international

The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a transformative public health opportunity, saving people’s lives by offering safer alternatives to smoking for…

March 7, 2025

High-Smoking France Bans Disposable Vapes and Nicotine Pouches

France has banned the sale of disposable vapes, becoming the second country in Europe to do so. The law took…

February 28, 2025

Coca Summit in Peru Focuses Push to End Global Prohibition

The United Nations must “decolonize” global drug laws and deschedule the coca leaf, which is used daily by millions of…

February 20, 2025

Our Study Spotlights How Vaping Can Reduce Health Disparities

Nicotine vaping can significantly reduce health inequalities for low-income and Indigenous communities, suggests a new study published in the Addiction…

February 10, 2025

People Who Use Drugs Among Victims of Trump’s Assault on USAID

On January 30, employees at TB HIV Care received a letter informing them that they’d soon get their last paychecks.…

February 7, 2025

The Czech Cannabis Journalist Fighting a “Toxicomania” Conviction

Stacks of magazines are piled high in Robert Veverka’s office in Prague, Czech Republic. In a few days he will…

February 6, 2025

How to Build on Sweden’s “Smoke-Free” Success?

"Sweden has successfully reduced smoking rates by combining innovation, legislation and consumer empowerment," Jesper Skalberg Karlsson told the audience. Karlsson,…

February 4, 2025

Belgium’s Disposable Vapes Ban Could Be First of Many

Belgium has become the first European Union country to enact a ban on disposable vapes, with others expected to follow.…

January 28, 2025

Rooted in Colonialism, Coca Prohibition Could Be Nearing Its End

Calls to eradicate coca fields in the Peruvian Andes began a century ago as part of a mission civilisatrice led…

January 28, 2025

Trump’s Move to Label Drug-Trafficking Groups “Foreign Terrorist Organizations”

President Donald Trump announced on his first day in office that organized drug trafficking groups will be designated Foreign Terrorist…

January 22, 2025