News Archives

Making psych wards go smoke-free is no different than forced treatment; http://bit.ly/90IoYc

The new attack on e-cigs; they are not as efficient as cigarettes (yes, and cars are more efficient than bicycles.so?); http://bit.ly/aK3WFV

28July

Some misinformation about supposed drop in Cdn black market activity and tax-smuggling relationship; http://bit.ly/cTSWTF

Graphic ads scare some smokers but telling that they call it "helping" them; like strapping in school helped kids; http://bit.ly/awSL3y

Another ecigs as potential cessation study for the FDA, ACS and ALA to ignore; http://bit.ly/9jKKyz

ACS grades others but ignores own major fail in fighting safer alternatives for smokers; too busy pushing NRTs; http://bit.ly/aI4Xtg

Every Cigarette Smoked in Mad Men (video); http://bit.ly/bE41YH

Pharma influence continues to bias cessation information toward least effective solutions, to the detriment of smokers; http://bit.ly/aqiE0Z

Better reason to ban smoking in your home is the stink and not the health risks on which the evidence is iffy; http://bit.ly/b07a2A

Smoking might not be good for the kids but sometimes its the only sanctuary/relief for stressed out mom; http://bit.ly/aYedwO

In Texas but worthy of California: butt littering called gateway to other littering; http://bit.ly/aLh7g2

Ferrence says outdoor smoking like atomic bomb clouds; air only makes problem worse; so indoor smoking not so bad?; http://bit.ly/aH2KZi

27July

Rather 2nd hand smoke than 1st hand assault; Champix linked to violence; http://bit.ly/cIryHo

Must bite for authorities to return confiscated cigs back to black market and possibly compensate for loss as well; http://bit.ly/96tFmX

So will the FDA label foreign cigarettes as "not a safe alternative to American cigarettes"?; http://bit.ly/akbziO

26July

E-cigarette misinformation hits a new high thanks to fearmongering and science challenged media at KFBB; http://bit.ly/dkIwRF

Anti-smoking demonization leads to stigmatization of lung cancer sufferers; http://bit.ly/9KDHSV

Smoking causes acne? Can't wait to see that warning label!; http://exm.nr/aeYMl1

Doublespeak: is it really "extending smoke free status to psychiatric patients" or is it forcing them to stop smoking; http://bit.ly/bxlFRr

Young back banning tobacco ads; and that matters how?; http://bit.ly/brWMTx

Best headline for some time: addicted toddler able to coerce an entire country to ratify an international agreement; http://bit.ly/bxpe96

So being wrong and then reversing your position makes you somehow more moral than someone who was right all along? http://bit.ly/bzhsM2

25July

Usorious tobacco prices bolster black market which funnels money away from the public into criminal coffers; http://bit.ly/d1vTY6

Pfizer offering free clinic to promote nicotine; http://bit.ly/8YBguI

How about a new law prohibiting campfires and barbecues within 20 feet of any campers: http://bit.ly/aYw6ce

Maybe if we hide they will go away: MHRA has no response to RPC criticism of ecig actions; http://bit.ly/ddng6C

23July

More breaking news: tobacco smugglers do it to earn money; http://bit.ly/c8XR7r

Complementing 2nd hand smoke, now danger of 2nd hand quitting; Champix and homicidal ideation; http://bit.ly/bjGGmo

Maybe years from now there will be an affirmative action movement to get smokers represented in the workforce; http://bit.ly/aavaNH

Forget blowing smoke in his face: Billy Piper names son after cigarette brand; http://bit.ly/doXpPl

More fun from Florida: Tobacco suit rulings will be based on whether cigarettes considered defective? http://bit.ly/dlTxLF

Anti-smoking funding prioritized over lung cancer research funding? Non-smoker lung cancers research bearing brunt; http://bit.ly/9gYWwZ

E-cigs dismissed as questionable alternatives on the basis of them being not as perfectly efficient as cigarettes; http://bit.ly/9ZqXxM

It was only a matter of time: graphical warnings on alcohol and then what?; http://bit.ly/a7hoOD

Seeing cars make me want to drive say children; legislation pending to remove cars from open display; http://bit.ly/c6bcRv

22July

Scarred for life by evil abusive murderous mother or maybe just a blogger with nothing to report; http://bit.ly/cqIfCf

Bribing people to be healthy interesting idea but can you afford it if everyone takes you up on it?; http://bit.ly/bsAViP

Town counselor wants nonEnglish speakers to remain ignorant of dangers of smoking; http://bit.ly/c5ySJJ

Anti-tobacco harm reduction matched only in nonsense by anti-contraception politics; http://bit.ly/c9SLLN

In defense of social smoking; cigars and friendship; sounds downright evil; http://bit.ly/bmllNZ

Cannabis 2nd hand smoke ok but not tobacco in Sebastopol multi-unit dwellings; http://bit.ly/dkHxKf

Tax break for smoke free establishments rather than forcible city wide ban? Savannah bars try to stay in business; http://bit.ly/bDihxZ

Flavored tobacco products still found on some shelves; world falls apart; http://bit.ly/apO9hB

Flavored tobacco products still found on some shelves; world falls apart; http://bit.ly/apO9hB

21July

Calling ecigs a loophole in anti-smoking regs is like calling pedestrians loopholes in no traffic zones; http://bit.ly/aqlsuV

State budgets: Now that smokers are tapped out, time to go after gamblers, and then? http://bit.ly/dmQwAG

2.1 million dollars because they might not have heard that smoking is bad for you? http://bit.ly/9quurH

American Cancer Society also supported light cigarettes (Rodu); http://bit.ly/aSmCWa

Recent Albany County Legislature move illustrates unfortunate downside of letting anyone run for office; http://bit.ly/cCGiLe

Anti-smoking initiative to further surveillance/informer society; text if you see smokers (and while you are driving?); http://bit.ly/aFZZm5

Doctor worries about ecigarettes as communicable disease carriers among other interesting beliefs; http://bit.ly/awlPow

Teens say they are not falling for tobacco message in movie and still think they need to be removed? http://bit.ly/8YVyOx

Drop in smoking causes shortfalls in state budgets dependent on tobacco revenues; http://bit.ly/deGxSY

Good news out of Norway; more evidence of snus as useful smoking cessation product; (Sullum at Reason); http://bit.ly/9C3JUl

Snowdon on dark markets (history of); politics rather than science ruling tobacco retail regulations; http://bit.ly/98m2iQ

If just having to live in a particular country would drive me to smoke, Singapore would lead the pack; http://bit.ly/dojdfb

17July

Good summary of the health/smoking aspects of the menthol cigarette issue; http://bit.ly/aUWPYP

Traffic pollution linked to rise in cardiac death; people not allowed to drive near pedestrians; http://bit.ly/aeN649

Obesity interventions more successful when non stigmatized; smokers are just different I guess; http://bit.ly/9j2t9Q

Looks like the "health" groups are being successful in making sure smokers stay wary of safer alternatives; http://bit.ly/9KXNtl

Did you ever smoke? No matter what else you've done with your life, a yes marks you as eternally flawed; http://bit.ly/d4i0cB

Breaking news: tobacco and alcohol industries market to increase product demand; (not like other industries); http://bit.ly/9NEMI4

Hamas takes steps to reduce risk of living in Gaza Strip by clamping down on hookah usage; http://bit.ly/aWULzH

Active tobacco harm reduction is the best way of undermining the tobacco black market; http://bit.ly/ayv05X

Point of sale tobacco advertising outperforms all other forms of advertising; http://bit.ly/dxI3TV

Funny how heart attacks always seem to drop 30% after any given tobacco control action; http://bit.ly/dCRH2H

Smoking a habit rather than an addiction?;

16July

Michigan hospital considers ejecting any obese patients caught with snacks; http://bit.ly/ckKs7r

Stier points out that menthol debate insignificant in comparison to potential gains from tobacco harm reduction; http://bit.ly/9MN7cZ

New Mexico suffers med marijuana shortage due to overtight regulation; drive patients to black market; http://bit.ly/9XA8EE

Cdn expo extols marijuana vaping as healthier alternative to prescription drugs with negative side effects; http://bit.ly/9LHpcr

Re Patrick Basham: Tobacco display bans linked to increases in youth smoking? http://bit.ly/aJwFOD

15July

Possible Brit policy u-turn seen simply as health advocates versus tobacco interests: users don't matter?; http://bit.ly/d3I8DB

Given that higher educational levels correlate with less smoking shouldn't you try to keep smokers in school? http://bit.ly/c7fLRy

Addicted because he smoked so much but not addicted because he quit; millions at stake; http://bit.ly/ar5jeH

14July

City officials (public servants) make firing smoking city workers possible; unemployed smokers could end up on dole; http://bit.ly/aFdRkz

Anything that smells like tobacco smoke is toxic?: and see new self serving redefinition of green; http://bit.ly/9CG0fm

Ordinance introduced to make public smoking imprisonable offence; on bright side, the smokes might be cheaper in there; http://bit.ly/aQghLj

Movies recruit half of all new smokers? Is television responsible for the other half? http://bit.ly/d5dQj0

2nd hand anti-smoking effects? NYC makes it compulsory for non smokers to be assaulted by graphic imagery; http://bit.ly/cqluqH

Sounds like NZ smokers should get a tax credit for their disproportionate contributions to economy; http://bit.ly/bymQNB

ACS thinks parents shocked to learn that most smoking children drawn to non-fruit flavoured products in dull packaging; http://bit.ly/a3lcu4

Lawsuit determines smoker 36%, Reynolds 64% for cancer; government somehow forgotten in the calculations? http://bit.ly/a0WdND

SnusNews thinks priority is to limit attraction of much safer alternative tob products smokers might be tempted to try; http://bit.ly/9fPhjV

Lautenberg should be pulled from the senate until his effect on public health has been studied and determined; http://bit.ly/9hcPig

Menthol smokers smoke because its minty and not for any other reason; maybe mints are a gateway to smoking? http://bit.ly/cjferW

Uni Med Center joins the anti-smoker policy trend; what's next? no hiring the overweight, the manic, the disorganized? http://bit.ly/cOIAPw

I knew that smoking was bad for your health but usually not as bad as this; http://bit.ly/b2RgRc

13July

Hobson's choice or absurdity in stating that budget concerns say that if kids are fat they won't smoke and vice versa; http://bit.ly/czLkW1

Smokers purchasing across state lines will shrink NY sales which then might be interpreted as success for the tax hike; http://bit.ly/9bGqgm

Dentist makes statements about nicotine but seems to know nothing about it.http://bit.ly/aURyPB

12July

Winickoff admits to coining term 3rd hand smoke without taking the 5th; still shows face in public; http://bit.ly/cl4lpi

White girls not being reached by tobacco control programs; more money could help reach this disadvantaged group; http://bit.ly/akQnF5

11July

Myers asks for more tobacco control money; seems his 1/4 million $ pay for pushing anti-smoker policies is not enough; http://bit.ly/93NtO2

Golfing clubs soon to expel members for nicotine use; blood tests in the planning stage; http://bit.ly/dkhFsD

30yr old gum alternative to chew tobacco now called a gateway to tobacco; guess walking is gateway to driving cars; http://bit.ly/a2PlzT

Going into a store that sells tobacco; have to leave your baby on the street; http://bit.ly/b86Fml

9 July

This may set a new standard in the absurdity of the ban on public displays of tobacco images or history be damned; http://bit.ly/caAr8g

MMRW editors follow pattern of blaming lack of progress on smoking rates on the environment rather than bad strategies; http://bit.ly/9SomW2

8 July

French youth wasn't interested in smoking but now that they are a little bit cheaper he has no option but to start; http://bit.ly/9HJRHx

Since tobacco taxes are funding social programs shouldn't smokers get income tax rebates?; http://bit.ly/bkyqpj

Banning menthol could lead to larger black market which also leads to less regulated age restrictions; http://bit.ly/aehYie

Anti-tobacco activists upset cash flowing into their trough has to compete with cash flowing into anti-obesity trough; http://nyti.ms/cNXaEJ

Somehow a drop of almost 50% in teen smoking is interpreted as discouraging news;CDC must think zero is realistic goal; http://bit.ly/aFcEEJ

Sullum critiques FDA ecig ban argument saying definition would reclassify guns as medical devices; http://bit.ly/d7i7Gq

New Zealand ecig trials moving ahead; testing as cessation devices against placebos and patches; http://bit.ly/9nJcon

Myers won't understand smokerstats until he includes blackmarket in calcs; nor make progress with stale approaches; http://bit.ly/au9LCk

Next, fast food employees train to offer nutritional advice to customers; http://bit.ly/dwrHSE

Since smokers really pay for it all,Y not ask them if they would rather fund social services or the cessation industry; http://bit.ly/crAZcI

Asian doc believes 1st, 2nd and 3rd hand smoke equally dangerous. Surely quakes in fear leaving his apartment; http://bit.ly/dCyGLb

WHO joins North Amer governments in creating optimal conditions for much stronger and profitable tobacco black market; http://bit.ly/95f4Cv

Editorial asks gov to both tackle tobacco black market and for more legislation to push more smokers toward it; http://bit.ly/ap73fs

And then millions to develop an anti-caffeine vaccine? Of course, the nicotine vaccine would eat into the NRT profits; http://bit.ly/bOyaWF

Instead of studying what is obvious to everyone else, why not just use the money to buy ecigs for the smokers? http://bit.ly/c8Qdks

Watching films or television increases risk of tobacco use no matter what is on; how about a warning label for that?; http://bit.ly/ac1xWE

New E J Med publishes tired promotion of bad and failed strategies and various pseudoscience including 3rd hand smoke; http://bit.ly/d4Yjb6

Canada's Bill C-32 gives the black market a monopoly on the cigarello trade; http://bit.ly/dhON8Q

Again anti-tobacco activists say conforming to law re the new flavor restrictions is actually getting around the law??; http://bit.ly/9Pre11

Use of term spit tobacco by health orgs is antiquated, misleading and pejorative; http://bit.ly/95lU4O

Study concludes that rising tobacco taxes offset by black market; ineffective as strategy to reduce smoking; http://bit.ly/bFAkbx

7 July

Not really a strong fiscal policy to rely on punitive tobacco taxes to balance the budget; http://bit.ly/bSGZLy

Bloomberg bans eating in public parks and on benches because it causes litter and is unpleasant to observe; http://nyti.ms/9tYdfu

6 July

Kansas AG can tell the difference between vaping and smoking; a rare island of common sense; http://bit.ly/a5FNOM

Isn't fining owners for others smoking on property strange? Usually just malefactors charged, not location of crime; http://bit.ly/9Us0te

Letter blames smokers and not regulators for reduced attendance in nonsmoking bars; http://bit.ly/d6AyHL

Anti-smoking groups say tobacco money intended for them to waste being wrongly used to fund health care; http://bit.ly/9XDUDI

5 July

This just in: Everyday life hazards just too much to deal with: Burning candles another sure route to ill health; http://bit.ly/9PKoNH

Cunningham has bizarre idea that tobacco flavoring is new when it has been around since use began; http://bit.ly/dnn2e0

Canadian government decides to give exclusive flavoured tobacco business to First Nations reservations; http://bit.ly/b5RrPC

French Health Minister says only government and not company has the right to set the price of their product; http://bit.ly/djzYqb

4July

Logical conseq.of market manipulation; Irish price hikes & display bans lead to substantial increase in black market; http://bit.ly/cqgZka

On screen exposure to murder creates 10000 new murderers a year extrapolating from http://bit.ly/9vMASs anti-smoking rhetoric;

Time to put up pics of diseased livers in stores selling alcohol, and pics of gruesome accidents on the sides of cars; http://bit.ly/9sv4Rf

Lifeguards need to switch priorities from watching the water to catching smokers dropping butts; http://bit.ly/dAb89y

Veterans think that just because they fought to preserve freedom that they should be allowed to smoke together; http://bit.ly/9JrlOZ

Should all smoking staff have to follow nonsmoking ordinances if justified by risks to workers? http://bit.ly/ab2vjy

3 July

Tobacco tax hikes boost sales and profit margins of cigarette bootleggers; http://bit.ly/cMPVyh

Very smart article: Smoking is never good, but sometimes it’s not so bad; http://bit.ly/bSu6OY

Good news:Some insurance companies move beyond simplistic tobacco use dichotomy and understand varying risks; http://bit.ly/9rmKeA

Taxpayers' loss: Personalized cessation therapy study blinded to more effective non-pharmaceutical options; http://bit.ly/aVrFfx

2 July

ALA thinks new tobacco tax to fund costly abstention efforts fiscally smart despite tob harmreduction being almost free http://bit.ly/chuOTE

Join petition to keep tobacco harm reduction viable by keeping snus on the market; http://bit.ly/aZtt8a

File under unintended and possibly pleasurable consequences; smoking strippers on the street due to indoor smoking ban; http://bit.ly/9FHb7V

If lawsuit has merit, it simply means that typical magazine illustrations in adult magazines are aimed at children; http://bit.ly/9NrxoH

Is the FDA obstructing research that would conflict with their own flawed conclusions re ecigs? http://bit.ly/bSxbRk

If people do not have the freedom of movement (institutionalized), is it ethical to ban smoking? http://bit.ly/ahnhJC

30 June

UofC chancellor donates money made from smokers to group fighting harm reduction for smokers and calls it pro-health; http://nyti.ms/c45Fsq

Let's graph this map against cigarette smuggling and black market sales; http://bit.ly/cZwR6e

Ontarii Health Promotion Minister uses candy colored paint on poster and inadvertently sends message paint good to eat; http://bit.ly/cTuzjH

"Can't think of more effective strategy to encourage youth to use tobacco than by referring to tobacco prod as candy." http://bit.ly/bfvEkk

29 June

Cdn health minister does not understand that following a regulation is the same as fulfilling its intent; http://bit.ly/9Zi2VE

Amer Coll of Physicians encourage members to continue to think inside the box; call for more rather than better policy; http://bit.ly/aNhTSf

Prisoners banned from smoking to save guards from 2nd hand smoke; 2nd hand smoke from other guards ok; http://bit.ly/de0l0P

28 June

World cup match ties 2nd hand smoke for myocardial infarction finals; http://bit.ly/b0udmZ

Research shows display bans not magic cure to youth smoking; what could be sweeter than mysterious but available; http://bit.ly/a8Y4Sm

Budget cuts to anti-smoking programs; newsflash: switching free and saves health costs rather than panders to politics; http://bit.ly/bV76Ba

AMA says ban unless smokers know exact ingredients e-cigarettes despite not knowing ingredients of cigarettes; http://bit.ly/cGoUX8

27 June

2nd hand exhaust kills, time to move roads 500 meters from any residences? Wait til California starts on this one; http://bit.ly/cnJts5

Ambulance chasers happy that Champix not as safe as ecigs; http://bit.ly/cnJts5

Chris Snowdon's excellent post on lucre being offered to research the Emperor's New Science, perils of 3rd hand smoke; http://bit.ly/caY75P

26 June

NICE thinks smokers can't tell if they are smokers; encourages them to have test to find out; http://bit.ly/9lKlKA

Health Canada bans ecigs due to possible nicotine poisoning but makes no exception for zero nicotine ecigs; http://bit.ly/9XpVdS

25 June

Michigan smoking ban isolates smokers, increases liability for bar owners already suffering lost revenues; http://bit.ly/dx54fT

24 June

How not to answer a question from the audience; the appeal to patriotism does not work or even make sense here; http://bit.ly/bRMUNF

Jacob Sullum, Raising cigarette taxes funds Al Qaeda; war on "unacceptable" substances fuels black market; http://bit.ly/auZ3cJ

Michael Siegel on the false claim that flavored cigarettes are gateway for teen smoking; http://bit.ly/bGw6BN

23 Jun

David Nutt on the harms of the precautionary principle; argument could be used in ref to ecigs and other thr; http://bit.ly/bvXEpg

Smoking Kills Puppies; http://bit.ly/bvXEpg

Jacob Sullum on Banzhaf scared and ranting as ecigs design is used for cannabis delivery; http://bit.ly/bvXEpg

CVPhillips on smokeless tobacco junk science; http://bit.ly/cPm5T2

Beware the zeal of the convert; Jeffrey Wigand attacks tobacco harm reduction in NZ, probably no fun at parties either; http://bit.ly/dbjyrP

How bizarre for health conscious smokers to consider safer alternatives! http://bit.ly/b21oXx

22 June

Health organizations congratulate selves on sticking to quit or die approach; http://bit.ly/drKBxS

CVPhillips on extremist junk science in latest Winickoff article in NEJM; http://bit.ly/9YuyLc

11 June Hypocrisy and Inconsistency in Modern-Day Tobacco Control Policy are Exposed
By Michael Siegel

9 June Good Conflicts of Interest vs. Bad Conflicts of Interest
By Jacob Sullum

9 June Dr. Winn’s Misinformation and Congressman Buyer’s Remorse
By Brad Rodu

22 June (pre-pub) DNA damage response induced by exposure of human lung adenocarcinoma cells to smoke from tobacco- and nicotine-free cigarettes.
By Jorgensen et al.in Cell Cycle

2 June Ifs, Ands and Butts Ex-smokers rave about e-cigarettes, but the FDA and antismoking groups want them snuffed out
By Ken Picard

2 June An Electronic Cigarette Ban: What would users do?
By James Dunworth

1 June FCTC Commentary #1: Implementation Guidelines for Articles 9 and 10 are Misguided and Not Based on Science
By Michael Siegel

26 May Blogging from the Tobacco Merchants Association Annual Meeting
By Michael Siegel

18 May Big Pharma versus Big Tobacco
By Christopher Snowdon

14 May Four policies to end the sale of cigarettes and smoking tobacco in New Zealand by 2020
By Murray Laugesen et al. (New Zealand Medical Journal)

27 April Why do anti-smoking groups oppose tobacco harm reduction?
By Christopher Snowdon

15 April Three Decades of Smokeless Tobacco Misinformation
By Brad Rodu

30 March The Federal Government Wants Population-Level Evidence But Refuses to Collect It
By Brad Rodu

26 March In Tobacco Giant’s Makeover, No Smoke, but Plenty of Fire
By David Kesmodel -Wall Street Journal

25 March Survey: Electronic Cigarette Users Sceptical of Anti-Smoking Claims
By James Dunworth

24 March Evidence against a gateway from smokeless tobacco use to smoking.
By Brad Rodu & Phillip Cole

9 March How Obama Can Quit Smoking
By Jeff Stier

9 February The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences
By Simon Chapman & Ross McKenzie

5 February Smoking and Addiction - Fad and Fashion
By Stanton Peele

4 February Utah's Proposed Action on E-Cigarettes Shows the Absurdity of the Anti-Smoking Movement's Entitre Approach to Tobacco Policy
By Michael Siegel

29 January NICE Citizens Council report on harm reduction in smoking published

21 January FDA to Study Cigarette Ingredients to Determine if They Pose Any Danger; Now I Know Why People are Fed Up with Washington Bureaucracy
By Michael Siegel

19 January Federal Judge to FDA: E-Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products, Not Drugs or Devices
By Brad Rodu

6 January A pilot randomized study of smokeless tobacco use among smokers not interested in quitting: Changes in smoking behavior and readiness to quit.
By Carpenter & Gray (article discussed by Radu)

2009

28 December Tobaccoharmreduction.org letter to FDA on Tobacco Regulation.

22 December Indications from Indy That Snus is a Viable Cigarette Substitute.
By Brad Rodu

21 December 2009 Lie of the Year Award and the Pants on Fire Runner-Up Awards for 2009.
By Michael Siegel

9 December Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Smokeless Tobacco: Much Ado About Snuffing.
By Brad Rodu

3 December Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as potential tobacco harm reduction products: Results of an online survey of e-cigarette users.
By Heavner, Dunworth, et al.
- link here to E-cigarette page with participant comments).

3 November Quitting smoking is good but switching to low-risk nicotine products is usually better
By Carl V. Phillips
(press release)

15 October ASH-UK briefing on Electronic Cigarettes

16 September How to read articles about health and healthcare.
By Dr. Alicia White.

3 September Tobacco Company Lawsuit Against FDA Highlights Absurdity of FDA Tobacco Law
By Michael Siegel

26 August Minnesota to smokeless users: You're better off smokng!
By Brad Rodu

18 August Tobacco harm reduction gets the nod in Norway
By Brad Rodu

29 July Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer in Europe and North America
By Lee & Hamling in BMC Medicine

29 July Electronic cigarette works
South African cessation study.

27 July Prominent Public Health Physicians and Tobacco Researchers Expose Double Standard in the FDA's Recent Study of Electronic Cigarettes and Challenge the FDA's Alarmist Attitude Toward the Devices

25 July Row breaks out over safety of e-cigarettes
New Zealand researchers are clashing with US health official

8 June Common Misconceptions Regarding the Electronic Cigarette
at e-cig.org

3 June A Public Health Disaster in the Making.
By John Calfee at The American

1 June Another incomprehensible ban.
By Iro Cyr at The Metropolitain

26 May Interview with Dr. Murray Laugesen.
With James Dunmore at E Cigarette Direct

15 May Interview with Dr. Adrian Payne.
With James Dunmore at E Cigarette Direct

5 May Dr. Phillips on electronic cigarettes
With James Ingram at Daily Planet

4 May Video Message from the Electronic Cigarette Association president.
Matt Salmon via e-cig.org

30 April Butt out, for once.
by Kevin Libin (Financial Post Magazine)

8 April Swedes accuse EU of snuffing out smokeless tobacco Associated Press.

1 April Have the tobacco police gone too far? by David Robson (New Scientist).

31 March An Interview With David Sweanor on the E-Cigarette, Tobacco harm reduction, snus and other issues
via E-Cigarette Direct
(31 March, 2009)

11 March The Four Commandments of the Anti-Smoking Movement: A Tribute to the Memory and Legacy of Gian Turci.
by Michael Siegel

2008

26 October The case for harm reduction for control of tobacco related illness and death. Resolution and white paper from the American Association of Public Health Physicians.

21 September Great drug, shame about the delivery system. The Economist. (This older article on the benefits of nicotine was recently brought to our attention.)

June Saving European lives with smokeless tobacco: a clear choice, a difficult choice. Presentation to Members of the European Union by Carl V. Phillips.
(in Strasbourg)

23 May Switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method: evidence from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. by Brad Rodu & Carl V. Phillips.
Harm Reduction Journal

4 January Last gaspers. by Richard Tompkins.
Financial Times.

2007

October Harm reduction in nicotine addiction: A report by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians.

3 October Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Aims at U.S. Market.
New York Times.

16 September Snuffing out smokes.
Chicago Tribune.

13 September Imperial Tobacco Canada lives up to its corporate social responsibility promise. Imperial Press release.

13 September Snus test for River City: Capital picked for smoke-free tobacco test. Edmonton Sun.

3 July Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) as a Harm Reduction Measure? The PLOS Medicine Debate.

26 June Ethan Nadelmann on Cigarette Prohibition. Entertaining and thoughtful video presentation even if not directly related to our mission.

26 June Say what you mean: Is science harmed by the reckless use of ... metaphors? (From the Guardian Unlimited)

15 May IHRA's 50 Best Papers on Tobacco Harm Reduction.

15 May Snus commercial worth watching.

10 May Swedish smokeless tobacco less harmful to health than cigarettes, new research shows (From the International Herald Tribune Europe).

27 March Health - the case for smokeless tobacco. (article by Kevin Helliker at the Wall Street Journal)

10 March A smokeless alternative. (by Geoff Babirecki in Wales including some snus history).

9 March; Response to: "Tobacco-related disease mortality among men who switched from cigarettes to spit tobacco" (Henley et al.)

7 March New Zealand considering introducing smokeless tobacco products.

February Systematic review of the health effects of modified smokeless tobacco products. (A New Zealand Health Technology Assessment by Marita Broadstock).

February The de-marketing of smokeless tobacco for harm reduction. (by Michael L. Capella in the Journal of Consumer Marketing 2007 24(2):68-70).

2006

31 May No Illusions by Waldemar Ingdahl - TCS Daily.

30 May Blowing smoke about tobacco by Phillip Alcabes - Washingpost.com.

30 May - Our website launch press release.

TobaccoHarmReduction.org

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