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Could Brexit End Up Boosting UK Tobacco Harm Reduction?

In June 2016, months before Donald Trump would win the presidential election in the United States, the United Kingdom narrowly…

May 4, 2021

Can Tobacco Harm Reduction Work for India’s Poor?

Tobacco use is a poor person’s problem. People with low incomes consume and grow it the most and suffer the…

April 30, 2021

Higher-Nicotine Vapes Seem Better at Helping Smokers Quit Cigarettes

A new study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most highly regarded peer-reviewed medical journals, suggests…

April 22, 2021

To Increase Smoking Rates Among Young Adults, Keep Hiking Vape Taxes

Across the country, local and state lawmakers are proposing to enact new taxes and/or increasing existing excise taxes on e-cigarettes.…

April 20, 2021

USPS Might Soon Exempt Some Vape Businesses From “Mail Ban”

On April 19, the United States Postal Service (USPS) offered new guidance for vape businesses ahead of a rule that…

April 19, 2021

Report Details Failures to Scale Up Tobacco Harm Reduction in Asia

On April 16, the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) released its newest report—“Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue…

April 16, 2021

Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby Among US Backers of Duterte’s Drug War

He thought it was a clap of thunder as it echoed through the humid air between the river and mountains…

April 12, 2021

Vaping Prohibitionists Host Conference to Confirm Their Own Views

On April 7, the organization Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes (PAVE) hosted a day-long virtual conference called “Clear the Vapor: The…

April 9, 2021

“Mind Control Menace”—The FDA’s Comic Attempt to Terrify Teen Vapers

A terrible menace has descended on a small town. It appears to be a plague, an ever-spreading green vapor that…

April 7, 2021

What It’s Like to Be a Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate in Taiwan

Vaping captures headlines in the United States, where outcry over a perceived youth “epidemic” drives health misinformation and efforts to…

April 1, 2021