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Announces Nomination of Califf as FDA Commissioner

President Biden announced today he will nominate Robert Califf to serve as FDA commissioner—a job Califf also held during the Obama administration. As we...

E-Cigarettes Could Be the New Nicotine Patch

England will allow doctors to prescribe vaping devices to people who want to quit smoking—if manufacturers can develop a product that works. If you’re trying...

A Federal Vaping Tax Is Bad Policy and Bad Politics

The proposed vaping tax has caused a third Democrat to join Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in opposing the bill. It remains far from...

FDA: Stop Foot-Dragging – Vaping is Safer Than Cigarettes

In October, after years of regulatory ambiguity and antagonism toward the e-cigarette industry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally granted its first-ever authorization for e-cigarette products to...

Up in smoke: Will Biden let a patent fight eliminate an alternative to cigarettes?

Build Back Better agenda depends a lot on smokers and their compulsive habit.  Smoking generates tax revenue — lots of it. Part of the theory is...