Harm Reduction

Speaking of snus, three members of the Swedish Parliament recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Swedish newspaper Göt

Can smokeless tobacco products satiate a smoker’s nicotine craving while simultaneously serving as a smoking cessation aid? And if so, is it conceivable that such a transition might result in net harm, paradoxical as that seems?

New York City anti-smoking laws are today extended to include city parks, public beaches and pedestrian malls.

Today readers of a number of newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, U.S.A. Today and The New York Daily News, will encounter a full-page advertisement for Camel Snus.

Indiana’s Republican governor (and potential presidential candidate) Mitch Daniels is expected to sign an omnibus bill that includes tobacco harm reduction language specifically stipulating that

A potential ban on menthol cigarettes got some momentum, based upon three

Is there a link between smoking and blindness? If you weren’t aware that there is, it’s probably for lack of a national awareness campaign.

ACSH gives two cheers to the New Zealand Ministry of Health for acknowledging that electronic cigarettes are “far safer” than traditional cigarettes.

For the second time in as many days, we’d like to give a tip of the hat to ACSH advisor and Boston University School of Public Health Professor Dr. Michael Siegel for his essays on two different smoking-related policies.

Two perspective pieces addressing the menthol cigarette problem appear in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.