John Oyston / FilterFeb 9, 2024
Current regulation of safer nicotine products like vapes is based on politics, not science. It’s costing lives. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By William Wan / The Washington PostJun 14, 2017
As inequality in America continues expanding by many measures, smoking is a growing aspect of that divide that is a matter of life and death. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Nadia Prupis, Common DreamsOct 21, 2015
The petroleum company may have violated federal law by funding a decadeslong misinformation campaign on climate change, the Vermont senator says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 17, 2015
The "Last Week Tonight" host explains that although government regulations have helped reduce smoking in the U.S., American tobacco companies are actually stronger than ever -- and brazen enough to run advertising he calls "a pile of horseshit." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 9, 2014
Politicians wanted upfront cash from a legal victory over Big Tobacco, and bankers happily obliged. The price? A handful of states promised to repay $64 billion on just $3 billion advanced. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigAug 27, 2013
E-cigarettes, those small vaporizers that deliver nicotine to the lungs without fire and smoke, are the apparent future of tobacco, and the FDA is about to respond to the industry with a pack of regulations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 27, 2013
The investigative website Fair Warning reports that the White House has bowed to pressure from Big Tobacco and pro-business groups, and will drop a stance aimed at curbing smoking globally. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 28, 2012
A recent study shows blacks in the U.S. are more likely to identify as gay than other ethnic groups; saggy pants have become illegal in a Florida city; meanwhile, Mitt Romney's work for big tobacco is at odds with his professed Mormon beliefs. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 21, 2012
Over the last decade, New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell has managed to metamorphose from a trained shill for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and the deregulatory movement into an intellectual darling of mainstream "liberal" America. How did he do it? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 12, 2009
Congress gave final approval to a bill that gives the federal government far-reaching power to try to decrease smoking in the U.S. Positioned to be much more effective than those stupid tobacco company-sponsored "Truth" commercials, the bill would limit nicotine levels and use of words like mild and light. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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