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News · Poland · Sep 22, 2026

European Commission approves Poland’s disposable nicotine vape ban

Tim Hong

News · France · Sep 17, 2026

Le Pen pledges tobacco tax freeze and calls for clearer vaping rules

Ali Anderson

News · Germany · Sep 16, 2026

Senior German lawmaker calls for nicotine pouch legalisation

Ali Anderson

News · Sweden · Sep 1, 2026

Tobacco Control Advocates: Big Tobacco’s Useful Idiots

David Zaruk

News · European Union · Jul 29, 2026

Nicotine’s Terrifying Little Secret

David Zaruk

Opinion · Sweden · Jun 22, 2026

OPINION: The EU Parliament doesn’t want a new nicotine tax law. But that’s not what really matters.

Peter Beckett

News · Sweden · Aug 26, 2026

Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro - Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Harry Shapiro

News · Ireland · Sep 16, 2026

Sinn Féin leader says adults should be free to choose whether to vape

Tim Hong

News · United States · Sep 15, 2026

FDA authorises JUUL2 as second vape with age-gating technology

Tim Hong

Illustration of a person holding a phone and vaping device beside a venue sign requiring identification for entry.

News · Ireland · Sep 11, 2026

Irish PM backs vape ban and claims vapes are ‘nearly worse than cigarettes’

Ali Anderson

A man in a suit stands behind microphones beside an Irish flag.

News · Germany · Sep 11, 2026

Germany plans fresh vape tax rise as industry warns half the market is already illicit

Tim Hong

Illustration of a shopkeeper adjusting a euro price label beneath shelves of vaping products with German labels.

Evidence review · France · Sep 9, 2026

Cancer review puts tobacco smoke at the heart of smoking’s cancer risk

Ali Anderson

Illustration of a man smoking outside a hospital while a woman with a dressing on her arm walks past.

News · Sweden · Aug 26, 2026

Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro - Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Harry Shapiro

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News · Sweden · Dec 1, 2025

DOCUMENT: EU Health Ministers to discuss new curbs on safer nicotine products

Alastair Cohen

News · France · Oct 31, 2025

OPINION: The Commission is trying to trick EU countries that support harm reduction. They must not fall for it.

Peter Beckett

Interview · France · Jun 25, 2026

Prof. Tikki Pang - WHO’s Harm Reduction Blind Spot.

Peter Beckett

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European Commission approves Poland’s disposable nicotine vape ban

Le Pen pledges tobacco tax freeze and calls for clearer vaping rules

Senior German lawmaker calls for nicotine pouch legalisation

Investigations

Tobacco Control Advocates: Big Tobacco’s Useful Idiots

Nicotine’s Terrifying Little Secret

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OPINION: The EU Parliament doesn’t want a new nicotine tax law. But that’s not what really matters.

Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro - Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

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Sinn Féin leader says adults should be free to choose whether to vape

FDA authorises JUUL2 as second vape with age-gating technology

Irish PM backs vape ban and claims vapes are ‘nearly worse than cigarettes’

Germany plans fresh vape tax rise as industry warns half the market is already illicit

Science

Cancer review puts tobacco smoke at the heart of smoking’s cancer risk

Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro - Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

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DOCUMENT: EU Health Ministers to discuss new curbs on safer nicotine products

OPINION: The Commission is trying to trick EU countries that support harm reduction. They must not fall for it.

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Prof. Tikki Pang - WHO’s Harm Reduction Blind Spot.

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