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Johns Hopkins Call for Nicotine “Common Language” Falls Flat

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has just published a video, featuring Johanna Cohen, the Bloomberg professor of…

January 12, 2023

FDA Leaders’ Smoking Cessation “Care Package” Article Draws Fire

At the end of December, Robert Califf, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Brian King, the…

January 5, 2023

California’s Vape Flavor Ban Begins With Confusion, Enforcement Threats

On December 21, California’s nicotine flavor ban finally went into effect, a little more than a month after voters overwhelmingly…

December 22, 2022

Ball in FDA’s Court as Official Review Cites Its Chaos, Opacity Over Vapes

On December 19, the Reagan-Udall Foundation, an independent nonprofit tasked by Congress to help modernize the Food and Drug Administration…

December 20, 2022

Memos Show FDA Overruled Science-Office Call to OK Menthol Vapes

New evidence provides the clearest signal yet that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is opposed categorically to authorizing non-tobacco…

December 14, 2022

Supreme Court Refuses to Block California’s Nicotine Flavor Ban

On December 12, the United States Supreme Court said that it would not block California’s flavored nicotine ban, legislation that’s…

December 14, 2022

Free Vapes for Pregnant People Who Smoke, in UK Council Program

In a bid to address health inequality and family poverty, a council in the United Kingdom will soon be handing…

December 12, 2022

Small Vape Shops Save Lives. Many Communities Are Losing Them.

There's an oversimplified notion that only Big Tobacco supports vaping. On the contrary, thousands of small businesses, selling vapor products…

December 5, 2022

Tobacco and Vape Companies Ask Supreme Court to Stop CA Flavor Ban

On November 29, R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco and vapor companies filed an emergency application for writ of injunction with…

December 2, 2022

Older Adults Who Smoke Are Typically “Forgotten”

A new paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), argues that older adults who smoke are “forgotten,”…

November 29, 2022