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World Vape Day Follows Tumultuous Year in Tobacco Harm Reduction

The urgency of raising awareness on World Vape Day—May 30—has increased since I wrote about it in 2024. The time…

May 30, 2025

EU Health Commissioner Under Fire for Spouting Vape Misinformation

Misinformation about tobacco harm reduction, though sadly rife, is especially damaging when it comes from the most senior health officials.…

May 29, 2025

Smear Tactics Against THR Advocates Reflected in NZ Media Ruling

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates don’t just face misinformation in the form of false and misleading claims about safer nicotine…

April 10, 2025

New Initiative Takes Aim at Tobacco Harm Reduction Misinformation

For many years, tobacco harm reduction advocates have had to contend with waves of misinformation about safer nicotine products, constantly…

April 8, 2025

New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation

[This article was updated on March 13 to reflect breaking news.]   On March 13, the Senate Health, Education, Labor,…

March 12, 2025

Vapes “Designed to Kill,” Claims Org Designed to Protect World Health

“What looks cute, smells good, but is designed to kill?” asked the World Health Organization (WHO) in a June 11…

June 13, 2024

Why We Need World Vape Day More Than Ever

Globally, we are over 120 million strong. We are the people who used to smoke. We discovered that despite what…

May 30, 2024

WHO Hits New Low With “Vaping Increases Seizure Risk” Tweet

The World Health Organization should no longer be considered a leading authority in global health. For years now, it has…

April 10, 2024

It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine

Elaine Keller, a cancer survivor and powerful advocate for tobacco harm reduction, once asked an important question: “Why is your…

March 8, 2024

Rising Numbers of Brits Who Smoke Don’t Know That Vaping Is Safer

English adults who smoke are increasingly unaware that vapes are less harmful than cigarettes, new data reveal. That’s in a…

March 5, 2024