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Cambodia Issues Asia’s Latest Nicotine Prohibition

On March 23, Cambodia issued a ban on heated tobacco products (HTPs). The move, as reported by the English-language newspaper…

March 25, 2021

Vermont’s Dilemmas in Bid to Ban Both Flavored Vapes and Menthol Cigarettes

At a digital meeting of Vermont’s Senate Health and Welfare Committee, Tina Zuk, the government relations director at American Heart…

March 23, 2021

Study Shows How Much Vapes Can Help Smokers With Schizophrenia

A groundbreaking study from Italy with adults who have schizophrenia spectrum disorders found that using JUUL vapes helped some 40…

March 22, 2021

Canada’s Proposed Nicotine Cap for Vapes Earns Sharp Criticism

Canada looked set to embrace tobacco harm reduction, similar to the United Kingdom. At least until July 2019, when a…

March 18, 2021

What Made This Rhode Island Legislator Change Her Mind About Vaping?

In September 2019, when cases of “EVALI” lung injuries peaked in the United States and news outlets began aggressively covering…

March 11, 2021

WV Governor Bids to Make Smoking Much More Affordable Than Vaping

In a recent series of town hall events in his state, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice made good on a…

March 9, 2021

I Switched From Vaping Back to Smoking, Thanks to India’s Government

I remember fumbling with the lighter so much that a friend had to light my first smoke for me. I…

January 25, 2021

NYC Public Housing Residents Denounce Crackdown on Smoking in Their Own Homes

"You either become somebody who lays down and takes it, or you just get to that point that you can't…

January 14, 2021

Tobacco Harm Reduction’s Prospects Under the Biden Administration

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will assume the offices of president and vice president at a time of great societal…

January 6, 2021

My Study of Providing Vapes to Unhoused Smokers in Ireland

While I was volunteering at an Irish homelessness service called Dublin Simon Community a couple of years ago, I helped…

December 7, 2020