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Some published articles are so flawed that they deserve retraction.
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E-Cig Policy Is A Much-Needed Step In The Right Direction
by Jesse Hathaway March 23, 2018ACS’s new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change.
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In The Tank (ep130) – Daylight Savings Time, Medicaid Waiting Lists, Horse Masseuse
by Donald Kendal March 9, 2018John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #130 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Reason Foundation, the Cato Institute, The Foundation for Government Accountability, the Platte Institute, and the Heartland Institute.
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Health Care
Health Departments Lobbying Against E-Cigs Are Robbing Taxpayers, Harming Public Health
by Lindsey Stroud June 5, 2017As if the Food and Drug Administration’s deeming regulations weren’t enough to stall the future of the vaping industry, numerous county health departments have decided to lodge themselves in the war against electronic cigarettes.
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Health Care
Will the FDA ‘Deeming Rule’ Spell the Demise of the Vaping Industry?
by Nancy Thorner March 28, 2017Will the Deeming Rule kill the vaping industry? Dr. Brad Rodu talks from the Heartland about the future of the industry and what the FDA has in store.
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In The Tank (ep78) – Tax Cut Roundup, Alternatives to Smoking, and the Cost of Renewable Energy Mandates
by Donald Kendal March 3, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #78 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from ALEC, the Heartland Institute, and the Buckeye institute.
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Eradication of all tobacco products could only be justified if all such products posed substantial risk to public health. They do not.
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Budgets/TaxesPodcastTobacco
Heartland Daily Podcast [Voices of Vapers] – Robin Barsky: The Health Implications of Vaping
by Lindsey Stroud October 6, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Lindsey Stroud speaks with Robin Barsky. Barsky, a nurse and member of the board of The Vaping Militia, discusses the health care implications of vaping.
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FDA Study: Cancer Risks Nearly Nil for 1-2 Cigars Per Day
by Billy Aouste August 25, 2016The FDA, which now regulates cigars, has taken the position that “cigar smoking carries many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking.”
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In The Tank Podcast (ep51): Olympics, TN Pork Report, Wind Energy, and the FDA Bans 99% of E-Cigarettes
by Donald Kendal August 12, 2016John and Donny continue their weekly exploration of think tanks across the country in episode #51 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think tanks across the country. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s podcast features work from the Beacon Center of Tennessee, The Heartland Institute, the National Center For Policy Analysis, and the Foundation for Economic Education.
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The FDA wasn’t wrong to regulate e-cigarettes. It was wrong to effectively ban, by its own estimate, up to 98.5% of the e-cigarettes on the market today.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
E-Cigarettes: A Better Way to Quit Smoking, Heartland Institute Panel Says
by Nancy Thorner April 29, 2016Cigarette smoking has become significantly less popular in the U.S. over the past decade, it still remains a public-health scourge. Smoking accounts for more than 480,000 deaths every year in this country, or about one of every five death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while an additional 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease. Clearly more needs to be done to get Americans to quit smoking.
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In an editorial calling for regulations which would put obstacles in front of adults who seek to quit smoking by switching to e-cigarettes, The Sun’s editorial board relies on a powerfully debunked innuendo and preposterous logic (“Teens and e-cigarettes,” Aug. 23).