nicotine

The Lives of People Who Use Nicotine Are Not an “Endgame”

Public health was never supposed to be a game. It’s a promise: to protect life, reduce suffering and honor every…

December 10, 2025

Ideology and Bloomberg Dollars Distort Global Tobacco Treaty

Once trusted to champion evidence-based public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has slipped into an increasingly ideological stance on…

December 5, 2025

“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage

The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on…

November 26, 2025

People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed

I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons and trying to stretch our grocery…

November 19, 2025

Personal Attacks on THR Proponents Ramp Up Amid COP11

Tobacco harm reductionists have grown used to operating under fire as they seek access to safer nicotine products to help…

November 18, 2025

Inside One Hospital, a Discreet Project Fights Doctors’ Nicotine Bias

Medical professionals are badly misinformed about nicotine, with severe and tragic consequences for patients’ health. There are people working hard…

November 12, 2025

“Massive Milestone” as Vaping Overtakes Smoking in Britain

For the very first time, more adults in Great Britain are using vapes than are smoking cigarettes. New data from…

November 7, 2025

Denver Voters Uphold Flavor Ban, in Blow to Tobacco Harm Reduction

Denver has voted to uphold a ban on sales of flavored nicotine products. The referendum result dashes tobacco harm reductionists’…

November 5, 2025

High-Nicotine Pouches Help People Stay Off Cigarettes—If Available

Pouches with higher nicotine levels can make a vital contribution to tobacco harm reduction, by delivering the satisfaction people may…

October 29, 2025

Resistance to the Anti-Nicotine Movement Sparked by a Betrayal

People who use nicotine have earned a reputation for pushing back against flavor bans, new taxes, registry bills and other…

October 27, 2025