vaping

The WHO Emphasizes Its Mission to Destroy Safer Nicotine Alternatives

On July 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its eighth report on the global tobacco “epidemic,” highlighting the “need to…

July 27, 2021

Brookline, Mass. Bans Tobacco, Vape Sales to Anyone Born in 21st Century

On July 19, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey approved a law in the town of Brookline that would prohibit the…

July 21, 2021

“I Rarely Vape Until Cocktail Hour”—Patt Denning’s THR Journey

Dr. Patt Denning has been a leading harm reduction advocate for over 30 years. A co-founder of the Harm Reduction…

July 15, 2021

Hundreds of Vape Companies Plead With FedEx to Reverse Delivery Ban

On July 12, more than four hundred vape companies urged FedEx to reverse a policy that prohibits the company from…

July 14, 2021

UK Health Agency Reaffirms the Power of Vaping to Help Smokers Quit

On June 25, the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published new draft guidelines encouraging health…

June 30, 2021

Health Canada Keeps Admitting That Its Vape Policies Could Increase Smoking

On June 19, Health Canada, the agency responsible for the country’s health policy, released a proposed regulation that would ban…

June 24, 2021

Global Forum on Nicotine Conveys Cautious Optimism for Tobacco Harm Reduction

At the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN), hosted in Liverpool, England, and broadcast online on June 16 and 17, experts…

June 22, 2021

San Francisco’s Vape Flavor Ban Saw More Teens Start Smoking

In the summer of 2018, San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products (as…

June 7, 2021

At the US E-Cigarette Conference, a Reckoning With Loss of Public Trust

The future of tobacco control is up for grabs. Nowhere was this more apparent than at this year’s US E-Cigarette…

May 27, 2021

Why an Impending Flavor Ban in the Netherlands Matters for All Vapers

Back in June 2020, the Dutch State Secretary for Health, Paul Blokhuis, announced that he wanted to ban all non-tobacco…

May 25, 2021