Drew Angerer / Getty Images DC Passes Bill Banning Menthol Cigarettes, Sends It to Mayor's Desk 'We are done just surviving. We have to thrive, and flavored tobacco isn’t going to get us to that promised land.' By Jack Davis June 30, 2021
Stock photo / Getty ImagesCommentary California Learns Unintended Consequences, Vaping Crackdown Led to Something Worse When it comes to government action, especially liberal government action, the supposed cure is often worse than the disease. By Samantha Chang May 31, 2021
Nopphon_1987 / ShutterstockCommentary Biden Admin Expected to Swell Government, Announce Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Why do we need the nanny state to intervene when people are well aware of the risks and make their decisions accordingly, particularly now? By C. Douglas Golden April 29, 2021
vchal / Shutterstock State Causes Uproar by Giving Smokers Priority Access to COVID Vaccine Smokers squeezed in line ahead of teachers as New Jersey decided who should get vaccinated against COVID-19 first. By Jack Davis January 15, 2021
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo House Democrats Pass Bill Banning Flavored Tobacco Products, E-Cigarettes A ban that targets menthol products but ignores other premium tobacco products unduly burdens the black community. By The Associated Press February 28, 2020
WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit / Facebook screen shot Teen Who Needed Double Lung Transplant Warns Others After Vaping Turned His Lungs to 'Rubber' Daniel Ament was a strong, athletic sophomore in Grosse Point, Michigan when he began vaping on occasion with his friends. By Kim Davis February 11, 2020
Frederic J. Brown / Getty Images 9 Charged in Election Fraud Scheme: Homeless Were Given Cash, Cigarettes for Fraudulent Signatures 'If they do it here, they will do it to any other disenfranchised group.' By Jack Davis November 24, 2018