United Health Foundation recently published America’s Health Rankings. North Carolina is 33rd in the nation. Here are the details: Strengths Low prevalence of excessive drinking High percentage of high school…
Those of you interested in Duke professor John Staddon’s recent John Locke Foundation speech about the social costs of smoking can see the presentation again this weekend on C-SPAN2’s “Book…
We all know that it makes sense to fight smoking to promote public health. But what if what we all know is all wrong? Dr. John Staddon, James B. Duke…
It would be nice if we could let scientists settle scientific controversies with science – but they don’t have the power to do so. I hate cigarette smoke. If you…
On second thought, I’ll take up smoking. Maybe I’ll get a smoking-drinking dual diagnosis. If I smoke, then maybe I can get lung cancer and create jobs for physicians, lab…
I applaud the First Lady for being concerned about her family’s eating habits. But in a free society, what you and I eat, or where, or when, or how much,…
? what?s next? The latest TIME highlights North Carolina?s latest nanny-state efforts: North Carolina this year became the second state to approve an increase in out-of-pocket expenses for state workers…
According to a new NBER study, state clean indoor air laws (SCIALs) reduced the fraction of bartenders who smoke. But SCIALs did not reduce smoking among workers in other venues…
“Government bureaucrats in China have been ordered to smoke more locally produced cigarettes in order to set an example for citizens and stimulate the Chinese cigarette industry. And health officials…
The American Lung Association estimates that 45 million Americans smoke, that’s 15 percent of the population. They’ve been paying higher federal taxes since April 1. Who’s next?
One of Raleigh’s most leftist blogs, New Raleigh, is hosting a poll on smoking vs. non-smoking bars. Just for clarification, the “Spare me the Attitude” option means “spare me the…
Instead of moving to a consumer-directed plan such as a high-deductible policy with a health savings account, the state health plan is simply rounding up the usual suspects – smokers…