Tag: nicotine
Criminalizing E-Cigarettes Perpetuates the Spiral of Poverty
Forty-three million Americans live in poverty, and the numbers are not diminishing. Certainly poverty ...
Global Forum on Nicotine Asserts Urgency of Tobacco Harm Reduction
Where else,” wondered tobacco harm reduction advocate David Sweanor, “do we permit a really ...
Why the Smoking Ban in Public Housing Makes Residents’ Lives Worse
The first thing that greets you when you walk in is the stench of ...
New Zealand Government Initiative Shows Welcome Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction
The New Zealand government has launched an online resource endorsing—and educating about— vaping products ...
Mexico Public Health Agency Lashes Out Against Tobacco Harm Reduction
Mexico’s consumer health protection agency has effectively denounced the US Food and Drug Administration’s ...
Three Takeaways From Filter’s Tobacco Harm Reduction and Health Justice Event
On May 17, Filter hosted a panel entitled “Tobacco Harm Reduction, Vulnerable Populations & Health Justice” ...
The Year Is 2020, and the US Has Banned Vapes. What Happens Now?
President Donald Trump finished his overture at this year’s Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin ...
US Arrival of Heat-Not-Burn Is Another Option for Smokers to Switch
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IQOS, a device that delivers ...
New Evidence of Smoking Disparities Underlines That Tobacco Harm Reduction Is Social Justice
Americans experiencing compounded social marginalization are at greater risk of initiating use of—and not ...
Rite Aid Is Wrong to Stop Selling Vapes (They’ll Still Sell Cigarettes)
In a huge blow to smokers who are trying to switch to safer nicotine ...
