Vaping May Be Driving Down Smoking, Says Federal Survey Report
That's the opposite of the fear underlying the FDA's crackdown on e-cigarettes.
Public Health
Blaming Breathing Problems on 'Vaping' Is Like Blaming Food Poisoning on Eating
Two dozen patients hospitalized in the Midwest all reportedly had vaped something at some point, but we don't know what it was or whether it caused their symptoms.
The End of HIV Is in Sight
After 35 years, a deadly virus has been tamed. Soon it could be history.
RIP Mark Kleiman, Who Brought Rigor, Dispassion, and Candor to a Frequently Overheated Drug Policy Debate
The widely quoted and consulted academic died yesterday at the age of 68.
Anti-Vaping Researchers Claim E-Cigarettes Cause Heart Attacks Before Smokers Try Them
A study suggesting that e-cigarettes double the risk of a heart attack ignored crucial information on timing.
San Francisco's E-Cigarette Ban Undermines Public Health in the Name of Protecting It
The city is favoring the most dangerous form of nicotine delivery over a potentially lifesaving alternative.
Attempts to Build a Safe Injection Site for San Francisco Drug Users Pushed to 2020
Lawmakers struggle to pass a bill protecting operators from arrest and prosecution.
San Francisco Wants To Force CEOs To Pay for a Citywide Free Mental Health Care Program
The new tax won't come close to fulfilling the steep funding needs of Mental Health SF
Georgia's Department of Public Health Is Going After a Charity That Feeds Hungry Kids for Using 'Uncertified' Kitchens
MUST Ministries has provided millions of children with free lunch sandwiches, but an old rule could change their program.
How Oppressive Will Connecticut's New Nail Salon Occupational Licensing Be? Stay Tuned.
To state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, “Raising women up” apparently means depriving them of employment opportunities.
North Dakota's Food Freedom Law Dodges Another Bullet
The state's food freedom law has been a boon to indie cooks and farmers, and an irritant to regulatory busybodies
No, 13 Reasons Why Is Not Making Tons of Teens Commit Suicide
Surprise: A viral study is junk science.
Medical HIV Suppression Is Well Within Reach
More evidence that the treatment for HIV infection also stops its spread.
Kentucky's Proposed Ban on Tattooing Over Scars Would Hurt Those Seeking Second Chances
The Public Health Department wants to ban a common tattooing process. Artists say that the concern is unscientific and harmful to clients.
N.Y. Food Police Shut Down a 7-Year-Old's Lemonade Stand. This Bill Makes Sure They Can't Do It Again.
"Kids like Brendan Mulvaney are trying to give people sweet lemonade and learn some important business skills but the overzealous state bureaucrats just keep giving taxpayers lemons."
Rule Change on Abortion Referrals 'Creates Unreasonable Barriers' Says U.S. Judge
Plus: "we need a president who recognizes sex work as work," says Mike Gravel; how kid-friendly pot paraphernalia killed decriminalization; more...
The Panic Over 'Social Media Addiction' Threatens Free Speech
Classifying heavy internet use as medical addiction leads to bad policy and inferior patient care.
The Percentage of Americans Who Understand That Vaping Is Less Dangerous Than Smoking Continues to Fall
Years of mealy-mouthed, misleading, and mendacious statements by activists, government officials, and journalists have taken a toll on the truth.
Philadelphia Finds Potential Home for a Safe Injection Facility
But Justice Department officials want to stop them.
Proposed FDA Policy Will Make It Harder for Vapers to Get the Flavors They Prefer
The upshot could be more smoking-related disease and death.
New Study Finds Almost Half of Juul Starter Kit Buyers Quit Within 3 Months
Those who continued to smoke cut their cigarette consumption in half.
A Switch to Vaping Reduces 8 Biomarkers of Smoking As Much As Abstinence
A randomized clinical study adds to the evidence that e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
Did Twitter Punish Criticism of Government Propaganda About Smokeless Tobacco?
After a harm reduction advocate slammed a hardy but misleading factoid, users who retweeted his message complained that they had been shadowbanned.
New Study Casts Doubt on the Claim That Vaping Causes Smoking
Past-month vaping did not predict experimentation with cigarettes in a large sample of teenagers.
Did Vaping Stop the Downward Trend in Adolescent Smoking?
One survey shows cigarette use holding steady, while another shows it continuing to fall.
Trump Says in State of the Union He Wants to Wipe Out AIDS. Should We Be Skeptical?
Ending the spread of HIV is within our reach, but the administration's approach to opioid abuse is a problem.
'Human Trafficking' Used as Excuse to Try to Destroy Nail Salon Jobs in Connecticut
Occupational licensing programs deprive people of livelihoods and often don't improve public health.
British Food Nannies Want to Slap That Burger Right Out of Your Hand
In order to fight obesity, a U.K. health agency wants calorie caps on everything.
Harm Reduction Is Helping Reduce Ohio Opioid Overdose Deaths
Success attributed to tools like naloxone, not punitive drug wars.
Surgeon General Undermines Harm Reduction by Pushing Anti-Vaping Policies and Propaganda
In the name of fighting "the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use," Jerome Adams wants to raise prices and ban indoor vaping.
Amid the Underage Vaping 'Epidemic,' Adolescent Smoking Again Hits a Record Low
Is e-cigarette use by teenagers a public health disaster or a public health boon?
The Government's Foolish War on Vaping
Misguided health police are cracking down on e-cigarettes.
Minneapolis' Healthy Foods Mandate Screws Over Ethnic Grocers
The city's Staple Food Ordinance mandates that stores carry products customers don't want.
Declines in Adolescent Smoking Accelerated As Vaping Rose, Suggesting the FDA's Campaign Is Fatally Misguided
Even among teenagers, efforts to prevent underage e-cigarette use may do more harm than good.
Are the FDA's E-Cigarette Restrictions Legal?
The new rules arguably violate the law that gave the agency authority to regulate tobacco products.
The 'Epidemic' of Underage Vaping Does Not Justify the FDA's E-Cigarette Restrictions
The health burden on adults who continue smoking far outweighs the risks for teenagers who vape.
Restricting E-Cigarette Flavors Endangers Public Health
The FDA's decree will make vaping less appealing and less accessible to smokers interested in switching.
Juul Announces Preemptive Restrictions on Its E-Cigarette Flavors
The company's plan to prevent underage vaping, which includes limits on constitutionally protected speech, goes beyond what the FDA is expected to require.
Kansas City Health Officials Bleached Food Meant for the Homeless; Volunteers Came Back with More
How is bleaching food better than letting homeless people eat it?
The FDA's Plan to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes From Most Stores Is Unfair and Dangerous
The new rule, aimed at preventing underage consumption, threatens public health by making vaping less appealing and less accessible to adult smokers.
FDA Is Ready to Restrict E-Cigarettes Based on Data We're Not Allowed to See
Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's claims about an "epidemic" of underage vaping are hard to evaluate without access to the survey results he cites.
FDA Threatens E-Cigarette Companies With Product Removal
It's just the latest development in the FDA's war on vaping.
NYPD Cop Caught on Video Punching, Tasing 85-Pound Man With Health Problems
It's pretty obvious that the 4'8" William Colon didn't pose a serious threat to any of the 8 cops on-scene.
Philadelphia Pushing Forward with Safe Injection Site Plans
Former Gov. Ed Rendell says he's willing to defy the feds and risk arrest to reduce overdose deaths.
E-Cigarettes Are 'the Most Popular Stop Smoking Aid in England'
A new Public Health England report suggests the U.S. has fallen far behind in taking advantage of this harm-reducing alternative.
