Harm Reduction

In order to expand upon research that shows smoking raises bad cholesterol (LDL) and lowers good cholesterol (HDL), a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health recruited 1,500 smokers.

While the EPA tries to remove harmless substances from its hazards list, public health officials in Washington’s King County are doing quite the opposite by proposing a ban on the u

An annual survey shows that for the first time, teen marijuana use may be higher than cigarette smoking, Reuters reports.

Children who have no smokers in their families but who reside in apartment buildings have higher levels of cotinine, a by-product of tobacco smoke, in their blood than similar children who dwell in detached, single-family homes, a

Apparently even a whiff of tobacco smoke can threaten your health, according to a report released yesterday by U.S.

Now for some more good news on the harm reduction front: While cigarette sales have fallen by 17 percent since 2005 due to robust health campaigns and steeper taxes,

Yesterday marked another victory for e-cigarette manufacturer NJOY after a federal appellate court in Washington, D.C.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside may as well tell smokers looking to switch to e-cigarettes to keep smoking regular cigarettes based on their study claiming that current versions of the cigarette alternative

Another study in Human Reproduction, which examined 13,815 Danish women, reported that women who smoked for

If there weren’t already enough reasons for cigarette smokers to quit, more incentive just appeared in the form of a longitudinal study published in the December issue of