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I’m 79 and in Prison. Cigarettes Have Shaped My Life.

Tobacco settles the nerves, relaxes the body, quiets the mind. A mild, pleasant high. I'm not making any scientific or…

August 16, 2022

Replication Study Confirms Vapes Reduce Heart Risks Compared to Cigarettes

A new in vitro study shows that aerosols from nicotine vapes do not produce the cellular effects caused by cigarette…

August 11, 2022

The FDA’s Early Plan to Expedite Open-System Vape Marketing Applications

Documents obtained by Filter provide insight into how the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) originally intended…

August 10, 2022

Life as a Vaping Advocate Under India’s Prohibition

In late 2019, the Indian government issued a ban on vaping products. The ordinance, originally announced by the finance minister,…

August 1, 2022

Top FDA Tobacco Official Quits to Take Job at Philip Morris International

On July 26, Matthew Holman, the director of the Office of Science at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for…

July 27, 2022

FDA Head Orders a Review of Its Nicotine Division, to Mixed Response

On July 20, Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced that he would commission external…

July 21, 2022

Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial

On July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Triton’s petition to review a marketing denial order (MDO) issued…

July 19, 2022

FDA Begins Enforcement Over Synthetic Nicotine Vapes

On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had sent two warning letters to manufacturers marketing…

July 14, 2022

The EU’s Bizarre Plan to Beat Cancer by Protecting Cigarette Sales

It was widely reported at the end of June that the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, is proposing…

July 13, 2022