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Will New Bloomberg Funds Spread Vape Bans in Low-Income Countries?

In February, billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s charitable organization Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional tobacco control commitment of $420 million. A significant…

March 30, 2023

“NRT or Cold Turkey”: Why Finland Won’t Back Tobacco Harm Reduction

Finland has vaping laws that are about as strict as they can be, short of actually banning it. There’s a…

March 27, 2023

Why Are My Classmates Switching From Vaping to Smoking?

When I first arrived in Rome to attend university last summer, I was surprised by both the widespread cigarette smoking…

March 6, 2023

Evidence Is In on Vapes as Smoking Cessation. Now We Need Urgency.

In a comment published in Nature Medicine, four leading researchers marshal the evidence that vapes can be used as a…

February 23, 2023

Disposable Vapes Debate Flares Up After UK Moves

One of the world’s most vape-friendly countries, the United Kingdom, is becoming frostier toward single-use versions of the harm reduction…

February 21, 2023

National Teen Survey Shows Static Drug-Use Rates Amid Increased Risks

Young America is in crisis, depicts a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on teenage mental health…

February 15, 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

Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide

Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, and still successful, according to a…

February 2, 2023

FDA Authorizes More Heated Tobacco Products, Rejects More Vapes

On January 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized three heated tobacco products manufactured by Philip Morris International. The…

January 27, 2023

Taiwan Is About to Ban the Use of Nicotine Vapes

Taiwan looks set to become the next country in Asia to ban nicotine vaping products. On January 12, amendments to…

January 24, 2023