Skip Murray

Kim “Skip” Murray is co-founder of the Safer Nicotine Wiki, a citizen scientist, tobacco treatment specialist, and writer of the blog Skip’s Corner. A former vape shop owner and e-liquid manufacturer, she brings research, professional experience, and lived experience to her work on tobacco harm reduction. Her work has appeared in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Cureus, Filter Magazine, InsideSources, and other publications. She has spoken at conferences including FDLI, the E-Cigarette Summit (now the Nicotine Summit), ATNF, GTNF, TSRC, and Rethinking Nicotine, representing people with lived experience. Murray has also been a panelist on several webinars and podcasts. Murray has worked for more than a dozen years as a Direct Support Professional in a group home, supporting people living with disabilities. A self-described “neurodivergent nicotine nerd,” she has used nicotine almost continuously since 1969 and frequently brings the experiences of people with disabilities into her tobacco harm reduction work. Her dream is to see the end of tobacco smoking—not through prohibition, but through education and offering people better alternatives.