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Smoking: Just to Get By

Smoking is a stress relief," says one of the interview subjects of this Filter film about the reasons people smoke cigarettes,…

February 14, 2019

Why Philly’s Smoking Ban at Addiction Treatment Centers Will Be Harmful

Late last year, public health officials in Philadelphia—which ranks second among large cities hit hardest by the US overdose and…

February 12, 2019

What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction

The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published January 30 in the New…

February 7, 2019

Don’t Block Smokers From Becoming Smoke-Free by Banning Flavored Vapes

[The following is based on testimony to be delivered by Dr. Abrams before the NYC City Council Committee on Health…

January 30, 2019

Rise of Heat-Not-Burn Products Coincides With Decrease in Cigarette Sales

Last year, an increase in heat-not-burn (HNB) electronic tobacco product sales in South Korea coincided with a decrease in cigarette…

January 29, 2019

UK Supermarket Chain Criticized for Displaying Vapes in Exactly the Right Place

Where should vaping products be stocked in stores? That question was sharply raised in response to Sainsbury’s, a British supermarket…

January 25, 2019

In the Tobacco Harm Reduction Debate, Civility Has Gone Up in Smoke

In the pursuit of reducing the harms caused by cigarettes, those of us who advocate for vaping as a public-health…

January 22, 2019

Cuomo Wants to Treat Vaping like Tobacco

On January 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to raise the minimum age for tobacco and e-cigarette…

January 18, 2019

We Need to Reduce the Harms of Draconian Tobacco Policies

Harm reduction shouldn’t just seek to reduce the harm caused by drugs, but also the harm caused by drug policies,” tweeted…

December 17, 2018