Public Health

Policy

Rise of the Soda Jerks

The case against sin taxes for soft drinks

David Harsanyi | 5.13.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

A Federal Soft Drink Tax?

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2009 5:08 PM

Policy

The CDC Takes Passive-Aggression to New Levels

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.12.2009 4:20 PM

Policy

'We're About Harm Reduction…Except I Can't Say That'

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2009 6:09 PM

Policy

WARNING: Cocaine Is Not A Drug

Jeff Winkler | 5.4.2009 3:20 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Egyptian Pigs, Global Censors, and Rossum's Universal Robots

Jesse Walker | 5.4.2009 7:30 AM

Policy

Overreacting to Swine Flu

Why staying calm is the best medicine

Steve Chapman | 5.4.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Do You Have Mexico/Swine/H1N1 Flu?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.1.2009 4:52 PM

Policy

FDA to Ban Electronic Cigarettes

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2009 4:46 PM

Policy

Heart Attacks Rise After Smoking Bans As Often As They Fall

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2009 12:38 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Mortgage Cramdowns, Pork Crackdowns, Dinosaur Playgrounds

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2009 8:00 AM

Policy

David Kessler Goes Dumpster Diving (and Emerges With Garbage)

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2009 12:38 PM

Policy

Can a Travel Ban Stop a Flu Pandemic?

Jesse Walker | 4.29.2009 4:06 PM

Policy

Panic! At The…Pig Farm

Jeff Winkler | 4.29.2009 10:28 AM

Policy

Trade War Pigs

Jesse Walker | 4.29.2009 10:15 AM

Politics

ATTENTION AMERICA!!!! …The WHO "Pandemic Control Room" Is A Creation Of The Illuminati Elite For The Final "End-Game"… (or WHO Are You? WH-WHO?)

Jeff Winkler | 4.28.2009 11:16 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Swine Flu Nostalgia Edition

Jesse Walker | 4.27.2009 7:14 AM

Policy

Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Massive Encroaching Public Health State Bite?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.22.2009 2:09 PM

Policy

Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipe

Jeff Winkler | 4.21.2009 8:00 AM

Policy

Will People 'Mistakenly Perceive' Health Benefits From Not Smoking?

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2009 6:34 PM

Policy

Where's the Fire?

The rush to ban electronic cigarettes is hazardous to smokers' health.

Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Keeping FDA Regulation of Cigarettes a Secret

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2009 3:48 PM

Policy

FDA Regulation Threatens Cigarette Alternatives

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2009 1:14 PM

Policy

More Support for Fast-Food-Free School Zones

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2009 4:46 PM

Policy

He Should Have Passed the Cigarette to the Girl

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2009 2:52 PM

Policy

If You Question the Deadliness of Secondhand Smoke, You Might As Well Question the Deadliness of Zyklon B

Jacob Sullum | 2.13.2009 12:46 PM

Policy

Can a New York Bureaucrat Put the Whole Country on a Low-Salt Diet?

Jacob Sullum | 1.29.2009 11:34 AM

Politics

No Wonder She Never Tackled the Shopaholism Epidemic

Jacob Sullum | 1.28.2009 3:04 PM

Policy

Illicit Fun in Dallas

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2009 5:14 PM

Policy

Thirdhand Smoke Alarm

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2009 6:44 PM

Policy

Chicago Rules

It's good to be the alderman

Radley Balko | 1.1.2009 10:00 AM

Policy

Soda Pop and Nipple Clamps: When Sex Metaphors Penetrate Discussions of Public Health

Mike Riggs | 12.30.2008 1:10 PM

Policy

The Smoke Clears in Scotland

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2008 3:26 PM

Policy

Heart Attacks and the Massachusetts Smoking Ban

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2008 12:11 PM

Policy

Economic Anxiety Leads to Smoking, Especially in Casinos

Jacob Sullum | 10.13.2008 5:08 PM

Policy

MADD Logic

Is it irresponsible to even suggest lowering the drinking age?

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Who's Afraid of Calorie Counts?

Jacob Sullum | 8.22.2008 3:21 PM

Policy

Can Rising Motorcycle Fatalities Be Blamed on a Lack of Helmet Laws?

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2008 1:21 PM

Policy

Are You Sure You Want Fries With That?

Mandatory calorie counts cross the line between informing and nagging.

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Reason Writers Around Town: Ron Bailey on Hyping Health Risks

Reason Staff | 8.19.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

Bernie Parks Encourages Smoking

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2008 3:36 PM

Policy

If Everyone Is Overweight, Is Anyone?

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2008 5:30 PM

Policy

Smoking Ban Increases Heart Attacks

Jacob Sullum | 8.5.2008 7:17 PM

Policy

Smoke 'Em While You Can

Jacob Sullum | 8.1.2008 10:52 AM

Policy

House Approves Philip Morris Protection Act

Jacob Sullum | 7.30.2008 7:42 PM

Policy

What About Famous Original Singas Pizza?

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2008 4:40 PM

Policy

When the Government Does It, It's Not Fraud

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2008 6:39 PM

Policy

Armed and Dangerous?

Why buying a gun is not a suicidal act

Steve Chapman | 7.14.2008 7:00 AM