Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Study Confirms E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins
by Jacob Sullum. Does it matter to the option destroyers? Anti-smoking activists and public health
officials who question the usefulness of electronic cigarettes in
reducing tobacco-related disease often talk as if the content of
the aerosol generated by these newfangled contraptions is utterly
mysterious. While it may be plausible that the absence of
... MOREMarijuana May Be Even Safer Than Previously Thought
by Christopher Ingraham. Compared to other recreational drugs -- including alcohol --
marijuana may be even safer than previously thought. And researchers may
be systematically underestimating risks associated with alcohol use. Those are the topline findings of recent research published in the journal Scientific Reports, a subsidiary ... MOREGilbert Ross: The Madness Of The War On E-Cigs
Corruption + distorted facts = clampdown on vaping. Is it mass insanity, or something even darker, that has led America’s public-health leaders to engage in a mass assault on electronic cigarettes? To put this in perspective, their target is not smoking, our number-one preventable health problem, but a product that could prove to ... MOREPublic Health Nannies Won't Admit: E-Cigs Save Lives
by Bill Godshall. In sharp contrast to the Trib's fear-mongering headlines and Adam Smeltz's news story “Western Pa. cancer specialists call for electronic cigarette crackdown”
, the scientific and empirical evidence indicates vaping is 99 percent
less hazardous than smoking cigarettes, is more effective for quitting
smoking than are FDA- ... MORENew Surgeon General Should Prescribe Honesty On E-Cigs
by Sally Satel, Forbes. Early last week, the nation’s new Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said health officials are “in desperate need of clarity” on electronic cigarettes to help guide policies. The technology should be embraced, he said, if evidence shows e-cigarettes are able to help those who otherwise have trouble quitting smoking. Dr. ... MOREHow Anti-Tobacco Activists Are Very Likely Killing People
by Ronald Bailey. Last week, my colleague Jacob Sullum questioned a
study published in the New England Journal of Medicine purporting
to show that vaping is more dangerous than smoking actual
cigarettes. The reason? Because vaping at high voltage produces
high levels of the carcinogen formaldehyde.
The New England Journal of Medicine even ... MORE
Greg Gutfeld: New E-Cig Study Goes Up In Smoke
E-Cig attack vaporizes. The New England Journal of Medicine ran a letter linking e-cigs to
cancer and the panicky media gobbled it up like a pot brownie. But how
sturdy is this research? What might happen if you tapped lightly on
their findings? Yes, under closer scrutiny, this blockbuster collapsed faster than Michael Moore in a spin class. According to ... MOREDon't Blame Me - The Year's Highlights In Buck Passing
by Jacob Sullum. For years New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has
insisted that people who pay for sex and the
intermediaries who facilitate that exchange are responsible for
violence against women. Hence his February 26
column celebrating the arrests of men who were guilty of
nothing but negotiating terms with cops posing as ... MOREEbola, Smoking, and Mission Creep at the CDC
by Jacob Sullum. Before Tom Frieden became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2009, his two nemeses were tuberculosis and smoking. Although both are commonly described as threats to "public health," they differ in ways that may help explain the CDC's stumbles in dealing with Ebola. Tuberculosis, ... MOREJacob Sullum: Are E-Cigarettes Displacing the Real Thing?
Technology's healthier choice. Survey results released last week indicate that use of electronic cigarettes by American teenagers continues to rise, even as their use of conventional cigarettes continues to fall. You might think these diverging trends would give pause to critics who worry that e-cigarettes are "reglamorizing" the old- ... MOREExcellent News As E-Cigarette, Or Vaping, Use Rises
by Tim Worstall. We’ve news from the government that the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, is on the rise among schoolchildren and teenagers. We might think that this is a health story and it is, but behind it is an interesting little economic point and a guide to public policy. The question really revolves around whether vaping is a substitute ... MOREJohn Stossel: Control Freaks Want To Run Your Life
They call themselves public servants. But whether student council president, environmental bureaucrat or
member of Congress, most believe they know how to run your life better
than you do. I admit I was once guilty of this kind of thinking. As a young
consumer reporter, I researched what doctors said was bad for us and
what products ... MORE
Children Suspended for Pretending to Smoke Candy
by Lenore Skenazy. California school district considers candy a drug. At least three New Mexico middle school students have been suspended for 10 days for inappropriately consuming Smarties. No, that's not code for some hip new drug; we are talking about the sweet-and-sour candies sold in a roll and given out to unlucky kids on Halloween. The ... MOREFDA Regulatory Expansion Jeopardizes Public Health
Anti-cancer device in the crosshairs. In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed expanding its regulatory authority over tobacco products
to include cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, electronic cigarettes
(e-cigarettes), and dissolvable products and gels. Currently, cigars are
the most popular item in this group, but ... MOREEbola and the CDC's Dangerous Mission Drift
by Jacob Sullum. Before Tom Frieden became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2009, his two main nemeses were tuberculosis and smoking. Although both are commonly described as threats to "public health," they differ in ways that may help explain the CDC's stumbling, alarmingly amateurish response to Ebola in the ... MOREWalter E Williams: Things I Don't Understand
There are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you haven't made a life-shortening lifestyle choice. Being a nonsmoker is one of them. Actuarially, that makes sense because the life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Insurance company policies ... MORE
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