Smokefree products are picking up speed in the tobacco business. The race is on for success in harm reduction: encouraging smokers to switch completely to reduced risk alternatives. Evidence of this ...

Harm reduction is an innovative and adaptive strategy in public health that provides a pragmatic framework for minimizing the negative health impacts of tobacco consumption. It recognizes that while ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Tennessee made history. In 1977, it became the first state to require child car seats—a simple act of harm reduction that saved lives and set an example for the nation. Harm ...

"Harm reduction" interventions for substance use—measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or ...

Drug harm reduction products on display at the Linda Vista Library. (Image courtesy of Raul Campillo’s office) San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo, on Friday, joined the Harm Reduction Coalition ...

In this edition of the “Hot Seat,” political analyst Scott Mitchell and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discuss tobacco harm reduction in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has long grappled with ...

“We hope this is information that you’ll never need to use, but now you have it if you ever do.” This is the closing message of a very informative training video now available to all students, faculty ...

District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s “recovery first” ordinance advanced to the full 11-member Board of Supervisors today after a 3-0 vote at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. But ...

Giving addicts syringes to shoot up was never a popular idea. It still isn’t. Despite medical authorities’ confident assertions that such programs dramatically cut down on disease transmission, ...

Detroit — Twenty five harm reduction stations have been installed throughout Detroit to provide residents with free supplies to reduce opioid overdoses, as well as reduce the transmission of HIV and ...

The City of Somerville saw a recent spike in overdoses, prompting the Somerville Police Department to publish an overdose ...