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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 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

Vapes Increasingly Pushed Underground in the US and UK

Nicotine vaping products are increasingly being pushed underground in two contrasting jurisdictions, as my recent research illustrates. This sends a…

March 31, 2025

FDA’s Authorization of Zyn Nicotine Pouches a Step in the Right Direction

In a groundbreaking move, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the marketing of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch…

February 7, 2025

Skepticism Over FDA Bid to Mandate Very Low-Nicotine Cigarettes

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would cap nicotine levels in combustible tobacco products…

January 23, 2025

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

FDA Reports Largest-Ever Seizure of Unregulated Nicotine Vapes

On October 22, the Food and Drug Administration announced what appears to be the United States government's largest seizure of…

October 24, 2024

Psychedelic Advocates Air FDA Frustrations at Reagan-Udall Meeting

On September 6, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, an independent nonprofit created by Congress in 2007…

September 9, 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