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Obama: ‘I probably wouldn’t have been president’ if certain high school photos surfaced

Pete Kasperowicz -

April 24, 2017 5:29 pm

The Times editorial argues against any change to the FDA rule requiring all vapor products to go through a prohibitively expensive approval process. (iStock)

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New York Times editorial shoots at Big Tobacco, hits innocent vapers instead

Guy Bentley -

April 20, 2017 9:49 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new initiative aimed at curbing smoking in the Big Apple by raising the minimum price of cigarettes to $13 per pack. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

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What Bill de Blasio doesn’t get about the minimum wage and cigarettes

Eric Peterson -

April 20, 2017 7:12 pm

Efforts to stop young people vaping may backfire and lead to an increase in youth cigarette smoking. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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Beware the unintended consequences of raising the legal vaping age

Guy Bentley -

April 14, 2017 2:17 pm

Firearms in the U.S. are going missing more and more from burglary. (AP Photo)

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Number of stolen firearms rose in 2016, new report finds

Mairead McArdle -

April 12, 2017 4:12 am

Simply owning an ashtray or allowing a guest to vape could lose you your home. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Discrimination, bad science, and spying neighbors plague unprecedented California tobacco law

Guy Bentley -

April 11, 2017 3:54 pm

When it comes to ensuring smokers have the maximum possible access to new devices and products that will help them quit and save their lives the U.S. is found tragically wanting. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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As the vaper revolution gathers steam, American smokers are being left behind

Guy Bentley -

March 29, 2017 9:17 pm

Oregon kids can change their sex without parental permission but soon many adults wouldn't be able to buy smokes. (iStock Photo)

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After letting kids get sex-change surgery at 15, Oregon Democrats try raising smoking age to 21

Philip Wegmann -

March 28, 2017 2:55 pm

Tobacco harm reduction should mean informing smokers and the public at large that e-cigarettes and smokeless products carry far less risk of illness and death than cigarettes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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The government has to change its tune on how to reduce harm from tobacco

Joel Nitzkin -

March 22, 2017 5:46 pm

Smokeless tobacco is estimated to be around 90 percent safer than cigarettes. (Wikimedia Commons)

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How the CDC masks the truth about smokeless tobacco

Guy Bentley -

February 28, 2017 8:09 pm

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Tag: Smoking and Tobacco

Obama: ‘I probably wouldn’t have been president’ if certain high school photos surfaced

New York Times editorial shoots at Big Tobacco, hits innocent vapers instead

What Bill de Blasio doesn’t get about the minimum wage and cigarettes

Beware the unintended consequences of raising the legal vaping age

Number of stolen firearms rose in 2016, new report finds

Discrimination, bad science, and spying neighbors plague unprecedented California tobacco law

As the vaper revolution gathers steam, American smokers are being left behind

After letting kids get sex-change surgery at 15, Oregon Democrats try raising smoking age to 21

The government has to change its tune on how to reduce harm from tobacco

How the CDC masks the truth about smokeless tobacco

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