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Killing Us with Kindness: Democrats’ War on Vaping Costs Lives

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Killing Us with Kindness: Democrats’ War on Vaping Costs Lives

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/15/2019

Liberals are supposed to the ones whose hearts “bleed” with concern for others’ welfare. That’s why modern liberals generally reject an abstinence-only approach to regulation.

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  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/16/2019

Over the last three months, the news has been filled with stories of people falling ill from a mystery lung ailment supposedly caused by vaping.

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Lung Disease Outbreak Caused by Black Market, not Vaping

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 08/27/2019

News media around the world have picked up on the story of “vaping-linked” hospitalizations. Most have omitted the fact that black market marijuana e-liquid has…

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Heretics in the Church of Tobacco Control

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Heretics in the Church of Tobacco Control

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  • 08/23/2019

​​​​​​​H.P. Lovecraft opined in 1931 that “if religion were true its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into artificial conformity, but would merely…

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Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Except Those with Eating Disorders)

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Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Except Those with Eating Disorders)

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  • 08/06/2019

The goal of the government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans is to provide simple advice that promotes nutritional health, but for millions of Americans it may do…

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If You Vape (Illicit Street Drugs), It May Kill You (Duh)

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If You Vape (Illicit Street Drugs), It May Kill You (Duh)

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  • 07/30/2019

Over the last four weeks, eight Wisconsin teenagers have been hospitalized with severe lung damage. The news that vaping caused these illnesses has swept across…

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