Public Health

• What About 'Corrective Statements' for the Government?, Jacob Sullum, February 28, 2011
• Wait, Smoking Is Dangerous?, Jacob Sullum, March 2011
• New York's Doomsday Manual, Damon W. Root, February 15, 2011
• It Turns Out Nonalcoholic Energy Drinks Are Also an Intolerable Threat to the Youth of America, Jacob Sullum, February 14, 2011
• Making Sure Public Health Authorities Don't Say Anything That Might Help Public Health, Illegal Drug Edition, Brian Doherty, February 10, 2011
• Reason.tv: Nanny of the Month (Jan 2011) Drug Testing 11-year-olds! Fining iPod Users!, February 1, 2011
• Rand On the Dole, Tim Cavanaugh, January 30, 2011
• Are the French Sophisticated Enough to Tolerate Images of Cigarettes?, Jacob Sullum, January 24, 2011
• Nudgers vs. Nannies, Brendan O'Neill, January 4, 2011
• Judge Says New York City Can't Force Cigarette Sellers to Scare Away Their Customers, Jacob Sullum, December 30, 2010
• Anti-Smoking Lie of the Year, Jacob Sullum, December 29, 2010
• NYC's Grease Trap Gestapo Now Friendlier and More Accessible, Katherine Mangu-Ward, December 29, 2010
• Follow the Bouncing Buck, Jacob Sullum, December 29, 2010
• The Public Health Case for Electronic Cigarettes, Jacob Sullum, December 22, 2010
• Who Will Train the Twinkie-Sniffing Dogs?, Jacob Sullum, December 22, 2010
• First Nationwide Study Finds No Link Between Smoking Bans and Reductions in Heart Attacks, Jacob Sullum, December 20, 2010
• It's Official: Dose Doesn't Matter—The Surgeon General Says So!, Jacob Sullum, December 14, 2010
• Progress, Animated, Matt Welch, December 14, 2010
• "Erin Brockovich" Town Shows No Cancer Cluster, Tim Cavanaugh, December 13, 2010
• Appeals Court Says FDA May Not Ban E-Cigarettes, Jacob Sullum, December 7, 2010
• The Sweet Spot Between Everclear and Pabst Extra Light, Jacob Sullum, December 3, 2010
• One of These Things Is Not Like the Others. Or Is It?, Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2010
• Does David Katz Know About This?, Jacob Sullum, November 29, 2010
• The Case Against Motorcycle Helmet Laws, Steve Chapman, November 25, 2010
• Loco Over Four Loko, Jacob Sullum, November 24, 2010
• David Katz, M.D.: I Don't Get It, So It Should Be Banned, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2010
• Four Loko Is Not Evil, Just Vile, Jacob Sullum, November 18, 2010
• Is the FDA Banning Drinks or Censoring Speech?, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2010
• How Many People Have to Die Before the FDA Acts?, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2010
• Four Loko Banned...by Its Manufacturer (One Step Ahead of the FDA), Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2010
• Another State and Another CBS Station Go Loco Over Four Loko, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2010
• New York Joins the Four Loko Four; CBS Affiliates Warn the Drink Will Blow Your Mind, Jacob Sullum, November 15, 2010
• The Fitness Divide, Greg Beato, December 2010
• What, No Dead Babies?, Jacob Sullum, November 11, 2010
• Look What Nine Drunken Idiots Can Accomplish!, Jacob Sullum, November 11, 2010
• Warning: Four Loko Makes Drunken College Students Act Like Drunken College Students, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2010
• Michigan Liquor Commission Bans Nonexistent Product, Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2010
• 'The New Law Will Allow Consumer Choice', Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2010
• Attack of the Food Police, Steve Chapman, November 8, 2010
• Buzzy Booze Banned, Jacob Sullum, November 5, 2010
• Reason.tv: Happy Meals Banned in San Francisco! Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for October 2010, November 4, 2010
• And Then She Realized That the Smoke Was Coming From Inside the House..., Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2010
• Plastic Water Bottles Won't Hurt You, John Stossel, October 28, 2010
• Have a Drink, Have a Heart Attack, Jacob Sullum, October 25, 2010
• Can New York Force Tobacco Retailers to Scare Away Their Customers?, Jacob Sullum, October 14, 2010
• CSPI Doesn't Want to Stigmatize Poor People; It Just Wants to Punish Them for Their Disgusting Habits, Jacob Sullum, October 7, 2010
• Hawaii BMI: A Look Back, Tim Cavanaugh, September 10, 2010
• The Hazards of Not Drinking, Jacob Sullum, September 1, 2010
• Epidemiologist Fired for Reporting Unhelpful Results, Jacob Sullum, August 19, 2010
• Reason.tv: Union Jobs vs. Children's Lives - Which side are you on?, August 11, 2010
• Are We Becoming More Honest About Our Weight?, Jacob Sullum, August 9, 2010
• Reason.tv: Nanny of the Month for July 2010-San Fran Soda Banner Mayor Gavin Newsom!, August 2, 2010
• Alcohol in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Jacob Sullum, July 26, 2010
• Snus Beats the Pharmaceutical Competition in Norway, Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2010
• Who But a Corporate Apologist Would Argue That the Food You Choose to Eat Is a Personal Matter?, Jacob Sullum, July 15, 2010
• Thom Hartmann Worries About the Cost of Hiring Dietary Supervisors for Children, Jacob Sullum, July 12, 2010
• Are Guns Medical Devices?, Jacob Sullum, July 8, 2010
• Is Eating Fruits and Vegetables an Economic Activity? Does It Matter?, Jacob Sullum, July 1, 2010
• Is It Constitutional? Well, It's Dumb, but That's Not the Same Thing. All Right Then., Jacob Sullum, June 30, 2010
• Flavored Cigarettes Are Gone, but Teenagers Still Smoke. Go Figure., Jacob Sullum, June 24, 2010
• I've Got the Marlboro Blues, Jacob Sullum, June 22, 2010
• Prohibition Can Cause Flesh to Rot, Jacob Sullum, June 2, 2010
• Protect Vital Programs! Keep Smoking!, Jacob Sullum, May 25, 2010
• Delaying Vaccines Won't Do Your Kids Any Good, Might Hurt Them, Katherine Mangu-Ward, May 24, 2010
• Reason Morning Links: Texas Textbooks and Nevada Chickens, Jesse Walker, May 24, 2010
• Can't Wait to See That New Food Pyramid!, Jacob Sullum, May 12, 2010
• 'Just Because We Didn't Have a Lobbyist, Why Should We Have to Suffer?', Jacob Sullum, May 7, 2010
• Do Vaccines Cause Autism?, May 6, 2010
• Reason.tv: Do Vaccines Cause Autism?, May 6, 2010
• Why Pick on Smokers? Because We Can!, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2010