Harm Reduction

ACSH applauds a new initiative in the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, that aims to save lives by promoting the use of smok

Two recent news stories take a look at innovative means of handling the serious nicotine addiction that haunts cigarette smokers.

In other tobacco-related news, four U.S.

The illicit tobacco trade is running rampant, say some members of Congress, and they re introducing the aptly named Smuggled Tobacco Prevention (STOP) Act as a solution to this black market business.

Harm reduction has been an effective tool in relieving the plight of drug addicts who are at an increased risk of contracting severe infections especially hepatitis and HIV, but also drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA as a result of using co

Are hospitals really doing enough to help smokers quit the dangerous habit?

The clean nicotine delivery device known as the electronic cigarette has fared well in its first clinical trial.

Lisa R. Lauve is the new sheriff at Christus St.

North America s only safe-injection site for drug addicts will be allowed to continue its services, the Supreme C

In keeping with the unimpressive success rate of conventional smoking cessation aids, cytosine, an anti-smoking drug first marketed in 1964, has only an 8.4 percent success rate among smokers,