"A picture is worth a thousand words": smoking in multi-unit housing in Israel.

A brief commentary on the need for policy change by the Israeli government to address the problem of tobacco smoke incursion in multi-unit housing. The commentary also includes a call for enhanced products, programs, and services to help smokers in Israel quit.

Q&A: Mitchell Zeller on the FDA and tobacco.

By law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority, through its Center for Tobacco Products, to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products.

US health policy related to hookah tobacco smoking.

Objectives: Although US cigarette smoking is decreasing, hookah tobacco smoking (HTS) is an emerging trend associated with substantial toxicant exposure. We assessed how a representative sample of US tobacco control policies may apply to HTS.

Methods: We examined municipal, county, and state legal texts applying to the 100 largest US cities.

The Strategic Dialogue on Tobacco Harm Reduction: a vision and blueprint for action in the US.

The issues related to tobacco harm reduction continue to challenge the tobacco control research and policy communities. The potential for combusting tobacco products to reduce exposure and risk remains largely unknown, but this has not stopped manufacturers from offering such products making these claims. The role of oral tobacco products in a harm reduction regimen has also been a source of dialogue and debate.