Public Health

Policy

Watching TV Probably Won't Kill You

Peter Suderman | 1.30.2012 10:01 AM

Policy

Maybe Schools Don't Control What Kids Eat

Jacob Sullum | 1.24.2012 4:49 PM

Policy

CDC: If You Drink Enough to Enjoy It, You've Had Too Much

Jacob Sullum | 1.23.2012 6:30 PM

Policy

If Poker Is a Public Health Issue, What Isn't?

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2012 3:48 PM

Policy

Will the Obesity Plateau Allow Us to Take a Breather From Paternalistic Panic?

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2012 11:49 AM

Policy

Cancel the War and Fix the Wounded

Most people don't overindulge. Some do. Let's help the ones who need it, and leave the rest alone.

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.17.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Nicotine Gum and Patches May Not Work, but at Least They're Officially Approved

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2012 1:33 PM

Politics

Nanny Bloomberg Targets Alcohol

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 4:01 PM

Policy

Will Scotch in a Can Get the Four Loko Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2012 6:15 PM

Policy

Dick Durbin: Ban Flavored Cigars—for the Children

Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2011 2:08 PM

Politics

Republicans Restore Ban on Needle Exchange Funding

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2011 2:36 PM

Policy

IOM Report Recommends That the FDA Continue Suppressing Lifesaving Information About Cigarette Alternatives

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 5:51 PM

Policy

Wait, Honey Smacks Have a Lot of Sugar?

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 2:58 PM

Policy

Smart Kids Do Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2011 4:28 PM

Policy

Obama's 'Innovative, Compassionate, and Evidence-Based Drug Policies'

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2011 3:48 PM

Policy

To Prevent Kids From Smoking Cigarettes, New York Bars Adults From Buying Flavored Cigars

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2011 3:26 PM

Policy

Boston Bans E-Cigarettes in Workplaces, Just Because

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2011 11:23 AM

Policy

Roll Your Own, Avoid the Taxes

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 5:18 PM

Policy

Fast Food Is Not a Poor Choice

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2011 12:11 PM

Politics

Phobos-Grunt, We Hardly Knew Ye

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.9.2011 2:51 PM

Policy

Better Off Vaping

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 12:46 PM

Policy

Public Health and the Tyranny of the Common Good

Mississippi's proposed "personhood" amendment extends progressivism to the uterus.

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.8.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Federal Judge Blocks New Cigarette Warning Labels

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2011 3:48 PM

Policy

Want to Live Forever? Sonia Arrison Explains How In Her New Book

Paul Feine and Sharif Matar | 10.19.2011 12:50 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts…Such As Mark Bittman

Jacob Sullum | 10.17.2011 3:09 PM

Policy

FTC Claims Phusion Projects Misled Consumers by Implying They Could Drink Four Loko Out of the Can

Jacob Sullum | 10.4.2011 6:15 PM

Policy

Bloomberg: Paternalism Is 'Government's Highest Duty'

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2011 4:16 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Couple Heading to Court after Hosting Home Bible Study! (Nanny of the Month, Sept 2011)

Ted Balaker | 10.3.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

If Traffic Deaths Were Rising, Would the Los Angeles Times Be Less Alarmed?

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2011 5:31 PM

Policy

Does Disease Cause Autocracy?

New studies say reducing infection rates promotes liberalization.

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Smoking Bans Are No Match For New Yorkers

Anthony Fisher | 9.15.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Sebelius Assured Congress She Could Fix ObamaCare's CLASS Act. HHS's Proposed Legislative Fix Suggests She Believed Otherwise.

Peter Suderman | 9.15.2011 11:15 AM

Politics

Bachmann's Vaccine Panic

Baseless fear-mongering from the Minnesota conservative

Steve Chapman | 9.15.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Has Rick Perry Neutralized the Gardasil Controversy?

Jacob Sullum | 9.14.2011 12:20 PM

Policy

Data From Seven States Show No Connection Between Smoking Bans and Heart Attack Rates

Jacob Sullum | 9.13.2011 3:27 PM

Policy

Who Will Protect Children From Dangerously Exciting Cartoons?

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2011 3:32 PM

Policy

WTO Rejects U.S. Ban on Clove Cigarettes

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2011 12:18 PM

Politics

Best Wishes to Robert Greene, Editorialist

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.2.2011 12:57 PM

Policy

'Childhood Itself Is Now in Crisis'

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2011 5:19 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Michigan Bar Owners Ban Lawmakers for Banning Smoking! (Nanny of the Month, Aug 2011)

Ted Balaker | 9.1.2011 11:40 AM

Policy

Another Multi-City Study Finds No Link Between Smoking Bans and Heart Attack Rates

Jacob Sullum | 8.26.2011 4:55 PM

Policy

Obama Supports a 'Public Health' Approach to Drugs, but Only in Theory

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 4:45 PM

Policy

Meddling in Other People's Diets Is 'Fun' and 'Inspiring'

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2011 2:32 PM

Policy

MRSA: Another Way Pot Prohibition Enhances Public Health

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: The War on Lemonade Stands! Nanny of the Month (June 2011)

Ted Balaker | 7.1.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Q&A with Farmageddon's director Kristin Canty

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 6.30.2011 3:00 PM