Harm Reduction

The June issue of Pediatrics confirms that physicians truly can be a significant influence on their teenage patients’ attitudes toward tobacco use.
The list of reasons why no one should take up smoking is endless, and a new study from the Annals of Internal Medicine, led by Dr.
Today is World No Tobacco Day, and the media have commemorated the occasion from a variety of perspectives.
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.