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The taxpayer-funded World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new guidelines on smoking cessation that conspicuously exclude the use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Despite the evidence supporting their effectiveness in…

“I’m starting to think that the government hates when young people are having fun,” a friend sardonically remarked to me recently in reference to the Food and Drug Administration’s continued campaign against the sale of nicotine products.…

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WASHINGTON—In an attempt to protect travelers from the dangers of secondhand smoke, a new federal law went into effect this week requiring flight passengers to go at least five feet out on the plane’s wing if they want to smoke.…

The U.S. General has declared loneliness a public health endemic, saying widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes a day and costs the health industry billions of dollars annually. What do…

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. agreed to pay $462 million to settle claims by six U.S. states that it unlawfully marketed its addictive products to minors. What do you think?“They’ll have to market to a lot more kids to pay for…

WASHINGTON—As she surreptitiously produced the device to obtain a much-needed dose of nicotine during a press conference Wednesday, sources confirmed U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine hoped no one saw the quick hit she took…

GLENDALE, AZ—Calling timeout and coming to the aid of the team’s visibly ailing head coach during Super Bowl LVII, Kansas City Chiefs medical staff helped a critically hungry Andy Reid into the sideline meat-smoking tent. “After a member of…

According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, the rate of people dying from cancer in the United States has declined 33% since 1991, the trend being attributed to early detection, lower rates of smoking, and advancements in…

New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on buying cigarettes for anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, meaning the minimum age will keep going up as time goes on. What do you…