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As the FDA Prepares to Ban E-Cigarette Flavors, the Government's Own Data Contradict Wild Claims About Adolescent Nicotine Addiction
The ban's supporters falsely claim that "a whole generation of young people" is "addicted to these products."
Does the Pending Federal Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Endanger Trump's Re-Election?
A new poll suggests it does—and campaign officials agree, leading the administration to consider exempting more flavors.
The Belated Approval of a Harm-Reduction Claim for Smokeless Tobacco Highlights the Potentially Deadly Impact of FDA Censorship
The FDA finally has agreed to allow a mild statement about the relative hazards of snus and cigarettes.
Juul Betrays Its Customers by Pre-Emptively Eliminating Most of Its E-Cigarette Flavors
The company says it will sell only tobacco, mint, and menthol pods unless and until the FDA officially approves other varieties.
Congressional Hearings Conflate Vaping With Smoking, Legal E-Cigarettes With Black-Market THC Products
Democratic legislators ignore the tremendous harm-reducing potential of smoke-free nicotine delivery.
Muddled Message About Vaping Causes Costly Confusion
Vague lung disease warnings tar harm-reducing e-cigarettes while obscuring the role of black-market cannabis products.
The FDA Plans To Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Based on a Nonexistent 'Epidemic' of Adolescent Nicotine Addiction
A new study indicates that heavy vaping remains rare among teenagers who don't smoke.
Naloxone Can Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths. Why Isn't the FDA Allowing Over-the-Counter Sales?
Federal drug prohibition played a big role in creating the opioid crisis. Unfortunately, the government is also slowing the spread of one possible solution to it.
Here Is Why the Massachusetts Ban on Vaping Products Is Bad for Public Health
Citing respiratory diseases associated with black-market THC products, the state is banning legal e-cigarettes that are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
Why Is the CDC Still Fostering Potentially Deadly Confusion About Vaping and Lung Disease?
Contrary to the evidence, public health officials and journalists continue to link the recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses with legal e-cigarettes.
Co-Author of San Francisco's E-Cigarette Ban Wants the FDA to Silence His Opponents
Supervisor Shamann Walton thinks he can use restrictions on commercial speech to suppress political speech.
Survey Suggests Lung Disease Misinformation Has Compounded Confusion About the Hazards of E-Cigarettes
If that confusion drives vapers back to smoking or discourages others from making the switch, it will have deadly consequences.
Compelling Testimony Against Michigan's Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Highlights the Deadly Folly of the Vaping Crackdown
The real "public health crisis" is not underage vaping but the one that Michigan, New York, and the FDA are about to create.
The Alarming Epidemic of Misguided Meddling With E-Cigarettes
Banning the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer is a strange way to protect public health.
Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes Has Nothing to Do With the Hazards of Black-Market Cannabis Products
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other prohibitionists continue to conflate the two issues.
The Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes May Lead to More Smoking by Teenagers As Well As Adults
As the popularity of e-cigarettes has exploded, smoking rates among high school students have reached record lows.
Trump's Ban on E-Cigarette Flavors Endangers Public Health
By dramatically reducing the harm-reducing alternatives to conventional cigarettes, the plan is likely to result in more smoking-related disease and death.
Study Finds That the Vast Majority of Respiratory Diseases in Vapers Are Linked to Illegal THC Products
Among patients in Illinois and Wisconsin, 83 percent admitted vaping cannabis extracts bought on the black market.
Investigators Identify a Possible Culprit in Vaping-Related Respiratory Illnesses
The findings reinforce the suspicion that patients' symptoms are caused largely by additives or contaminants in black-market THC products.
Federal Investigators Think Black-Market Vaping Products, Not Legal E-Cigarettes, Are to Blame for Respiratory Illnesses
While the specific causes remain unclear, contaminants and adulterants in illegal vapes look like the most likely explanation.
Federal Health Agency Engages in Baseless Scaremongering by Linking 'Severe Lung Illness' to 'E-Cigarette Aerosol'
What do respiratory conditions in people who vaped black-market cannabis extracts tell us about the hazards of Juul?
Vaping May Be Driving Down Smoking, Says Federal Survey Report
That's the opposite of the fear underlying the FDA's crackdown on e-cigarettes.
Prosecution of Unauthorized Abortion Pill Websites Begins
Ursula Wing sold abortion drugs to U.S. customers and is now charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
FDA Unveils Graphic New Warning Labels for Cigarettes
The same federal agency that has led a crackdown on vaping is now trying to make smoking even less appealing.
Two Senators With Business Degrees Want the FDA to Tell Doctors They Should Not Treat Chronic Pain With Opioids
The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act would aggravate the widespread problem of involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment.
New York City Officially Launches Absurd Ban on Adding CBD to Food, Coffee
Cannabidiol products are legal for sale and consumption, but adding it to other things is somehow forbidden.
Massachusetts Regulators Get Tough on LaCroix
LaCroix's parent company failed to get the special permission slip required by Massachusetts regulators.
FDA Has 'Critical Questions' About Safety of CBD Products
The sale of cannabidiol-infused food and drink is still against the law, even as entrepreneurs flout those restrictions across the country.
Defiance and Innovation Keep Abortion Available, If Not Legal
Restrictionists once again discover that draconian rules aren’t enough to overcome people unwilling to obey.
The Justice Department Rules That the FDA Cannot Regulate Lethal Injection Drugs
The opinion stems from an injunction currently preventing Texas from importing sodium thiopental.
Psychonautical Journalist Michael Pollan Says the FDA, Not Voters, Should Decide Who Gets to Use Psilocybin
The approach Pollan prefers will not get us to the destination he says he wants to reach.
Terminal Patients Got Drugs Without FDA Approval. It Added Years to Their Lives.
The Right to Try movement, which recently became federal law, allows doctors to prescribe experimental treatments that haven't been approved for sale by regulators.
Seeking to Clarify Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, CDC Joins FDA in Decrying 'Mandated or Abrupt Dose Reduction'
The CDC's advice has been widely interpreted as requiring involuntary tapering of medication so it does not exceed an arbitrary threshold.
The Percentage of Americans Who Understand That Vaping Is Less Dangerous Than Smoking Continues to Fall
Years of mealy-mouthed, misleading, and mendacious statements by activists, government officials, and journalists have taken a toll on the truth.
Incoming FDA Commissioner Sharpless Shouldn't Stop Snus, the Safer Swedish Smoking Alternative
Even as the FDA continues to crack-down on vaping, it appears ready to allow snus to be sold as what it is: a safer alternative to smoking.
Proposed FDA Policy Will Make It Harder for Vapers to Get the Flavors They Prefer
The upshot could be more smoking-related disease and death.
FDA Finally Approves Genetically Enhanced Salmon—After 24 Years
A case of scientifically absurd regulatory hyper-precaution
Ketamine-Based Antidepressant Nasal Spray Gets FDA Greenlight: Reason Roundup
Plus: Trump backtracks on Syria and the NSA promotes its cellphone charging services.
FDA Chief and Vaping Opponent Scott Gottlieb Is Leaving the Food and Drug Administration
When and wherever public health conflicted with personal freedom, Gottlieb advocated for the former.
The FDA's Fixation on Nut Milk Labeling Is Not About Food Safety or Consumer Health
So why is the agency even involved?
Did Vaping Stop the Downward Trend in Adolescent Smoking?
One survey shows cigarette use holding steady, while another shows it continuing to fall.
Students Fight to Free Contraception From Vending Machine Laws: Reason Roundup
Plus: Russian "spy" Maria Butina, Baton Rouge cops in blackface, good news for California sex workers, and a new FDA crackdown.
The New York Times Condescends to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Fans
If Times editors don't want to learn about their genetics, then they simply shouldn't take the tests.
Trump's 'Right To Try' Law Has Helped at Least Two People So Far. Give Credit Where It's Due.
But there's a long way to go before patients have control over their own medical care.
Republican Senator Pitches Weird Conspiracy Theory About Weed Legalization, Menthol Cigarettes, and the FDA
Sen. Richard Burr raises an interesting point about onerous regulation, but his argument is baffling.
New Canadian Food-Safety Law Could Spell Trouble for Small Producers
Small producers are already feeling the pain of Canada's new food safety law.
