review of Its Nicotine Division, to Mixed Response

On July 20, Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced that he would commission external…

July 21, 2022