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China’s Decision to Regulate Vaping Products Has Global Implications

China revealed on November 26 that it would officially regulate vaping products under its tobacco monopoly law. The decision has…

December 2, 2021

Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban Ends, Leaving Bitter Taste

The horribly misguided smoking and vaping ban in Philadelphia’s city-funded drug treatment programs, including outdoor spaces, has finally been lifted.…

November 19, 2021

The WHO Gambled Behind Closed Doors With 200 Million Lives

Two United Nations Conferences of Parties (COP) took place last week—both with the ostensible goal of saving lives. But the…

November 16, 2021

Women’s Voices Among Those Absent at the Global Tobacco Control COP

Global tobacco control is deeply political, divisive, and reflects the prevailing gendered and other social hierarchies that influence policy and…

November 12, 2021

UK Will Send a Powerful Message by Allowing NHS to Prescribe Vapes

The UK has long been among the world’s leaders in tobacco harm reduction, and for years the country’s health authorities…

November 9, 2021

Congressman Sets His Sights on Unregulated Synthetic Nicotine

On November 8, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois), the chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy and a longstanding…

November 8, 2021

FDA Memos Reveal Its “Fatal Flaw” Rejection Plan for Flavored Vapes

There’s an ongoing theory about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the vaping community: The agency did not anticipate…

November 3, 2021

The FDA’s Vape Fiasco Will Perpetuate Smoking Deaths

What’s not to love to hate about the Food and Drug Administration’s non-decisions on nicotine vapes? We’re now almost two…

November 2, 2021

First Vape Company Full Stay Is Issued—and Suggests the FDA Miscalculated

On October 26, a United States federal court of appeals granted a full stay for vapor company Triton. This will…

October 28, 2021

Fighting the Last War: An Excoriation of the WHO and Tobacco Control

The image on the cover of the new report, Fighting The Last War: The Who and International Tobacco Control, is…

October 28, 2021