tobacco harm reduction

Venezuela Bans All Vape Products, in Latest Blow to THR in Latin America

On August 1, Venezuela banned vapes and heated tobacco products. Vape shops have been rapidly shuttering, with owners fearing penalties…

August 10, 2023

Allowing Vapes in Our Prison Would Be Violence Harm Reduction, Too

Washington state banned public smoking on December 8, 2005. The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC), however, had been preparing…

May 31, 2023

Georgia Poised to Criminalize Vaping in Public Spaces

The state of Georgia has long criminalized harm reduction whatever way it can, and tobacco harm reduction has not escaped…

April 3, 2023

Tobacco Harm Reduction Reflections, as My Years of Reporting End

Many people who vape, or are otherwise involved in tobacco harm reduction, will remember the summer of 2019. That was…

February 14, 2023

When Smokers With No Plans to Quit Try Vaping, They Often Quit Anyway

Smokers who did not intend to stop but nonetheless began vaping drastically increased their likelihood of quitting cigarettes, according to…

January 11, 2022

A Study Was Claimed to Link Vapes to Cigarette “Relapse”—Let’s take a Look

In October, Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that claimed e-cigs were not an aid to help…

December 10, 2021

First Vape Company Full Stay Is Issued—and Suggests the FDA Miscalculated

On October 26, a United States federal court of appeals granted a full stay for vapor company Triton. This will…

October 28, 2021

New California Vape Taxes Will Put the Squeeze on Synthetic Nicotine

On October 4, Governor Gavin Newsom approved a 12.5 percent excise tax on vaping products in California. The bill, authored…

October 6, 2021

The Media Needs to Get Vaping Right on the First Try

In mid-September, two articles in prominent news outlets caused an uproar over how the media continues to misunderstand and misrepresent vaping.…

September 23, 2021

Denied FDA Authorization, Vaping Companies Start to Explore Loopholes

On August 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied the first marketing applications for about 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products…

August 30, 2021