In the months following the position paper published by The Union, titled Why Bans Are Best, VIDA News has been dedicating both time and resources to panel discussions with leading experts around the world on the tobacco industry and its relation to harm-reduction...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed Tuesday a bill that would have banned the sale of flavored nicotine vapor products in the state. The bill originally passed in March, but due to coronavirus-related delays, it only reached his desk on Thursday, Sept 4th. The bill,...
On Saturday, September 5th, hundreds of small business owners, harm reduction advocates, and consumers gathered under the Washington Monument’s shadow to stand on a stage pointed directly at the White House and deliver a clear message to President Trump –...
In June, The Union, a Bloomberg-funded tobacco control organization, released a position piece entitled “Where Bans Are Best.” That paper was the topic of discussion for this panel on why bans are not the best approach when dealing with issues of tobacco consumption...
On June 25th when the rest of the tobacco harm reduction world was focused on fighting against an importation ban on safer nicotine in Australia, the California State Senate approved SB 793, a ‘flavor ban’ which would prohibit anyone in the state from...
The FDA received direction from Congress to gather information from the public that could help identify and evaluate additional steps the Agency could take to “address the recent pulmonary illnesses reported to be associated with the use of e-cigarettes and vaping...
In this excerpt from VIDA News Live, Senior Correspondent Dom Garrett sits down with Clive Bates, the director of The Counterfactual – a consulting and advocacy practice focussed on a pragmatic approach to sustainability and public health. Clive has worked...
The Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC (or COP9), the biennial tobacco control conference hosted by the World Health Organization, has officially been postponed due to coronavirus. The postponement, announced on the WHO FCTC website earlier...
