The Journal of the American Heart Association has responded to critics with nothing but boilerplate promises of scientific integrity.
Lawmakers legalized DFS betting. The state’s top justices say that’s not allowed.
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Conservatives hope to renew their old alliance with radical feminists.
A potent combination of puritanism, racism, and political opportunism is putting Asian masseuses and the people who support them in needless danger.
Online platforms would have to "earn" speech protections by compromising encryption—all in the name of fighting child porn.
GOP attacks on internet smut are heating up, but the porn industry has more practical threats to worry about.
The internet has turned adult performers into media entrepreneurs.
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“I’ll pay whatever fine I have to, but I will never put calories on my menu,” says chef Wade Murphy.
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The vast majority of patients with vaping-related lung injuries who used cannabis products said they got them from "informal sources."
The great state of New Jersey idiotically compares vaping to jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
Different types of nicotine consumption pose different amounts of risk.
The proposal is parodying, not endorsing, the nanny state.
And they're just as wrong and dangerous this time around.
A 100 percent tariff on European wines could all but wipe out the industry.
While the issue is far from settled, a decline in Canadian beer sales and a drop in binge drinking among college students reinforce the case for a substitution effect.
Some 60 cities have banned or restricted gas-powered landscaping equipment. State air quality regulators are looking to do the same.
Jurors remain free to exercise judgment and mercy in a criminal justice system that often lacks both.
They probably won't succeed in criminalizing Pornhub, but manifesto-wielding conservatives are trying to reshape the GOP into a movement against individualism.
For now, the FDA is targeting the vaping products that are most popular with teenagers. But the industry still faces a potentially devastating regulatory deadline.
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In response to intense opposition from vapers and the industry, the Trump administration has recalibrated its plan.
E-cigarettes are under attack, but they are a safer way to consume nicotine than conventional smoking, says Jacob Sullum.
Oren Levy nearly lost six years of hard work to the NYPD and muddled state law.
Targeting CBD companies that make spurious health claims is one thing. Going after culinary experimentation is ridiculous.
Creating a sensible legal market would drive black market vape makers out of business.
In the panic to ban and regulate electronic cigarettes, media and politicians are ignoring the benefits of vaping.
The main danger to vapers is illicit cannabis extracts of unknown provenance and composition.
"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."
The black-market additive showed up in lung fluid from 48 of 51 patients with "probable or confirmed" diagnoses.
We've got a lot of problems with you people.
More than half of cigarettes consumed in the state are smuggled from elsewhere, thanks to high taxes.
The Democratic presidential candidate wants to keep prostitution customers criminalized while "decriminalizing sex work on the part of the seller."
Independent booze retailers are trying to stifle competition using arguments from Prohibition.
The government and the press focus on newfangled contraptions instead of drug-related harm.
The legislation would also prevent those under 21 from purchasing vaping products.
Adultery and prostitution outweigh spousal and child abuse in USCIS guidelines, but ultimately the call is made on a case-by-case basis.
Draconian anti-vaping policies are ruining students' lives.
Another empirical study finds a substitution effect between vaping and smoking
We found a lot of things to worry about over the past 10 years.
The court was correct to reject most of the arguments, but was too dismissive of the First Amendment concerns.
The Science article is a wake-up call for people who claim to be concerned about smoking-related disease and death.
The new right naively thinks a government more empowered to "protect children" would be good for families. Nope.
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