News Archive
The following are older items originally posted as In the News on the Home Page.
2008
4 January Last gaspers. by Richard Tompkins.Financial Times.
2007
October Harm reduction in nicotine addiction: A report by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians.3 October Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Aims at U.S. Market.
New York Times.
16 September Snuffing out smokes.
Chicago Tribune.
13 September Imperial Tobacco Canada lives up to its corporate social responsibility promise. Imperial Press release.
13 September Snus test for River City: Capital picked for smoke-free tobacco test. Edmonton Sun.
3 July Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) as a Harm Reduction Measure? The PLOS Medicine Debate.
26 June Ethan Nadelmann on Cigarette Prohibition. Entertaining and thoughtful video presentation even if not directly related to our mission.
26 June Say what you mean: Is science harmed by the reckless use of ... metaphors? (From the Guardian Unlimited)
15 May IHRA's 50 Best Papers on Tobacco Harm Reduction.
15 May Snus commercial worth watching.
10 May Swedish smokeless tobacco less harmful to health than cigarettes, new research shows (From the International Herald Tribune Europe).
27 March Health - the case for smokeless tobacco. (article by Kevin Helliker at the Wall Street Journal)
10 March A smokeless alternative. (by Geoff Babirecki in Wales including some snus history).
9 March; Response to: "Tobacco-related disease mortality among men who switched from cigarettes to spit tobacco" (Henley et al.)
7 March New Zealand considering introducing smokeless tobacco products.
February Systematic review of the health effects of modified smokeless tobacco products. (A New Zealand Health Technology Assessment by Marita Broadstock).
February The de-marketing of smokeless tobacco for harm reduction. (by Michael L. Capella in the Journal of Consumer Marketing 2007 24(2):68-70).
2006
31 May No Illusions by Waldemar Ingdahl - TCS Daily.30 May Blowing smoke about tobacco by Phillip Alcabes - Washingpost.com.
30 May - Our website launch press release.