The 5th Circuit ruled that the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it rejected applications from manufacturers of flavored nicotine e-liquids.
The agency's inscrutable approach to harm-reducing nicotine products sacrifices consumer choice and public health on the altar of youth protection.
Researchers examined garbage placed in public receptacles in Washington, D.C., and New York City and found that the locales’ bans on flavored tobacco products have unquestionably failed.
Australia’s Prohibition-style attempts to abolish nicotine use have predictably led to a new drug war being fought over a legal substance.
Policies that increase the use of traditional cigarettes are unlikely to improve public health.
The research the FDA relies upon to claim banning menthol cigarettes would improve public health is not aligned with the agency's approach to tobacco regulation.
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's Rejection of the FDA's "Surprise Switcheroo."
The judicially approved Brookline ban reflects a broader trend among progressives who should know better.
Medical professionals are often unaware of the relevant research on the relative risks of tobacco products, and that can matter for public health.
Big Vape presents differing views on the supposed youth vaping epidemic.
Zyn pouches are a dramatically safer alternative to smoking.
Heated tobacco products are coming to America, at long last. How will they change the landscape for smokers and prohibitionists?
Another significant court loss for the Food & Drug Administration's arbitrary approach to regulating vaping products.
The year's highlights in blame shifting.
Today’s nicotine prohibitionists may do well to take a few moments to contemplate their anti-alcohol predecessors.
Policies inspired by that exaggerated threat continue to undermine the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
Brazil now has one of the largest cigarette markets in the world, despite its efforts to rid the country of cigarettes through prohibition.
A study found a "high rate of substitution" between vapes and cigarettes, suggesting that policies aimed at preventing underage use are undermining public health.
Well-intentioned restricitons on selling vaping products with non-tobacco flavors could have dire unintended consequences.
Providing accurate information about the risks of different nicotine products is long overdue.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit takes issue with how the FDA evaluated Fontem's unflavored vaping products.
The FDA failed to consider whether premium cigars warranted a different regulatory approach than cigarettes.
Since the FDA began regulating vaping products as "tobacco" products, American ignorance about vaping's realtive risks has gotten worse.
The state seems to think kids don't like the taste of peach.
Even the best studies haven't surmounted a key statistical issue, and they tend to distort the evidence to make e-cigarettes look dangerous.
The appeals court says regulators violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they tried to pull menthol vapes off the market.
Another opinion exposing the Food and Drug Administration's vaping problem.
Thanks to tendentiously sloppy research, most Americans think vaping is just as dangerous as smoking. That’s not true.
And now the state thinks it needs to crack down even more.
"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."
It is hard to find evidence of this "disturbing trend."
To reduce cancer deaths, Biden should stop restricting safer nicotine alternatives.
Another potential legal setback for the FDA's attempt to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.
The obvious problems with the article reflect a broader pattern that suggests a peer review bias against e-cigarettes.
The agency is determined to ban the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer. For the children.
The country's strategy ignores the failures of prohibition.
The failure to consider the timing of diagnoses makes it impossible to draw causal inferences.
You can smoke all the pot you want, but flavored tobacco or nicotine is soon to be illegal.
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By making e-cigarettes less appealing, it will discourage smokers from switching to a much less hazardous nicotine habit.
Bring on the black market.
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It's about protecting adults from themselves, which should be none of the government’s business.
Voters have shown a propensity to veto the meddlesome efforts of lawmakers in the past.
The CDC is still citing underage consumption as a reason to restrict adult access.
Don’t expect a change in course, despite the long-awaited admission.
The state is prioritizing harm-reduction approaches for drug users. That's great. So why are lawmakers taking a maximalist approach to punishing smokers?
