Harm Reduction

ACSH's Jeff Stier heads to Gaithersburg, Md., to attend the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) meeting on the potential ban of menthol from cigarettes.

After we reported it on Friday, a recent article by Gina Kolata in The New York Times also addres

Federal officials used flawed statistics to justify a ban on flavored cigarettes last year, claims Dr. Joel Nitzkin, chair of the Tobacco Control Task Force for the American Association of Public Health Physicians. At a Sept.

Duff Wilson of the New York Times presents new CDC data indicating that the teenage smoking rate has not declined fast enough, failing to reach the goal of 16 percent

ACSH is joining several public health and interest groups as an amicus, or friend of the court, to appeal the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to treat e-cigarettes as drug delivery systems rather than as tobacco products.

Yesterday we commented on Mayor Michael Bloomberg s endorsement of a plan to ban smoking in parks and beaches based in part on a New York City-funded study in 2009 claimin

ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross greeted staff this morning with a spirited Buon giorno!

Smoking Cessation Can Tobacco Be Part Of The Solution?

Today s New York Times reports that Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban smoking in City parks and beaches.

ACSH s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan was interviewed by Voice of America television last week about the FDA s legal jurisdiction over cigarettes. The show airs in markets around the globe.