Marty Makary: The FDA’s Quiet Blockade on Safer Nicotine (opens in new tab)

Marty Makary: The FDA’s Quiet Blockade on Safer Nicotine by Roger Bate at Brownstone Institute There are moments in public health when the path forward is unusually clear, when the evidence aligns with behavior, when risks are well understood, and when policy has a genuine opportunity to reduce harm at scale. This should be one of those moments. Non-combustible nicotine products—vapes, heated tobacco, and especially nicotine pouches—are widely understood to be far less harmful than smoking, a...