Marc Gunther

Marc is a veteran reporter who writes about tobacco control. He has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, Mother Jones and Fortune magazine, where he was a senior writer for 15 years. He lives in Maryland.

How the FDA Made a “Gigantic, Chaotic Mess” of the US Vapes Market

Twenty-one years ago, a Chinese pharmacist named Hon Lik patented the first electronic cigarette. Lik smoked heavily, and hoped to…

January 9, 2025

Supreme Court Justices Grill FDA, Vape Companies in Triton Case

The Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of nicotine vapes came under close scrutiny by the United States Supreme Court on…

December 2, 2024

Nicotine Prohibition Is the Goal of Truth Initiative’s “Gamechanger”

Truth Initiative, a leading anti-smoking nonprofit, has released a report laying out its “strategy to move toward the end of…

July 20, 2023

Can the US Tobacco Control Debate Ever Find Common Ground?

University of Michigan faculty members Ken Warner and Cliff Douglas have worked for decades to combat smoking. Warner, 75, an…

November 16, 2022