Harm Reduction

Just last week we reported that the smoking rate in New York City dropped to an all-time low of 14 percent down from 22 percent in 2002.

Upon initially reading the results of new research that found that nearly 30 percent of U.S.

Unfortunately, not all the news is good news: A recently proposed measure in the Russian Federation, much to our (and all others devoted to reducing the toll of smoking) chagrin, aims to ban the manufacture, sale, and importation of smokeless toba

As the nation works to curb smoking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented some statistics on lung cancer rates that serve as inspiration

More good news on the anti-smoking front strikes closer to home, as the latest statistics reveal that adult smoking rates in New York fell to a record low of just 14 percen

Finally a bit of sound science and common sense seems to be percolating from an official governmental agency unfortunately, not in our country.

In his TobaccoAnalysis blog, ACSH advisor Dr.

About 40 percent of cigarettes in New Jersey are smuggled into the state, according to a recent state Treasury Department report.

The number of adults smoking 10 or more cigarettes a day has declined slightly, but more adults now smoke one to nine cigarettes daily, according to the latest

An FDA-authored analysis of electronic cigarette contents has just appeared in the Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies.