Professor: Tobacco Free Kids Will Help Kill Millions of Smokers

Tobacco Free Kids will contribute to the death of millions of smokers because of fanatical opposition to any tobacco products, a professor in medicine has claimed. Brad Rodu, a professor of medicine and holder of...

Tobacco Harm Reduction Author Urges Opposition to Tobacco Bill

In a mass email William Godshall, executive director of SmokeFree Penyslvannia and co-author of Tobacco Harm Reduction: An Alternative Strategy for Inveterate Smokers, has urged opposition to a Tobacco Bill set to enter the Senate next Tuesday.  According to tobacco harm...

Electronic Cigarette Association Launched

An Electronic Cigarette Association has been launched with a You Tube movie address by its President, former congressman Matt Salmon. The association, which has been formed by private companies involved in...

FDA Crackdown on Electronic Cigarettes Gets Personal

A recent leaked email from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveals plans to crackdown on the electronic cigarette suppliers. In an ominous note, things seem to be getting personal as the email mentions that a hidden factor in the attack is the recent action by an...

Alternative Tobacco Products are Safe Says Senior Doctor

Labels on alternative tobacco products that state they are no safer than regular cigarettes are simply not true.That's what one senior doctor told us in an interview on the electronic cigarettes, alternative tobacco products and the upcoming tobacco bill.Any increased risk of...

Big Pharm Funding Anti-E-Cigarette Campaigners

A coalition of public health campaigners are asking the FDA to remove the Electronic Cigarette from US shop shelves. They all have one thing in common - funding from the big drug companies whose nicotine replacement therapies, with their side effects and low success rates,...

E-Cigarettes: Controversy Surrounds Smoking Alternative

A debate is raging over whether electronic cigarettes, the latest alternative to smoking, are a healthy alternative to cigarettes - or even whether they are healthy at all. Supporters of tobacco harm reduction like...

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