Smoking in the news
Smoking in public is facing ever-greater restrictions; individuals, and the tobacco industries are pushing back in court. Meanwhile varenicline (Chantix) has been found to have serious cardiovascular side effects. And the state of Oregon mandating no smoking or be disqualified from state-supported treatment programs.
Snoose, flavors and freebase nicotine
Tobacco in the news, including snoose, new FDA control of tobacco and the banning of flavored cigarettes, and ways that the modern cigarettes increases impact by the free-basing of nicotine.
Tobacco laws and taxes
Tax increases on tobacco, warning labels and laws restricting smoking are among the reasons for a drop in cigarette smoking in the U.S. Dr. Darryl Inaba shares his thoughts.