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    • smokin'

      Would You "Smoke" E-Cigarettes?

      With smoking banned just about everyplace except for that tiny spot behind the loading dock, more committed nicotine fiends are turning to e-cigarettes, battery-powered, cig-shaped devices that you can dangle off your lip just about anywhere. Proponents say they offer a healthier alternative to tobacco for smokers who have trouble quitting. But health concerns have led to warnings from the FDA that the fakes contain cancer-causing ingredients. Oops.
      Inside: Poll - Would you "smoke" e-cigarettes? More »

      9:46 AM on Thu Oct 1 2009
      By Marc Perton
      6,833 views, 148 comments

      Most discussed Quidnam: The "health concern trolls" that are fighting e-cigarettes are crazy, if you ask me. They can't possibly be worse more »

    • corporate manipulation

      FDA Banned Flavored Cigs, But Not Menthols. Why?

      Back in June we noted that the FDA was about to get a lot more say over the tobacco industry if the Senate approved a new bill. Well they did, and so yesterday the FDA flexed its new muscles by banning fruit, herb, spice, and candy flavorings from cigarettes. That's right: clove cigarettes were just banned by the FDA, which is bad news for gothy teens and great news for everyone else. More »

      7:32 PM on Wed Sep 23 2009
      By Chris Walters
      17,559 views, 198 comments

      Most discussed chapoec: I don't like the fact that the FDA banned these flavored cigarretes. What next ban different flavors of beer. What more »

    • department of vice

      Study: Cigarette Packages Can Help Kill Smokers

      A new study published in the Journal of Public Health has found that people rate cigarettes in attractive packages as less deadly than others. Or, to put it another way, the study found that people who are asked to compare cigarettes based on their packages are inclined to prefer the smartly packaged ones: More »

      2:11 PM on Tue Aug 4 2009
      By McLaren and Torchinsky
      5,388 views, 57 comments

      Most discussed zacox: Some municipal (and soon state) governments ban the use of trans-fats in food products. Why don't they also ban the more »

    • The Senate has approved FDA regulation of tobacco. No more "low tar" labels or flavored tobacco, and the FDA will now need to know and approve all ingredients in tobacco products. It is likely to pass the House, and President Obama plans to sign the bill. [MSNBC] (Thanks, Greg!) MORE »

      72 comments

    • government

      If Legislation Passes, The FDA May Soon Regulate Cigarettes

      The New York Times is reporting that Richard M. Burr, the "tobacco-state senator who tried a filibuster this week against a bill that would allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the cigarette industry" has apparently given up, clearing the way for the bill to pass the Senate. A similar bill has already passed the House and Obama says he will sign the legislation. More »

      10:06 AM on Mon Jun 8 2009
      By Meg Marco
      5,978 views, 63 comments

      Most discussed White Speed Receiver: Do what you will with cigarettes, government. Just stay away from cigars. more »

    • conflict of interest

      Health Insurers Own Tobacco Stocks Worth Nearly $4.5 Billion

      Major health insurance companies own nearly $4.5 billion worth of stock in tobacco companies, according to a Harvard University study. It kinda makes sense: health insurers know tobacco sickens people, and so as long as people are smoking, why not profit from the killer? It's what David Himmelstein, a co-author of the study, calls "the combined taxidermist and veterinarian approach: either way you get your dog back." More »

      10:00 AM on Sat Jun 6 2009
      By Carey Alexander
      14,187 views, 54 comments

      Most discussed GTI2.0: I call bunk on this. Tobacco-related illnesses and deaths are among the highest cost items a health insurance company more »

    • rulings

      Federal Court: Cigarette Makers Are Liars And "Low-Tar," "Light" Cigarettes Are Dangerous

      Cigarette companies have conspired for decades to defraud and mislead the public about the health risks of "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes, a federal appeals court said yesterday. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a federal district judge was right to ban the terms from appearing on cigarette packages. Under the ruling, cigarette companies may soon be required to issue a public mea culpa admitting that they were killing people when they said cigarettes were safe and non-addictive. More »

      2:00 PM on Sat May 23 2009
      By Carey Alexander
      5,074 views, 80 comments

      Most discussed albokay: come on. people who smoke most likely know that isn't good for you. They don't smoke because it makes them more »

    • news from the swamp

      After Decade-Long Delay, House Tells FDA To Regulate Tobacco

      The House this week voted to empower the FDA to regulate tobacco, just in case people still smoke even after new taxes push the cost of cigarettes to over $9 per pack and the recession bankrupts everyone. Under the measure, which passed 298-112, the FDA would be able to set nicotine levels, control cigarette advertising, and require companies to provide a full list of cigarette ingredients. As usual, the killjoys in the Senate may force the House to smoke a light version of the cigarette bill... More »

      3:00 PM on Sat Apr 4 2009
      By Carey Alexander
      6,437 views, 89 comments

      Most discussed dreamsneverend: The irony is, it's mostly lower income people who smoke and are hardest hit by these taxes... and when they more »

    • taxes

      Cigarettes Just Got Fiscally Irresponsible In Addition To The Whole "Health" Thing

      Smokers around the country are freaking out as a huge federal cigarette tax increase goes into effect. More »

      10:59 AM on Wed Apr 1 2009
      By Meg Marco
      20,959 views, 437 comments

    • badvertising

      Old Cigarette Ads: Doctors, Nurses, And Rock Hudson Say It's Good For You

      Man, cigarettes were awesome in the past, if these old ads collected by Stanford University are to be believed. They calmed your nerves so you'd stop humming nervously! They soothed your throat! They made you a movie star and helped you capture animals on your big game hunt! We don't know what tobacco was made of before the mid-80s, but no wonder everyone smoked. More »

      5:20 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
      By Chris Walters
      9,986 views, 62 comments

      Most discussed Corporate-Shill: My City has a smoking Ban. Life if good. more »

    • Sorry, light cigarette smokers! The Second Circuit denied you class-action status in your suit against the tobacco companies. A district court judge had held that "virtually all Americans who had purchased cigarettes labeled as 'light'" could be part of the class. The appellate court laughed at this broad certification, saying it would not "reduce the range of issues in dispute and promote judicial economy." [Consumer Law & Policy Blog]

      12 comments

    • conflict of interest

      Liggett Cigarette Company Paid For 2006 Lung Cancer Study

      CT scanning, a promising approach to detecting lung cancer at early, treatable stages, has been dealt a setback with the revelation that the most prominent study so far in support of it was funded almost entirely by a cigarette company—with the funds funneled through a foundation set up by the study's author, Dr. Claudia Henschke, reports the New York Times. Although the funding revelation doesn't negate the results of the study, it raises huge conflict of interest flags and reveals how a tobacco company secretly influenced professional opinion by funneling $3.6 million into the foundation over a three year period. More »

      8:34 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
      By Chris Walters
      2,009 views, 26 comments

      Latest by trujunglist: @IrisMR: Everyone is dying slowly and painfully, some more than others. more »

    • Some Minnesota bars are getting around smoking bans by holding "theater nights" and proclaiming everyone in the bar an "actor." State law allows performers to smoke during theatrical performances. [Star-Tribune via BoingBoing]

      38 comments

    • news from the swamp

      Senate Committee Votes To Give FDA Power To Regulate Tobacco

      The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13-8 to empower the FDA to regulate tobacco products. States and municipalities have spent years shoving cigarettes out of the public domain, but the FDA would be able to control cigarette advertising, mandate bigger, European-style warning labels, and regulate nicotine content. Only Congress has the power to ban cigarettes outright. From the Boston Globe:
      Yesterday's slim majority however, came as Republican-sponsored amendments loom that could gut the bill's main intent.
      More »

      9:47 AM on Fri Aug 3 2007
      By Carey Alexander
      1,623 views, 55 comments

      Latest by jerseyjokeboy: You know, at first I was against the smoking ban. But as a non-smoker I am seriously fed up more »

    • news from the swamp

      Cigarette Taxes Rising To $1 Per Pack

      Sorry smokers, the federal cigarette tax will soon be $1 per pack, a 61 cent increase, if the Senate Finance Committee has its way. Both chambers of Congress agree that a higher tax is needed to help finance an expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program. From the Times-News Online: More »

      12:39 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007
      By Carey Alexander
      3,056 views, 98 comments

      Latest by tintin1983: I love cigars but if they are upping the price I should be able to buy Cubans in this country. more »

    • blogs

      Five Things Tobacco Companies Wish They Never Said

      Here's five thing about nicotine's addictiveness and the industry's underlying motives that tobacco companies probably wish they never said. Not like they're a shock or anything, it's just that they're there, in print, in court documents. Blamo. More »

      2:30 PM on Tue Feb 6 2007
      By Ben Popken
      513 views, 8 comments

    • addiction

      Specific Brain Injury Stops Smoking Addiction

      From the New York Times: More »
    • cigarettes

      Study Finds Higher Levels Of Nicotine In Cigarettes

      NPR has an interesting report on The Harvard School of Public Health's findings that nicotine levels in cigarettes are rising, despite tobacco companies' promise not to work to increase the levels of the addictive substance in their products. More »

      4:59 PM on Fri Jan 19 2007
      By Meg Marco
      152 views, 9 comments

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