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Nicotine a Heart Threat, Per “Expert Consensus Report.” Experts Disagree.

Nicotine, regardless of the delivery system, is a “potent cardiovascular toxin,” states a recent report, calling for urgent action from…

January 14, 2026

Asia-Pacific’s Harm Reduction Blind Spot Is Costing Lives

Most people who smoke tobacco live in the Asia-Pacific region. Millions of them die of smoking-related causes each year. Yet…

January 8, 2026

A Rare Case of Open Debate on Tobacco Harm Reduction

"If safer alternatives can save lives, what responsibility do we have to science, to fairness and to the people we…

December 22, 2025

Cheered On by the WHO, Vietnam Tightens Total Vape Ban

On December 11, Vietnam passed an amendment to its Investment Law in order to prohibit all investment or commercial trade…

December 16, 2025

Pressure Builds on Hegseth for Killings of Helpless Boat-Strike Survivors

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth release footage of a strike that killed two helpless survivors of…

December 9, 2025

“From Forest to Dust” Shows How Drug Prohibition Drives Climate Crisis

Drug prohibition is a driver of the climate crisis, outlines a major report by international researchers and policy experts. Both…

December 8, 2025

Ideology and Bloomberg Dollars Distort Global Tobacco Treaty

Once trusted to champion evidence-based public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has slipped into an increasingly ideological stance on…

December 5, 2025

“Moral Bankruptcy” as WHO Opts to Maintain Global Coca Prohibition

The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a strict global ban on the coca leaf—a prohibition, campaigners…

December 3, 2025

“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage

The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on…

November 26, 2025

“Clock Starts to Tick,” Amid Trump’s Venezuela Build-Up

The United States continues its heavy military build-up in the Caribbean, and continues to strike boats off the coast of…

November 25, 2025