The Rest of the Story: Tobacco and Alcohol News Analysis and Commentary

On its web site, Alere Wellbeing boasts that its Quit for Life smoking cessation program has a "47% quit rate." For those unf...

Last week, I received a stirring testimonial from an ex-smoker who quit smoking using electronic cigarettes. His story is typical of so many...

Two weeks ago, I discussed a new study that appeared online ahead of print in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research . The study rep...

Massachusetts was once a leader in the tobacco control movement. In 1992, voters approved a ballot initiative - Question 1 - which increased...

What's the definition of quitting smoking? A simple question, you might think. But apparently not so simple to anti-smoking advocate...

According to the German Cancer Research Center, the inhalation of glycerin can cause lipoid pneumonia. Lipoid pneumonia is a form of pneumon...

Yesterday, I revealed that the American Cancer Society is actually opposed to legislation that would ban the sale of electronic cigarettes...

In 2013, everyone is sensible enough to believe that the sale of e-cigarettes to minors should be prohibited. Most public health advocates...

On his tobacco blog , Stan Glantz is citing research published this month in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research to support his co...

A study published earlier this year in the journal Inhalation Toxicology reports that neither active nor passive vaping has any acute adve...

According to an article in the New York Times , the French government, in an effort to prevent too many smokers from quitting and therefore...

A study published online ahead of print in Tobacco Control warns of the dangers of thirdhand smoke (THS) exposure in nonsmoking hotel room...

I am listening to Mitch Zeller, the new director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, address the TMA Annual Meeting. I will try to summa...

Imagine that you are a tobacco company and you are concerned about the potential threat posed by electronic cigarettes. You want to deflate ...

According to an article in the Toledo Blade , electronic cigarettes have helped many smokers to quit, producing profound health benefits am...

It doesn't take a rocket toxicologist to understand that smoking burning tobacco, which contains more than 10,000 chemicals including 60...

In a second study that blows out of the water the anti-smoking groups' contention that electronic cigarettes appeal to nonsmokers, espec...

Anti-smoking groups continue to oppose electronic cigarettes, in part because they claim these products will increase smoking by inducing no...

In an irony of epic proportions, Duke has been recognized by the North Carolina Prevention Partners for its model smoking cessation efforts....

According to an article in the Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat , the Pennsylvania Department of Health, with all of its scientific expertis...

Today, the Rest of the Story is questioning the wisdom of keeping a drug on the market when its required black box warning admonishes docto...

Imagine an intervention that would reduce the consumption of cigarettes in the U.S. by 1.5 billion within one year. Anti-smoking groups woul...

The FDA recently announced on its tobacco web site a new online resource dedicated to smoking cessation. The FDA describes this site as con...

According to an article in the World Bulletin , the Turkish health ministry is planning to ban non-tobacco electronic cigarettes while allo...