Who Is Actually Going to Enforce the New Age-21 Smoking Law?
People who are 18, 19, or 20-years-old are adults. Our government can draft them into the military, train them to...
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Turns Out the Anti-Vaping Hysteria Was Unwarranted
In recent weeks - amid a drip-drip-drip of stories about illnesses and, tragically, deaths among users of vaping products -...
Raising the Smoking Age Is a Dumb Way to Address Teen Smoking When So Many Teens Are Already Ignoring the Law
In Minnesota many local governments are joining a national trend toward raising the age for tobacco use to 21. In...
Legislation Would Raise North Dakota’s Tobacco Age to 19, but Exempts Active Military Members
Currently North Dakota bans tobacco use for minors (vaping is included as tobacco use, even though it's a much different...
Data Shows Vaping Is Not Leading Kids to Smoking
In what some might argue is a bid to remain relevant, the anti-tobacco zealots have been working hard to creep...
This Is Why Putting Anti-Tobacco Activism in State Government Was a Bad Idea
Study: Nicotine labeling on e-cigarettes sold in ND often wrong That's the troubling headline over a Patrick Springer article published...
Should Smoking And Vaping Be Treated As Though They're Exactly The Same?
Should we regulate and tax vaping products in the exact same manner as we do tobacco products? That's likely going...
Minnesota Considering Raising Smoking Age To 21
Big, paternalistic government is always taking another step toward infantilizing Americans. At 18 you’re old enough to fight in wars,...
Brad Rodu: Reporter, Cass County Officials Mislead Public On Health Risks Of Smokeless Tobacco
Robin Huebner’s Sunday column, “North Dakota ranks high in use of smokeless tobacco,” was grossly misleading. As Rob Port pointed...
Vaping Seems To Be Replacing Smoking, Not Luring People To It
This coming session our lawmakers will be considering legislation which would continue to treat vaping, or "e-cigarettes," as though it...
