R Street’s Harm-Reduction program aims for integrated harm reduction with tobacco, opioid and sexual behavior as central elements. We believe that “abstinence only” approaches to risky behaviors will not work on a population-wide basis. As such, we emphasize harm-reduction approaches that accept that harmful behavior may continue even as we seek to mitigate – if not eliminate – the harms involved.
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Publications
Reviewed work: Health effects in
COPD smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes: a retrospective-prospective
3-year follow-up
Authors: Riccardo Polosa et al.
Reviewed by: Carrie Wade and…
Chairman and members of the
committee,
My name is Marc Hyden, and I am
the Director of State Government Affairs for the R Street Institute, which is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy…
Smoky Logic of the Golden Nanny State
Steven Greenhut
The concept of black markets is simple enough even for a California lawmaker to grasp. Most people would prefer to buy products in a legal marketplace, and generally are willing to pay…
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does
Carrie Wade
In July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco regulation efforts.”
It’s no…
E-Cigarettes: Myths Vs. Facts
Headlines about e-cigarettes tend toward the negative and even the hyperbolic. They have described the growing popularity of vaping as a health “epidemic,” an “alarming” threat, and the…
Banning e-cigarettes in Hong Kong will not serve public health
Carrie Wade
From the South Morning China Post:
We write to express our dismay at the proposed complete ban on the sale of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and other reduced risk tobacco products in…
Chairman and members of the
committee,
My name is Marc Hyden, and I am
the Director of State Government Affairs for the R Street Institute, which is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy…
Dear Representative Tarleton:
I am writing to oppose HB 1873, which would expand the definition of tobacco to include vaping products.
I am the Sacramento-based Western region…
Dear
Mrs. Lam,
We write to you out of concern regarding the proposed complete ban on e-cigarette, heated tobacco products and other reduced risk tobacco product sales. We can find no credible…
The feds don’t have a role to play in stifling e-cigarette advertising
Carrie Wade
A federal regulator on the Federal Communications Commission has weighed in on e-cigarettes, proposing significant federal overreach.
E-cigarettes are the public-health crisis du jour, and FCC…