I strongly recommend giving Clive Bates' recent article in Tobbaco Reporter a read. tobaccoreporter.com/2023/04/01/bey…

At the e-cig summit, I learned that in Australia, you can get 2 years in the slam for having an unauthorized nicotine vape. Yet, youth vaping is 14%. What amount of coercion could get that to 0. Do you want to live in that place? #EcigSummitUSA2023

For those who have not read it, I highly commend Brett\ Stephens U of Chicago commencement address. nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opi…

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Recent article on suggested improvement of the PMTA process. Shared with permission of FDLI. fdli.org/2023/06/sugges…

The recent decision in DC Circuit on the Fontem case confirms that if the FDA is applying standards, it should promulgate them as rules following the suggestion of my recent article on this issue. fdli.org/2023/06/sugges…

Please see my brief video on the major changes we've made to strengthen our efforts to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic. It follows last week's story from Reuters: "Formerly Philip Morris-backed foundation severs ties with nicotine industry." reuters.com/business/retai….

After today's decision in Triton, the FDA will either have to adopt a set of clear quantitative standards for new nicotine product authorizations or risk going to the Supreme Court. My hope is they take the path that will get new safer options on the market efficiently.

My thoughts on framing tobacco harm reduction as an industry ruse. Note, I did not write the headline. thewellnews.com/opinions/respo…

The overwhelming evidence that #TobaccoHarmEvidence saves lives & that #combustionkills-not #nicotine, is being undermined by academics and philanthropists who rarely declare their #conflictsofinterest as they attack those advancing better health. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

I've worked in industry for 20 years. Many studies are funded by industry. Some people say: "Don't trust them. They're biased." But here's the uncomfortable truth: Without industry studies, most of the safety data you rely on wouldn't exist. Let me explain. Want to approve a

"On the way home, he began to cry. The ER had made him feel like he deserved what was happening to him." "Nov. 19 is #WorldCOPDDay," writes Skip Murray, DSP, TTS 🌻. "But this year, something cruelly ironic is unfolding at the same time." #COP11 filtermag.org/copd-smoking-s…

When a government places prohibition as a goal over the health and welfare of its citizens, negative consequences follow. nytimes.com/2026/02/15/wor…

Interesting to see this new study on taxation and harm from the IMF. The authors note Australia's "misaligned" approach to tobacco taxation. They also point to the success of New Zealand's approach, noting the (much) less harmful effects of vaping 👇 imf.org/en/publication…