Alex Norcia 
Tobacco Harm Reduction Reflections, as My Years of Reporting End
Many people who vape, or are otherwise involved in tobacco harm reduction, will remember ...
Smoking Deaths Sidelined in Biden’s State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden was set to announce in his February 7 State of the ...
Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide
Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, ...
FDA Authorizes More Heated Tobacco Products, Rejects More Vapes
On January 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized three heated tobacco products ...
Appeals Court Reignites Triton Case Against FDA, Key to Flavored Vapes
On January 19, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the cases of ...
Johns Hopkins Call for Nicotine “Common Language” Falls Flat
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has just published a video, featuring ...
FDA Leaders’ Smoking Cessation “Care Package” Article Draws Fire
At the end of December, Robert Califf, the commissioner of the Food and Drug ...
The Biggest Tobacco Harm Reduction Battles to Come in 2023
United States tobacco control did not have an easy 2022. So much turmoil has ...
California’s Vape Flavor Ban Begins With Confusion, Enforcement Threats
On December 21, California’s nicotine flavor ban finally went into effect, a little more ...
Ball in FDA’s Court as Official Review Cites Its Chaos, Opacity Over Vapes
On December 19, the Reagan-Udall Foundation, an independent nonprofit tasked by Congress to help ...
