Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Juul Hires a Prominent Researcher of Nicotine’s Effects on Youth Mark Rubinstein comes from a university known for its tobacco-control research and archive of tobacco industry documents. Francie Diep
Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News San Francisco Is Set to Ban Vape Sales. What Other Restrictions Have Places Tried? City and state governments are responding to skyrocketing youth vaping rates, which went up 78 percent between 2017 and 2018. Francie Diep
Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News South Dakota Could Be the Next State to Ban Vaping in Public Places The state is moving to prohibit vaping in public and in most places of employment. Kelley Czajka
News in Brief How E-Cigarettes Could Do More Good Than Harm Do e-cigarettes help or hinder public health? One mathematical model offers a very preliminary answer. By Francie Diep… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief In Defense of E-Cigarettes They’re already stigmatized out of all proportion to their health effects — and yes, they can help you quit smoking. Ted Scheinman
Social Justice ‘Hardcore’ Smokers Are Softening Up A new study questions whether there really are smokers who can't or won't quit—and whether encouraging them to use other nicotine products is the right way to get them off cigarettes. Nathan Collins