Tag: harm reduction

Running up to the local elections, many candidates will promise to tackle local issues, while incumbents highlight their ability to maintain services despite rising demand and shrinking budgets. But an...

In a surprising turn of events, Health Canada has finally conceded that one of the best ways to fight cigarette use in Canada is through harm reduction, namely through vaping.  Canadian smokers...

India should reclaim control over its tobacco policy by embracing evidence-based harm reduction rather than donor-driven global prohibitions. For too long, India’s tobacco policies have been shaped less by domestic...

India wants to reduce smoking, but its approach defies basic public-health logic. By raising cigarette taxes while outlawing safer alternatives, it corners smokers into a false choice: keep paying more...

BANGKOK, TH – Last week, the Thai House of Representatives approved a report proposing three potential approaches to regulating vaping and heated tobacco devices, reinforcing the existing ban, regulating HTPs while...

Right after the 2024 election, Tucker Carlson ramped up the promotion of his new nicotine pouch product, prompting Elon Musk to weigh in on the conservative host’s challenge to Zyn...

Donald Trump has been elected to return to the White House in an overwhelming election against Vice President Kamala Harris. Many factors drove the US electorate toward supporting Trump-Vance, among...

Introduction Despite initially embracing vaping technology, numerous U.S. state governments are increasingly imposing stringent restrictions on flavored nicotine vaping devices. Only a handful of states—Alaska, North Dakota, and Tennessee—maintain fully...

A slippery slope argument is correct when it takes time to explain how reasonable initial ideas can lead to a disastrous outcome that proponents did not foresee....

For years, we’ve covered the extent of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s multi-million dollar campaigns to try to shape the lives of ordinary consumers. What began as an...

Washington, D.C. – The Food & Drug Administration is reportedly set to deny Juul’s pre-market authorization applications, which would effectively ban all Juul nicotine vaping products in the United States. The Consumer Choice Center...

By Yaël Ossowski As a consumer advocate enamored with technology, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a new product or service providing a solution to an old problem. The...