Amendment Could Save the Vaping Industry From Prohibitive FDA Regulations
The reported version of an appropriations bill would change a crucial cutoff date.
Public Health
Utah Governor Signs Resolution Declaring Porn a 'Public Health Crisis'
Drafted by the group formerly known as Morality in Media, the measure was passed unanimously by Utah lawmakers.
The CDC Keeps Lying About Adolescent Vaping and Tobacco Use
The agency bizarrely counts tobacco-free, noncombustible e-cigarettes as a kind of tobacco.
Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles
Two public health researchers condemn the "information quarantine" surrounding safer nicotine products.
Equating Vaping With Smoking Is Medical Malpractice
Celebrity doctor Margaret Cuomo falsely claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
Celebrity Doctor Insists on Misleading Smokers About Vaping Hazards
Margaret Cuomo claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
Here's a Federal Program That Actually Does Prevent Foodborne Illnesses
It's based on research and sharing information, not on more regulations.
Suit Halts New York City's Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels
A judge stopped mandatory labels, which had been set to take full effect this week.
Is Colorado Pot Tourism Driving an Increase in Cannabis-Related E.R. Visits?
Data from a hospital near Denver show the rate of marijuana mentions among patients from other states doubled in 2014.
New Study Confirms That Molly Users Don't Know What They're Taking
Surveys combined with hair tests indicate that MDMA adulteration is common.
Victory for Porn Industry in California Condom Vote
Yesterday was a win for adult entertainment, sure, but also for personal liberty and against an overreaching nanny state.
The Rich Are Living Longer: A Lot Longer Than the Poor
Rich men average 12 years longer; rich women average 10 years more.
Is Mexico's Soda Tax Really Working?
Can we really say taxes that reduce consumption but aren't reducing obesity are effective?
Congressman's Vaping Demo Fails to Deter New Airplane Ban
Duncan Hunter tries to show that vaping is quite different from smoking.
Gay Men in the U.K. Have to Lie to Get Access to Gov't-Controlled HIV Meds
England's National Health Service years behind in understanding treatment needs.
Rich, White and Stupidly Anti-Vaccine in California
New Years Resolution: Stop putting your kids and other people at risk
If You're Gay and Undateable, at Least You Can Now Donate Blood
FDA finally ending lifetime ban.
The FDA's New Food Safety Rules Won't Accomplish Much
More regulation for very little return.
Eat Food and Die
What happens when warnings about processed meat's cancer risk collides with California's absurd Prop 65 (over)warning law?
Paternalistic Condoms-in-Porn Rules Will See California Statewide Vote
Initiative essentially creates a bounty for citizens (and lawyers) to sue producers.
New CDC Data Suggest E-Cigarettes Are Helping Smokers Quit
The same survey finds that never-smokers rarely become regular vapers.
The New York Times Says Working in Nail Salons Causes Cancer and Miscarriages. The Evidence Says Otherwise. (Part 3)
The final in a three-part series on how Sarah Maslin Nir's investigative series violated the standards of responsible journalism.
Epidemiology Makes Astrology Look Respectable
Sitting all day will kill you. Well, maybe not.
Why Not Let E-Cigarette Companies Tell the Truth?
The problem is too much FDA regulation, not too little.
Documenting Humanity's Great Escape from Abject Poverty: Angus Deaton
The Economics Nobel Laureate worries that crony capitalism will kill off economic growth
Did Soda Tax Proposals Cause a Decline in Soda Consumption That Started Years Earlier?
Probably not, but The New York Times is eager to credit politicians.
Is 'Youth Gun Carrying' a Public Health Threat?
The answer, like the frequency of youth gun carrying, may vary from state to state.
The Feds are Murdering Alternative Doctors—Debunked!
A far-fetched conspiracy theory says a lot about alternative medicine advocates and their tenuous relationship with reality.
Does This Study Prove That Vaping Is a Gateway to Smoking?
E-cigarette critics lean heavily on post hoc, ergo propter hoc reasoning.
Hey Bioethicists, Stop Treating Us Like Dim-Witted Children!
Let us decide for ourselves if genetic ignorance is bliss.
The Alternative Medicine Racket: How the Feds Fund Quacks
The NIH has spent $5.5 billion on bringing quackery-from faith healing to homeopathy-right into the heart of the American medical establishment.
We Don't Need 'Decades of Research' to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking
A chemical comparison shows e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than tobacco cigarettes.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
4 Reasons This Article About E-Cigarettes Is Bad
Is vaping less dangerous than smoking? The Inquistr is determined not to tell you.
A British Lesson on Vaping for the CDC
Tom Frieden should listen to what English public health officials say about e-cigarettes.
Wacky British Idea: Why Not Tell the Truth About E-Cigarettes?
English public health officials, unlike ours, recognize the harm-reducing potential of vaping.
British Public Health Officials, Unlike Ours, Tell the Truth About E-Cigarettes
A new government report endorses vaping as a harm-reducing alternative to smoking.
Are Americans Eating Less Because of Government Intervention?
The timing of the decline makes that explanation highly improbable.
Could We Kill Off HIV Without Ever Curing It?
Drug advances can stop the spread of the virus, if we can get them into the right people's hands.
Oakland Joins the World's Biggest Pot Shop to Battle the Feds
Is this how the war on weed ends?
Two Surveys Find That Almost All Regular Vapers Are Smokers
Fears that e-cigarettes lure nonsmokers into nicotine habits seem to be unfounded.
Truvada Takes Hold as an Urban HIV Prevention Tool
Big city health departments working on making it more available to those at risk.
