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High-Nicotine Pouches Help People Stay Off Cigarettes—If Available

Pouches with higher nicotine levels can make a vital contribution to tobacco harm reduction, by delivering the satisfaction people may…

October 29, 2025

Marijuana Hair-Test Device Doesn’t Prove Use, Warns Petition to FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a petition raising concerns about the alleged “significant harm” that a drug…

October 23, 2025

Feds Crack Down on TV Drug Ads, in Major Shakeup to Pharma Industry

The era of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical commercials may be coming to a close. On September 9, President Donald Trump signed…

September 11, 2025

Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what had already been proven—vapes are vastly…

August 4, 2025

FDA Marks 7-OH, Kratom Compound With Opioid Effect, for CSA Schedule I

The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, be federally scheduled under the Controlled…

July 31, 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

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