nicotine

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

Researchers Expose “Serious Flaws” in Prominent Vaping-Harms Study

The continual battles over research relating to tobacco harm reduction intensified in May. Two papers, published on consecutive days, attacked…

June 5, 2025

World Vape Day Follows Tumultuous Year in Tobacco Harm Reduction

The urgency of raising awareness on World Vape Day—May 30—has increased since I wrote about it in 2024. The time…

May 30, 2025

EU Health Commissioner Under Fire for Spouting Vape Misinformation

Misinformation about tobacco harm reduction, though sadly rife, is especially damaging when it comes from the most senior health officials.…

May 29, 2025

A Health Philosopher’s Views on Tobacco Harm Reduction

The tobacco harm reduction (THR) debate encompasses many challenging ethical questions—from the respective roles of misinformation, public health nonprofits and…

May 15, 2025

New York City’s Campaign Against Vapes Will Cost Lives

A recent press release from the New York City Health Department, calling on New Yorkers to “imagine a city free…

May 8, 2025