Quit Smoking: Drugs vs. Cold Turkey (from Wall Street Journal)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Friday, February 23, 2007
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  While it was enlightening to learn of the nicotine-replacement industry's relationship with several oft-quoted experts in smoking cessation, pharmaceutical-industry support shouldn't automatically undercut those experts' policies regarding quitting methods...  Read Full >>

Tobacco Harm Reduction: An Alternative Cessation Strategy for Inveterate Smokers (from Harm Reduction Journal)
By Brad Rodu and William T. Godshall
Type : Report
Publish Date : Thursday, December 21, 2006
By Brad Rodu and William T. Godshall.  Conventional smoking cessation policies and programs generally present smokers with two unpleasant alternatives: quit, or die. A third approach to smoking cessation, tobacco harm reduction, involves the use of alternative sources of nicotine, including modern smokeless tobacco products...  Read Full >>

Make Health a Priority in 2007: Twelve Resolutions
Publish Date : Thursday, December 14, 2006
The American Council on Science and Health is dedicated to helping you set rational priorities for a healthy and long life...  Read Full >>

Helping Smokers Quit: A Role for Smokeless Tobacco?
By Kathleen Meister, M.A.
Type : Booklet
Publish Date : Tuesday, October 10, 2006
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 45 million Americans continue to smoke, even after one of the most intense public health campaigns in history, now over 40 years old. Each year some 438,000 smokers die from smoking-related diseases, including lung and other cancers, cardiovascular disorders, and pulmonary diseases...  Read Full >>

Not the Next Tobacco: Defenses to Obesity Claims (from Food and Drug Law Journal)
Type : Articles
Publish Date : Tuesday, October 10, 2006
By Joseph P. McMenamin and Andrea D. Tiglio. The differences between tobacco and food, and between the merits of tobacco cases and obesity cases, are striking...  Read Full >>