vaping

Canadian Advocates Clash Over Calls for Vape Flavor Ban

Tobacco harm reduction advocates in Canada have fired back, after tobacco control groups urged the government to ban vape flavors…

October 17, 2024

Feds Say Vapes, and Not Abstinence, Research Priority for Smoking Harms

In a call for innovation to reduce the public health harms of smoking, the National Institutes of Health and the…

October 16, 2024

“Moral Panic”—Irish Government Plans Sweeping Anti-Vape Legislation

Ireland's health minister, Stephen Donnelly, has received cabinet approval to move forward with a bill to radically reduce the availability…

October 9, 2024

“Essential in Our World”—NYC Harm Reductionist on Vaping

“Harm reduction for tobacco is essential in our world,” says Jerry Otero. “So many of the people that I work…

October 8, 2024

Banning Prison Visitors From Vaping Is Unjustified and Harmful

Washington State is one of only four in the nation to allow what are commonly called conjugal visits. These Extended…

October 7, 2024

“Merci la Vape”—French Advocates Counter Relentless Anti-Vape Moves

Tobacco harm reduction has been under attack in France, despite the country’s high rates of smoking and smoking-related deaths. Embattled…

October 1, 2024

EU Call to Ban Public Vaping Could Increase Smoking, Advocates Say

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is calling for member states to treat safer nicotine products…

September 25, 2024

GA Lawmakers Welcome Increasingly Wild Testimony in Vape Registry Push

On September 17, the Georgia House committee studying the “youth vaping epidemic” holds its third and final meeting as it…

September 17, 2024

Why Tobacco Harm Reduction? A First Question of Many

When I first heard the words “tobacco harm reduction,” as recently as 2022, I was a little surprised. What is…

September 16, 2024

Can Social Workers Be Supported to Spread Tobacco Harm Reduction?

Groups of people who are most likely to interact with social workers have extremely high smoking rates. Tobacco harm reduction…

September 11, 2024