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Why Dr. Mark Tyndall Is Taking a Stand for Tobacco Harm Reduction

The tobacco harm reduction movement has long needed doctors to unapologetically make the case that it’s a matter of life…

July 24, 2025

How the Need for Vapes Struck Me—and Why They’re Still Vilified

As a community-based researcher, I always tried to involve community members in the planning, conduct and presentation of the research.…

July 24, 2025

Swapping Cigarettes for Vapes or HTP Rapidly Boosts Fitness, Study Finds

People who switch from smoking to vapes or heated tobacco products can improve their fitness levels in as little as…

July 16, 2025

My Dad Quit Cigarettes in 1984. To Doctors, He Was Always a “Smoker.”

Last month, my father died. I miss him deeply, and I always will. He was nearly 84. Married for over…

July 15, 2025

Who’s Missing From the Tobacco Harm Reduction Conversation?

When it comes to tobacco harm reduction, whose opinions and voices should be heard? The question was put to a…

July 11, 2025

Leading US Nicotine-Consumer Voice Falls Silent

Nicotine consumers who have made life-changing switches to safer products, and their organizations, form the heart of the tobacco harm…

July 1, 2025

Nicotine Consumer Advocates Share Strategies, Support Amid Hostility

Advocates work with the government while activists fight with the government," Maria Papaionnoy-Duic, the founder of Canadian consumer group Rights…

June 25, 2025

Governments “Hate” Big Tobacco—Yet Hand Them the Nicotine Market

Around the world, politicians love to stand behind a podium, look solemnly into a camera and declare their unyielding hatred…

June 16, 2025

The Overlooked Benefits of Nicotine for Mental and Cognitive Health

With the rise of tobacco harm reduction (THR) products—including vapes, heated tobacco and pouches—nicotine has increasingly come under attack. Nicotine…

June 12, 2025

To Bring Tobacco Harm Reduction to Prisons, We Need Outside Allies

Harm reduction efforts outside prison often involve lawyers and other experts identifying policy that is weak from more than one…

June 9, 2025