Alex Norcia

FDA Targets Unauthorized Vapes With Lawsuit Threats, Destruction Orders

On September 6, Brian King, the relatively new director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),…

September 13, 2022

New Paper Calls for “Middle-Ground” Approach to Vaping Regulation

Four highly regarded tobacco control scholars are calling for a policy agenda on e-cigarettes that balances curbing youth use with…

September 7, 2022

Mass Calls for Harm Reduction on International Overdose Awareness Day

On International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, more than 50 harm reduction groups in California called on the state government…

August 31, 2022

Record Binge Drinking, Cannabis and Psychedelics Use Among Young Adults

Cannabis and hallucinogen use among young adults in the United States—people 19 to 30 years old—climbed to record highs in…

August 24, 2022

Newsom Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites in California

On August 22, just hours before a deadline, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have legalized safe consumption sites…

August 23, 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

Will Gov. Newsom Veto California’s Safe Consumption Site Bill?

Physicians who treat people with substance use disorder in California are among those urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign legislation,…

August 17, 2022

The FDA’s Early Plan to Expedite Open-System Vape Marketing Applications

Documents obtained by Filter provide insight into how the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) originally intended…

August 10, 2022

Top FDA Tobacco Official Quits to Take Job at Philip Morris International

On July 26, Matthew Holman, the director of the Office of Science at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for…

July 27, 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