Liberty is sometimes a tough thing to watch. Like the teenager in a horror movie getting up and going to the kitchen while the audience braces itself for what they know full well is going to happen, it’s hard to stand by and watch our friends and strangers alike exercise their right to make choices…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Because Putin is just such a swell guy, and a strong leader, he may in fact ban cigarettes for the coming generation of Russian citizens and beyond as a health measure. Who needs freedom of choice, right? According to Time: The Russian Health Ministry this week…
by Steve Birr Voters in California will decide on a contentious ballot initiative aimed at regulating the electronic cigarette industry and hiking tobacco taxes. Proposition 56 would raise the tax on tobacco sales, which currently sits at 87 cents, to $2.87. The ballot would also allow the state government to begin taxing e-cigarette sales, which opponents…
by Craig Boudreau A new study published in the journal Tobacco Control has shown that teens who vape don’t use nicotine by a 3 to 1 margin, EurekAlert reported Thursday. The study used data compiled by Monitoring The Future, a project designed to assess “behavior of young people,” and surveyed nearly 15,000 students from 12th, 10th and 8th…
Guy Bentley The Food and Drug Administration’s claim that it’s almost 500-page rule book, which could wipe out 99 percent of e-cigarette products, will increase innovation in the sector is being mocked by experts as “ridiculous.” The centerpiece of the FDA regulations is the requirement for all vapor products released prior to Feb. 17, 2007, (predicate date) go…
Guy Bentley Smokers who aren’t ready quit massively cut down the amount they smoked after they started using e-cigarettes, according to a study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The authors of the study highlight the fact that e-cigarette use has surged among young adults and current smokers, largely because most users want to quit…
Guy Bentley Smoking tobacco might negatively affect teen students’ grades more than marijuana use, according to a new study. Published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers examined 2,235 children, investigating their IQ and educational performance from ages 15 to 16. The sample was taken from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The effects of marijuana…
Guy Bentley New York is reaping the whirlwind of sky-high cigarette taxes with a wave of smuggling decimating the state’s revenue. New York holds the dubious honor of having the highest cigarette taxes in country, with the average pack of smokes in New York City costing as much as $10.60. New York raised taxes on cigarettes…
Guy Bentley The drive to ban people under 18s from buying and using e-cigarettes could have the exact opposite effect that policy makers intended, a new study has revealed. Smoking rates among 12-17-year-olds actually rose in states that banned e-cigarette sales to minors, a study by Abigail Friedman of the Yale School of Public Health published…