In a major turnaround, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signalled support for tobacco harm reduction - and suggested that more flavoured vapes could soon be authorised for sale.
Speaking at the annual Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Tobacco…
A former World Health Organisation (WHO) director has accused the agency of ignoring science and blocking progress on tobacco harm reduction.
Professor Tikki Pang warns that the WHO’s current position risks stalling efforts to cut smoking in the Asia-Pacific - the region…
While smoking has fallen out of fashion among celebrities, vaping has quietly taken its place.
According to the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction, an estimated 114 million people vape worldwide - and more than half of them are former smokers.
Though…
Smokers were nearly twice as likely to develop wheezing compared with vapers. The risk of respiratory symptoms rose sharply according to the number of cigarettes smoked daily.
Exclusive vape use appears substantially less harmful than smoking, with risk levels near those of…
The World Health Organisation portrays itself as the ultimate health authority. But its approach to vaping and other safer nicotine products has faced growing criticism for contradictions and missteps. Here are five major failures that have undermined global harm reduction efforts.
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A leaked European Union draft position for next month’s WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) meeting reveals a sweeping push to extend tobacco-style restrictions, and even possible bans, to all non-smoked nicotine products, including vaping devices, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches.…
As we count down to the WHO’s bi-annual summit on tobacco control - which is increasingly used to spread misinformation about harm reduction, we sat down with former WHO Director for Non-Communicable Diseases Derek Yach. Derek’s had a long and fascinating career…
A European Commissioner has come under fire for spreading misinformation about nicotine, just months after another senior EU official made similarly inaccurate claims about vaping.
On September 30, Olivér Várhelyi, the Hungarian Commissioner responsible for health and animal welfare, wrote on X…
New evidence shows that four countries are proving safer nicotine alternatives can cut smoking rates, prevent disease and save lives.
The findings come from The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a new report that tracks how products such as nicotine…
