The Clueless Crusade to Ban E-Cigarettes
Prohibitionists target a safe alternative because...it looks like smoking?
Cigarettes
Bloomberg Trying to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
In a set of bills that also looks to raise the smoking age to 21, set a minimum price for cigarettes, and ban tobacco coupons
Cigarette Smuggling Makes Nanny State Taxes Go Up in Smoke
Prohibition is creating a tobacco black market in Washington state.
Washington's Revenues Plunge as Smuggler's Take Over Cigarette Market
High taxes create a black market
Obamacare "Glitch" Could Limit Insurance Penalties for Smokers
Bugs, features, what difference, at this point, does it make?
Chilean Mummies Show Signs of Nicotine Addiction
Also known to have snuffed hallucinogens
FDA Gives Approval to Two New Cigarettes
First time they've approved a new product since 2009, when they were granted regulatory authority
E-Cigarettes Could Be More Effective Than Nicotine Patch for Quitting Smoking
Results of a new clinical trial
England to Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Medicine
But would still be available in convenience stores
Widespread Defiance Predicted for Russia's Smoking Ban
Try vodka next and see what happens
France to Ban Public Smoking of Electronic Cigarettes
Will be treated the same as regular cigarettes, despite clear differences
Ireland to Mandate Plain Cigarette Packages with Graphic Warnings
Because people just don't know
States Target E-Cigarettes With Taxes
Because discouraging a safer alternative to smokes is brilliant
Soaring Cigarette Taxes Create a Wildly Lucrative Market for Smugglers
More than 60 percent of all cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled
Attempt to Ban Smoking in Calif. Homes Dies
Limits to nanny authority even in one of the nanniest states in the country
Philip Morris 1Q Profits Down 2 Percent
Cigarette sales going down, taxes on them going up
White House Wants Cigarette Tax To Fund Pre-K
Forget that pre-K isn't so effective, or that cigarettes are already highly taxed
CDC Rolling Out New Anti-Smoking Ads
Apparently there are some folks left who don't know it's bad
Mayor Bloomberg Is Trying to Create Prohibition Lite
Bloomberg and his confederates have effectively nudged thousands of smokers and shopkeepers into criminal behavior.
OR Cigarette Tax Hike Expected To Fuel Black Market
Black markets are logical, politicians are not
C. Everett Koop Dead at 96
Famous for turning position of surgeon general into a pulpit for lecturing about health
Russia Bans Smoking in Public
As well as advertisements for cigarettes and even pubic displays
Oregon Bill Would Essentially Ban Cigarettes
Would classify them in such a way as to require a doctor's prescription to purchase
One of Five Cigarettes Smoked in Minnesota Comes From the Black Market
Taxes created an entrepreneurial opportunity
Virginia County May Force Employees Into Classes to Quit Smoking
County attorney says it's legal, though it can't actually force them to quit
