Harm Reduction

An editorial warning about the alleged dangers of smokeless tobacco — posted on a local South Dakota news website, TheDailyRepublic.com — had ACSH's Dr.

Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey released a statement last week proposing that his state approve funding smoking cessatio

Speaking of snus, three members of the Swedish Parliament recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Swedish newspaper Göt

Can smokeless tobacco products satiate a smoker’s nicotine craving while simultaneously serving as a smoking cessation aid? And if so, is it conceivable that such a transition might result in net harm, paradoxical as that seems?

New York City anti-smoking laws are today extended to include city parks, public beaches and pedestrian malls.

Today readers of a number of newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, U.S.A. Today and The New York Daily News, will encounter a full-page advertisement for Camel Snus.

Indiana’s Republican governor (and potential presidential candidate) Mitch Daniels is expected to sign an omnibus bill that includes tobacco harm reduction language specifically stipulating that

A potential ban on menthol cigarettes got some momentum, based upon three

Is there a link between smoking and blindness? If you weren’t aware that there is, it’s probably for lack of a national awareness campaign.

ACSH gives two cheers to the New Zealand Ministry of Health for acknowledging that electronic cigarettes are “far safer” than traditional cigarettes.