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Heated Tobacco Products Can Help the US Make Smoking Obsolete

From vapes to snus and nicotine pouches, we have a growing array of much safer substitutes for the combustible cigarettes…

March 22, 2024

MDMA Close to Being Legal Medicine, as FDA Grants Priority Review

MDMA is getting ever closer to becoming a legal medicine. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now expediting…

February 15, 2024

Scathing Rebuke for FDA, as Appeals Court Gives Hope for Flavored Vapes

A federal appeals court has issued a scathing rebuke to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its…

January 5, 2024

FDA Weighing New Application to Approve Prescription MDMA

A psychedelics-focused drug development company is officially asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review an application to approve…

December 13, 2023

The Hypocrisy of FDA Commissioner Califf’s Stance on Vaping

Earlier this year, Dr. Robert Califf, commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), emerged as a vocal…

December 4, 2023

The FDA Draft Guidance for Stimulant Use Disorder Medication Is… Decent

One of the reasons we have Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) is that opioids are…

November 28, 2023

FDA Decries Vape Misinformation of Its Own Making

Dr. Brian King, director for the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…

September 7, 2023

Vape Pricing Critical If FDA Limits Nicotine in Cigarettes, Study Finds

Moves by regulators to limit the nicotine content of cigarettes would encourage people to buy full-nicotine cigarettes from illegal sources,…

June 6, 2023

Tobacco Harm Reduction Reflections, as My Years of Reporting End

Many people who vape, or are otherwise involved in tobacco harm reduction, will remember the summer of 2019. That was…

February 14, 2023

FDA Authorizes More Heated Tobacco Products, Rejects More Vapes

On January 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized three heated tobacco products manufactured by Philip Morris International. The…

January 27, 2023