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Connecticut Could Open East Coast’s First Psychedelic Medicine Centers

Connecticut lawmakers have proposed a bill that would create the first psychedelic medicine centers on the East Coast. The bill…

March 24, 2022

The FDA Has 120 Days to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine. That’s Impossible.

On March 15, tobacco controllers gathered at a hotel in Baltimore for an annual conference hosted by the Society for…

March 16, 2022

FDA Poised to Gain Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine

Lawmakers have inserted language into a federal spending bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority…

March 8, 2022

The Federal Menthol Cigarette Ban Is Slowly Moving Forward

At the end of February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered two proposed tobacco standards—one for menthol in cigarettes…

March 3, 2022

Three States Have Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine by Stealth

Legislators in three different states—Georgia, Maryland and Mississippi—have recently introduced bills that would only allow the sale of vapor products…

March 3, 2022

Senate Narrowly Confirms Robert Califf as the Next Head of the FDA

On February 15, the Senate narrowly confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration…

February 15, 2022

Court Lets Four FDA-Denied Vape Companies Resume Sales, for Now

On February 1, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted four nicotine vape manufacturers—Bidi Vapor, Diamond Vapor, Johnny Cooper and…

February 4, 2022

US Vaping’s Future Could Hinge, in Part, on the Triton Case

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals listened to oral arguments on January 31 about a case that could help to…

January 31, 2022

Are We Seeing Early Signs of Common Ground in US Tobacco Control?

On January 27, a group of tobacco control experts published a letter in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH),…

January 28, 2022

Signs of Anxiety in the Anti-Vaping Camp as Big Decisions Brew

Amid a months-long wait for clarity on the future of vaping in the United States, people on all sides of…

January 21, 2022