Vaping with nicotine has become commonplace. It can be used to stop smoking cigarettes, but it has several serious health risks. The long-term effects of vaping are unknown.

Smoking: Even though it's known that tobacco is harmful to health and causes cancer, smokers don't quit the habit. But have ...

The governor's budget proposes taxing nicotine pouches at 75%, the tobacco industry, health advocates and researchers are ...

The state’s ZYN need of more dough. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to tax ZYN pouches and other nicotine products at the ...

Maryland could save thousands of lives by accepting that the use of alternative nicotine products is a better alternative to ...

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest efforts a person can undertake, and many aids out there claim to help stop the habit – including nicotine patches, gum and lozenges. Through the Tobacco ...

United States Food and Drug AdministrationRockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2025-N-0835 Dear Dr. Koplow, The R Street Institute (R Street) respectfully submits the following comments in response ...

Experts discussed how safer nicotine alternatives helped drive Sweden’s smoking rate down to nearly 5%. Quit Like ...

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on January 15 ...

The Honorable Kathleen C. HochulGovernor of New YorkNew York State Capitol BuildingAlbany, NY 12224 RE: Request to Reconsider Tax Increases on Nicotine Pouches Governor Hochul: My name is Jeff Smith, ...

Over the past two decades there’s been a significant shift in focus by the US government to reduce the impact of smoking on the nation’s health and the environment. In more recent times, there’s also ...