Topic:
Alcohol & Tobacco
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Nicotine Policy Should Not Be Exempt From Science
Opinion -Editorial -There seems to be an inclination among policy-makers that adherence to evidence-based policy-making is a luxury we can only afford when not in a crisis. -
A Vision for Tobacco Policy; 2020 Edition
Opinion -Editorial -Overzealous health authorities in the U.S. have a lot to learn from their lackluster performance in 2019. But there’s hope. Hindsight is so 2020. -
Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases. -
Vaping-Related Illnesses Attributed to Black-Market THC
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Legal, regulated vaping products aren't the problem -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Planned Meeting with Vaping Industry
Opinion -Press Release -“The president is truly seeing the industry as what it is: a billion-dollar powerhouse that not only employs people, but saves lives through tobacco harm reduction.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Commentary: E-Cig, Vaping Bans Keep People Smoking, Preserving Vital Government Revenue Stream
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Some states have turned future tobacco settlement payments into cash by issuing securities. -
The Media is Purposefully Misleading You about Vaping
Opinion -Editorial -The fake news media and ignorant politicians have shamefully perpetuated a myth that “vaping” is responsible for more than 500 hospitalizations and seven deaths. -
CDC to Spend Millions Combatting E-Cigs after States Link Hospitalizations to THC
Opinion -Editorial -More and more young Americans are being hospitalized for side effects from so-called “vaping.” Or so the federal government wants you to think. -
Shady Companies and Black Market Substances, Not JUUL, Are Causing Hospitalizations
Opinion -Editorial -Unless you live under a rock, odds are you’ve seen countless, glaring headlines of American youth being hospitalized “due to vaping.” -
Minnesota Winemakers Challenge Requirement to Use In-State Grapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Minnesota Wineries Battle Weather and State Law -
Politicians Are Scapegoating E-cigs for Harm They Haven’t Done
Opinion -Editorial -When there’s an outbreak of deaths or illnesses from injected street drugs, do public health authorities demand diabetics and doctors stop using syringes? -
Americans Can’t do Math, But Policymakers Can and This Could Vaporize Tobacco Harm Reduction
Opinion -Editorial -It should come as no big surprise that Americans are not the world’s best mathematicians. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Proposed E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
Opinion -Press Release -“President Trump’s recent proposal to ban flavored electronic cigarettes and vaping devices is an affront to tobacco harm reduction and would lead former smokers back to combustible cigarettes.” -
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
Opinion -Editorial -When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks. -
Dear Senator Warren, the Revolving Door With Gottlieb Didn’t Start at Pfizer
Opinion -Editorial -Warren barely scratched the surface on the audacity of unelected and unaccountable executive agency officials who blatantly abuse their positions of power for their own gain. -
Conservative Groups Urge Wisconsin Legislature to Spare Wedding Barns from Alcohol Regulation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -They urge lawmakers in Madison to forgo “using the heavy hand of government to regulate wedding barns out of business." -
Keep Smoking San Francisco, The Golden Gate City Needs MSA Funds
Opinion -Editorial -After banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavoring in e-cigarettes, San Francisco is snuffing out tobacco harm reduction again. -
San Francisco Bans E-Cigarettes
Opinion -health-care-news, News -San Francisco has become the first city in the country to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FDA Approval of ‘Heat-Not-Burn’ Tobacco Device
Opinion -Press Release -“In a significant development for tobacco harm reduction, I must applaud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for allowing one of the most-revolutionary tobacco harm reduction products to hit the U.S. market.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Bourbon Exports: Casualty of the Trade War
Opinion -Editorial -It’s a cornerstone of political economy that producers and traders need stable rules. -
How Vape Shops Make the World a Better Place
Opinion -Editorial -On March 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement the vaping community long assumed to be true: mom-and-pop vape shops are not the major culprits selling kids nicotine and tobacco products. -
How Government E-Cigarette Restrictions Are Increasing Youth Tobacco Use
Opinion -Editorial -Across the nation, lawmakers seem stuck in a tragic game of whack-a-mole. The more they try to reduce youth vaping, the more they increase youth combustible cigarette smoking. -
Why Are Lawmakers More Concerned with Youth Vaping than Opioid Abuse?
Opinion -Editorial -Why are lawmakers working so feverishly to limit their access to tobacco harm reduction products like e-cigarettes? The hypocrisy is seemingly endless. -
Nebraska Considers Massive Alcoholic-Beverage Tax Increases
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Nebraska Legislature is considering huge increases in excises tax on beer, wine, and spirits