nicotine

“Embarrassing”—Experts Slam EU’s Self-Congratulatory Smoking Report

A European Commission report on smoking and nicotine use is being condemned for unjustified self-contragulation, anti-scientific opposition to tobacco harm…

April 20, 2026

Will the CDC Finally Abandon the Damaging Term “EVALI”?

Health economist Michael Pesko is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a question it should have answered years…

April 16, 2026

Sweden Is Now the World’s First “Smoke-Free” Country

Sweden has become the world's first “smoke-free” country, with an astonishingly low daily smoking rate of just 3.7 percent—well below…

April 14, 2026

Many Flaws, Few Retractions: “Vapes-Cause-Cancer” Studies

Two more published studies claiming to link vaping to cancer have come under fire for what experts identify as major…

April 3, 2026

New Threats of Prison and Caning: Singapore’s “Totalitarian” Vape Ban

New legislation in Singapore will strengthen the country’s vape prohibition with threats of long prison sentences and caning—establishing perhaps the…

March 31, 2026

Oklahoma Prisoners Can Now Buy “Jail Puff” Vapes and Pouches

Oklahoma has just begun allowing prisoners to purchase safer nicotine products—vapes and pouches—at commissary. Some jails already permitted this, as…

March 30, 2026

Heated Tobacco Products Shouldn’t Be a Harm Reduction Afterthought

Gary Sweeney may be in a minority among people who quit smoking in his community in County Donegal, Ireland, but…

March 25, 2026

IMF Publishes Call for Risk-Proportionate Nicotine Taxation

The International Monetary Fund has published a call for risk-proportionate taxation of nicotine products—in contrast to policies being adopted by…

March 23, 2026

Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking: Now It’s Official in France

France's national health and safety agency, ANSES, has published a report concluding that vaping is substantially safer than smoking. It’s…

March 18, 2026

Irish Government Grows Ever More Hostile to Vaping

The Irish government has ramped up its hostility towards safer nicotine products by approving new legislation to further tighten restrictions…

March 10, 2026