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“Marlboro Kids” in the ’70s, in Search of Cigarettes and Adulthood

It was around kindergarten age that I discovered who I wanted to be when I grew up. It was 1970,…

January 30, 2024

UK Makes Cytisine Available as Prescription Smoking-Cessation Drug

For people in the United Kingdom who wish to quit smoking, a new oral pharmaceutical option, cytisine, became available on…

January 23, 2024

WHO Renews Tobacco Harm Reduction Attacks in Runup to COP10

Postponing its 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control hasn’t stopped the World Health…

January 11, 2024

Tobacco Harm Reduction Consumers Speak Out at EU Parliament

On December 5, the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, held an unprecedented event, titled “Harm Reduction: The Road to a…

January 3, 2024

Smoking Cessation, Weight Gain and Vapes

The benefits of smoking cessation are numerous and indisputable. But one of the few negatives can be undesired weight gain…

December 15, 2023

The Slow-Moving Train Wreck of Australian Vaping Policy

After nearly a decade advocating for vaping as a tobacco harm reduction strategy in Australia, I am stepping away from…

December 14, 2023

New Zealand Splits Opinion by Scrapping Smoking Ban

New Zealand's new coalition government plans to abandon the country's world-first policy of an incremental smoking ban, in order to…

December 5, 2023

Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Smoker”?

Words matter, particularly when they’re entwined with issues of identity. Labels have the capacity to erase the multi-faceted nature of…

November 21, 2023

Excluded Tobacco Harm Reduction Consumer Groups Fight On

"So little is published about the grassroots groups which advocate for tobacco harm reduction, but as our briefing paper shows,…

November 15, 2023

Is UK Government’s “Smoke-Free Generation” Bid Losing Its Way?

The government of the United Kingdom is pressing ahead with its plan to create a generation without legal access to…

November 8, 2023