House-Passed Budget Deal Raises Age To Buy Cigarettes to 21
The legislation would also prevent those under 21 from purchasing vaping products.
The legislation would also prevent those under 21 from purchasing vaping products.
Another empirical study finds a substitution effect between vaping and smoking
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.
A new review essay in Science warns of the dangers of prohibitionist thinking
The agency’s indifference between smoking and vaping is scientifically indefensible.
Although the CDC is now emphasizing the potential hazards of vitamin E acetate, it continues to warn the public about e-cigarettes that don't contain it.
The House is simultaneously advancing bills that would legalize marijuana and ban the vast majority of vaping products.
Even if the FDA does not ban flavors, its regulations will soon drive most vaping businesses and products from the market.
The distinction the presidential adviser draws between e-cigarettes and other vaping devices contradicts the FDA's understanding of its authority.
The ban's supporters falsely claim that "a whole generation of young people" is "addicted to these products."
An analysis of survey data finds that pre-existing differences entirely explain the association between e-cigarette use and current smoking among teenagers.
A new poll suggests it does—and campaign officials agree, leading the administration to consider exempting more flavors.
The FDA finally has agreed to allow a mild statement about the relative hazards of snus and cigarettes.
The company says it will sell only tobacco, mint, and menthol pods unless and until the FDA officially approves other varieties.
Democratic legislators ignore the tremendous harm-reducing potential of smoke-free nicotine delivery.
Vague lung disease warnings tar harm-reducing e-cigarettes while obscuring the role of black-market cannabis products.
A new study indicates that heavy vaping remains rare among teenagers who don't smoke.
The latest findings highlight the irrationality of banning legal e-cigarettes that deliver nicotine.
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.
Contrary to the evidence, public health officials and journalists continue to link the recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses with legal e-cigarettes.
"Vaping is a health miracle to me," said ex-smoker Vicki Porter. "Not safe, but less harmful."
If that confusion drives vapers back to smoking or discourages others from making the switch, it will have deadly consequences.
The real "public health crisis" is not underage vaping but the one that Michigan, New York, and the FDA are about to create.
Banning the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer is a strange way to protect public health.
Pending restrictions on vaping products in Michigan and New York are based on an alarmingly broad understanding of the executive branch's "public health" authority.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other prohibitionists continue to conflate the two issues.
As the popularity of e-cigarettes has exploded, smoking rates among high school students have reached record lows.
By dramatically reducing the harm-reducing alternatives to conventional cigarettes, the plan is likely to result in more smoking-related disease and death.
The billionaire busybody is pushing bans on the flavored e-cigarettes that offer a harm-reducing alternative to smoking.
That's the opposite of the fear underlying the FDA's crackdown on e-cigarettes.
The sexiest discoveries are often the ones not found in the actual study.
The city is favoring the most dangerous form of nicotine delivery over a potentially lifesaving alternative.
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Years of mealy-mouthed, misleading, and mendacious statements by activists, government officials, and journalists have taken a toll on the truth.
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.
The upshot could be more smoking-related disease and death.
When and wherever public health conflicted with personal freedom, Gottlieb advocated for the former.
Those who continued to smoke cut their cigarette consumption in half.
A randomized clinical study adds to the evidence that e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
After a harm reduction advocate slammed a hardy but misleading factoid, users who retweeted his message complained that they had been shadowbanned.
Past-month vaping did not predict experimentation with cigarettes in a large sample of teenagers.
One survey shows cigarette use holding steady, while another shows it continuing to fall.
Sen. Richard Burr raises an interesting point about onerous regulation, but his argument is baffling.
Rep. Richard Creagan declares cigarette sales the moral equivalent of slavery and murder.
Global food police want to treat meat and sugar products like tobacco.
In the name of fighting "the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use," Jerome Adams wants to raise prices and ban indoor vaping.
Is e-cigarette use by teenagers a public health disaster or a public health boon?