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Attorney Fred Kelly Grant conducted a very nice interview with me regarding electronic cigarettes which will be submitted as testimony for ...

Scientists like myself are often frustrated by "denialists" who refuse to acknowledge global warming, disseminate false informatio...

For months, I have been arguing that the major anti-tobacco groups in the United States have been waging a war against electronic cigarettes...

A new study published in the journal Tobacco Control reports that the modeled cancer risk associated with vaping is less than 1% of that a...

On Friday, the new FDA Commissioner - Dr. Scott Gottlieb - saved the day for the public's health by officially embracing a harm reductio...

Yesterday, researchers from the University of California, San Diego published a landmark paper in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) which ...

It seems that honesty has disappeared as a core principle in tobacco control. Today, I report that yet another group of tobacco control rese...

In a press release issued yesterday lamenting the passage by the House Appropriations Committee of a bill that grandfathers in existing e-ci...

In a submission to the Australian government, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) argues that there is no evidence that e-cigarettes ca...

In one of the greatest episodes of corruption of a U.S. governmental health agency during my career, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...

It used to be that the tobacco industry lied to the public in order to downplay the severe health effects of cigarette smoking. Today, it is...

New data released moments ago by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should put to rest the contention that electronic cig...

In an article published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) re...

In a press release issued this past Tuesday, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids congratulated Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his electio...

Government officials have now completed an investigation of a second vape shop, finding that levels of chemicals of concern are minimal in t...

In its defense of a lawsuit brought by the family of former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn who died of oral cancer in 2014, the U.S. Smok...

Here is a link to my op-ed, published today in the Washington Examiner , and entitled: "Don't Let Alternative Facts Deter Congress ...

As part of its investigation into the potential health effects of electronic cigarettes, the California Department of Public Health has been...

According to multiple sources, Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) will introduce legislation tomorrow in the House of Representatives that ...