Harm Reduction

Those who support tobacco harm reduction as an effective option for reducing the terrible toll of smoking on Americans health face an uphill battle, as media coverage continues to promote misleading claims about the safety and effectiveness of h

If we frequently promote useful smoking cessation aids such as smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes, it s because there are promising signs that these methods deliver a much higher quit rate than the methods that are conv

Beyond being banned from smoking in public places or inside the workplace, more and more smokers are finding that their habit may bar them from being hired in the first place.

Researchers from the Center for Global Tobacco Control at the Harvard School of Public Health are suggesting that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) adversely

Because of the fresh start afforded by the new year, it s a good bet that more than a few of the 70 percent of American smokers who would like to quit will give it a go.

Nearly 70 percent of adult smokers want to quit, and 52 percent have attempted to do so in the past year, according to data collected by the CDC as part of the 2001 to 2010 National Health Interview Surveys. But what ACSH's Dr.

A new study has found more evidence to link cigarette smoking to one type of skin cancer, supportin

In a two-part series for his blog, Tobacco Analysis, ACSH advisor Dr.

The results of a survey on substance use among U.S.