Kim "Skip" Murray

    Skip started smoking when she was 10, and quit through vaping in 2015. She is an enthusiastic tobacco harm reduction advocate. She works as a direct service professional at a group home providing services for people living with disabilities. Skip also lives with a disability and was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and depression in 2020. She is the co-founder and a research volunteer for the Safer Nicotine Wiki. She previously owned a vape shop and served as the research fellow for the Consumer Center of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. She lives in Minnesota.

    People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed

    I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons ...

    Resistance to the Anti-Nicotine Movement Sparked by a Betrayal

    People who use nicotine have earned a reputation for pushing back against flavor bans, ...

    Look Behind the Headlines About Rising Vape-Related ER Visits

    This summer, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center published a report showing what ...

    World Vape Day Follows Tumultuous Year in Tobacco Harm Reduction

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    Ex-FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Joins Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

    Dr. Brian King is a man some tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates love to ...

    FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Among Casualties of Mass HHS Layoffs

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    New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation

    [This article was updated on March 13 to reflect breaking news.]   On March ...

    The Great American Cop-Out

    Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 48th Great American Smokeout, held annually on the ...

    In My Vape Shop, I Learned How the VA Lets Veterans Down

    I miss owning a vape shop. It was gratifying to help people stop smoking. ...

    Supreme Court Will Hear Crucial Triton Vapes Case

    As of July 1, the United States Supreme Court had four vape cases on ...