Recently, three harm-reduction advocacy organisations have stopped operating, and though they gave different reasons for closing, they have more in common than the explanations might suggest
Replication is necessary to determine whether the recent critical meta-analysis of heated tobacco studies holds water. It was generally down on both the reduced risk potential of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and their ability to function as smoking-cessation aids
March saw Australia’s largest-ever haul of illegal cigarettes and vapes by a health authority, and similar seizures have occurred in the wake of regulations in effect since October
Why has the Netherlands taken such a harsh, prohibitionist stance on nicotine when it has historically been liberal in its approach to other so-called vice products?
New US surgeon general nominee Casey Means has not publicly laid out any position on vaping, nicotine or smoking cessation, but some of her public comments suggest she may be amenable to reduced-harm products
All flavours should be banned for nicotine products, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which also wants increased regulation of advertising, limits on hardware design, and plain packaging requirements implemented across the board
Two decades after the adoption of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, public health expert Derek Yach asks: ”Surely we could have done better by now?”
Research into using heated tobacco products (HTPs) as a cessation tool, and the health impact of HTPs themselves, has left many scientists unimpressed
Douglas Ming Deng of Yunnan University will present his research on the evolution of the tobacco industry through R&D at the Novel Nicotine Expo in Geneva this week
Greece is moving closer to a flavour ban on alternative nicotine products as part of a broader crackdown on under-age access to alcohol and tobacco