Tobacco Archives

Social Justice

Never Before Has Our Approach to Drugs Improved So Much, So Fast

We're winning: More progress has been made toward enlightened drug policies and treatment in the past five years than in the previous 25. Here's an advocacy agenda to take us even closer to the future we need.

Maia Szalavitz

Social Justice

What Caused My Cancer?

Was it bad genes? Bad luck? Or was it the toxins I eat, drink, breathe, and touch on a regular basis because the United States has a policy of putting the burden of proof for product safety on the consumer?

Shana Bernstein

Social Justice

We Try More Drugs Than Anyone Else, and 9 Other Ways Addiction Is Different in America

Whether it's our drug use, our laws, or the treatment options we have on offer, the U.S. frequently stands out. And that's not always something to celebrate.

Maia Szalavitz

Social Justice

Smoking Mad: Tobacco Users Caught Up in Insurer’s Obamacare Glitch

After signing up for coverage and disclosing they were smokers, about 100 New Hampshire consumers, including Terry Wetherby, find their new Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield policies canceled because they were charged incorrect “non-smoker” rates.

Charles Ornstein

Economics

Cigarette Smuggling: It Adds Up

The “Tobacco Trail” tempts two-bit crooks and big-time smuggling rings.

Lauren Kirchner

Education

Do School Programs Keep Kids From Smoking?

Certain school-based programs that aim to keep kids from smoking cigarettes seem to work, according to a fresh look at some past research.

Andrew Seaman

Economics

You Got a License for Those Kools?

Governments routinely restrict the sale of dangerous drugs. The same goes for firearms. But another deadly consumer product—cigarettes—can…

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Cigarettes Do Have Free Speech Rights

A federal judge says tobacco companies’ complaints about the heavy hand of government forcing them to gainsay their own products have merit.

Michael Todd

News in Brief

Assessing Cigarettes’ Right to Free Speech

How far can federal regulators go in cramming ugly — if accurate — messages onto packs of cigarettes over the objections of the tobacco companies that sell them?

Emily Badger

Environment

Can Cigarette Butts Be Recycled?

A San Diego innovator pays $3 a pound for cigarette butts. But whatever can you recycle them into?

Matt Skenazy