Kim "Skip" Murray

World Vape Day Follows Tumultuous Year in Tobacco Harm Reduction

The urgency of raising awareness on World Vape Day—May 30—has increased since I wrote about it in 2024. The time…

May 30, 2025

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 hate. They felt no sorrow when,…

May 6, 2025

FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Among Casualties of Mass HHS Layoffs

On April 1 Dr. Brian King, the controversial director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),…

April 2, 2025

New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation

[This article was updated on March 13 to reflect breaking news.]   On March 13, the Senate Health, Education, Labor,…

March 12, 2025

The Great American Cop-Out

Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 48th Great American Smokeout, held annually on the third Thursday of November. Promoted by…

November 21, 2024

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. Some wonderful people walked through my…

August 13, 2024

Supreme Court Will Hear Crucial Triton Vapes Case

As of July 1, the United States Supreme Court had four vape cases on its list for the last conference…

July 2, 2024

FDA Authorizes Menthol Vapes: First-Ever Non-Tobacco Flavor

On June 21, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced that it had authorized four menthol-flavored vaping products. This…

June 21, 2024

The Tobacco Control Act Turns 15: Have We Made Progress at All?

When I was 22, I watched my grandpa wheeled out of his home in a body bag. Aged 53, I…

June 21, 2024

Why We Need World Vape Day More Than Ever

Globally, we are over 120 million strong. We are the people who used to smoke. We discovered that despite what…

May 30, 2024