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The FDA's Assault on Tobacco Consumers Feb. 09, 2019
Early one morning last December, Jeff Gracik was heading to his Southern California home's garage-wo... Read More
The FDA's Assault on Tobacco Consumers Feb. 08, 2019
The following column is by Sheldon Richman. Early one morning last December, Jeff Gracik was he... Read More
Fiber and Added Fiber Feb. 01, 2019
Most of us need more fiber in our diets. The goal is 25 to 35 grams per day, and as Americans, we ty... Read More
E-Cigarettes Fueling a Dangerous Turn in Tobacco Use Jan. 11, 2019
If you are currently serving in the military or you are a veteran, you are more likely to be a cigar... Read More
Weighing a Doctor's Advice on Nutritional Supplements Dec. 21, 2018
Last month, I reported on vitamin and mineral supplements that roughly half of all Americans routine... Read More
FDA Policies Kill Dec. 19, 2018
Among the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's responsibilities are approval and regulation of pharma... Read More
Cherry-Picked Nov. 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration is charged with defining what is and is not a specific food. Right ... Read More
Restricting E-Cigarette Flavors Endangers Public Health: The FDA's Decree Will Make Vaping Less Appealing and Less Accessible to Smokers Interested in Switching Nov. 14, 2018
Critics of the vaping industry portray the flavors that the Food and Drug Administration wants to ba... Read More
Trump Administration Cancels FDA's Aborted Baby Parts Contract Sep. 26, 2018
On July 25, the Food and Drug Administration signed a contract to acquire "fresh" tissue from aborte... Read More
Are Health Officials Strangling the Lesser of Two Evils for the Benefit of the Greater? May. 24, 2018
Tobacco kills 480,000 people a year in the United States. Yet when an innovative alternative that de... Read More
A Forbidden Remedy for Veterans' Nightmares May. 02, 2018
The emotional hangover from Nigel McCourry's seven months in Iraq as a U.S. Marine plagued him for y... Read More
The New York Times Covers Over-Regulation Dec. 29, 2017
It may not be exactly the coming of the Messiah, but seeing a front-page story in The New York Times... Read More
3 Things to Like About 2017 Dec. 28, 2017
This time of year, we pause to take stock of what happened in the year that has passed. Although the... Read More
Ask Stacy -- Week of 8/12/17 Aug. 12, 2017
DEAR STACY: What is the correct way to say Iwan Rheon's name? — Marcie A., Chattanooga, Tennes... Read More
Ask Stacy -- Week of 7/1/17 Jul. 01, 2017
DEAR STACY: I was explaining the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" idea to a friend of mine, and realized... Read More
Scapegoating Businesses for Bad Government Policy Jun. 15, 2017
There's a disturbing and counterproductive tendency to scapegoat individual businesses for respondin... Read More
Vape Links Jun. 07, 2017
Hypocrisy has reached new heights, even by Washington, D.C., standards. The same left-wing senators ... Read More
What the Politicians Won't Say About Drugs Apr. 05, 2017
The Trump administration is launching a campaign against the heroin and pain pill epidemic, which ca... Read More
From Credit Counseling to Contaminated Mascara, Readers Want to Know Mar. 08, 2017
Dear Mary: I am out of money — there won't be a dime left after I pay my bills. I have been co... Read More
Medical Devices Can Turn Deadly Feb. 22, 2017
What's the biggest killer in hospitals? Secrecy. That's the bottom line from the Government Accounta... Read More
