Harm Reduction

Last summer, the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) released a report that was supposed to help guide the FDA in deciding whether to ban menthol cigarette

E-cigarette use among U.S. adults increased more than three-fold from 2009 to 2010 (0.6 percent vs. 2.7 percent), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The nicotine patch has been found no more beneficial in helping pregnant women quit smoking than it is for smokers in general, according to a study just published in The New E

The past 20 years have seen a flurry of new smoking cessation interventions from media campaigns to high taxes to nicotine patches and other pharmaceutical interventions.

The good news is that cigarette sales are declining, and the better news is that some of that success may be attributed to a rise in the popularity of smokeless tobacco products.

ACSH’s Dr. Gilbert Ross is off to Vancouver, where he'll speak at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Saturday, February 18.

The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) w

Smokers using a nicotine patch to help them quit are more likely to be successful if, after a relapse, they continue to use the patch, reports

A new report provides further evidence that even when presented with a clear and graphic illustration of the damage that smoking is doing to their health, smokers still

Unfortunately, harm reduction approaches have yet to be widely accepted for those addicted to cigarettes.