Harm Reduction

n a recent Op-Ed for Reuters, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg boasted about the success of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The news would be quite welcome if only it were true.

The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act can take credit for banning candy-flavored cigarettes and requiring tobacco manufacturers to list their ingredients.

Over the last decade, ACSH has been quite pleased to report on the steady decline in cigarette smoking, especially among adolescents. However, as we re too frequently reminded, not all the news on this front is good.

The results of the first national survey to measure public awareness and the prevalence of use of electronic nicotine del

A recent Gallup poll of 1,000 adults from all 50 U.S.

Last week, we were less than pleased by FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg s empty

In yet more dismal news from the smoking front, researchers at Cambridge University have found that, compared to standardized feedback

Researchers continue to investigate how to help smokers kick their lethal and addictive habit. Unfortunately, two recent studies involving nicotine patches and individualized therapy fall vastly short of a breakthrough.

In contrast with the overall declining rate of lung cancer in the U.S., the rate of death from the disease among women has actually remained steady, or even risen, in some areas of the country.

A study just published in the journal Tobacco Control evaluated the effectiveness of the graphic anti-smoking posters that Ne