Tag: congress
The Politician and the E-Cigarette
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., sent a letter Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requesting that all...
The Vaping Industry’s Impeachment
Feb. 5th marked two significant events. First, was the acquittal of President Donald Trump from charges of corruption. Second, and for the importance of...
Don’t Trust Trump
The following is a combination of editorial writing and reporting. The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of those...
Congress Believes Social Media Bots Enticed Minors To Vape
If you follow American politics, the term "social media bots" is very popular in the vertical that questions the role of social networks and...
The Juul Hearings Were Biased And Wasteful. Thanks, Congress.
Juul has been in the news nonstop since well before the end of last year. Just the day before, I watched in disgust as...
Politics and Tobacco Harm Reduction: Things Congress Mix Up
When has prohibition ever worked? The U.S. federal government tried it with the ban on alcohol and, until recently, politicians and policymakers started to...
Proposed bill would raise national legal sales age for vaping products
Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Juan Vargas (D-Ca.) have introduced legislation meant to increase the national minimum legal sales age (MLSA) to purchase tobacco...
Could the Cole-Bishop Amendment save the day?
HR 1136 is a bi-partisan legislation, and a version of the bill introduced last year by Reps. Tom Cole of Oklahoma and Sanford Bishop...
