Self-prescribed electronic cigarettes are clearly the major harm-reduction hope in the UK, a country where the dispensing of stop-smoking aids fell precipitously between 2005-06 and 2015-16.Read More
New graphic warnings in India look shocking, but who will connect with them? Who, beyond cancer specialists have seen disease manifested in this way?Read More
Australia might be shifting slightly its stance on electronic cigarettes, which is good news for harm reduction.Read More
It seems likely that breathing in ultra-fine particles is bad for human health. The only question that needs answering is how bad.Read More
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It must be hoped that the authoritative nature of a comprehensive new report on electronic cigarettes will inspire a rational approach to these potentially game-changing products.Read More
In generally welcoming a new report on electronic cigarettes, the UK smokers' group Forest nevertheless cautions against the medicinal licensing of these products.Read More
The Welsh Government is planning to choke off the few remaining public places where smokers – some of them vulnerable – can indulge their habit in a modicum of comfort.Read More
Ninety-four percent of incarcerated Australian smokers resume their habit on release, even though most of them will not have been allowed to smoke while in prison. Read More
Worldwide, people are grappling with questions about 'free speech': who should be allowed publicly to say what about whom and what, with or without identifying themselves.Read More
A requirement for standardized tobacco packaging is included in a new anti-tobacco bill currently before South Africa's parliament.Read More
