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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

Watch: “Utter Rubbish”—Powerhouse Vape Activist Demands Voice

Judy Gibson is a pistol—one of the fiercest, most unapologetic tobacco harm reduction advocates you’ll ever meet. I interviewed her…

October 31, 2023

Trashed Cigarette Packs Highlight Failure of California’s Flavor Ban

Last year, California voters passed Proposition 31—banning the retail sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol. Overnight, one-third…

October 30, 2023