Dr. Richard Feldman: Increasing the cigarette tax will improve health
It is well known from multiple authoritative sources that increasing the cigarette tax is probably the most effective single strategy for reducing smoking rates.
It is well known from multiple authoritative sources that increasing the cigarette tax is probably the most effective single strategy for reducing smoking rates.
The commission issued a good report, but it contains nothing really innovative or cutting-edge; Indiana is not ready for that.
Public debate is increasingly driven by what people want or expediently claim to be true rather than what is verifiably true.
Non-physicians … will second-guess and challenge physicians who are acting in a responsible, evidenced-based, good-faith manner.
At this point, we can’t expect unvaccinated Americans to ever roll up their sleeve. They’ve made their decision.
The tobacco industry has aggressively marketed menthol cigarettes (like Newport and Kool) to minority groups.
should put partisanship aside and tackle gun violence through federally funded research coordinated by a broadly represented public-private task force.
The pandemic is not over yet. We should act more like it.
The company deliberately and methodically deployed a multifaceted plan to addict a generation of adolescents to nicotine.
SB 382 lowers the taxation on closed vaping products and on other smokeless tobacco products. Absolutely reprehensible.
Babies rarely need morphine.
“Tax equality would minimize shifts in use to cheaper products, especially among children.”
Marketing and advertising materials for medical services should clearly and prominently disclose the provider’s license type (physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, chiropractor, optometrist, dentist, podiatrist, etc.).
Attorney General Todd Rokita’s words are harmful, irresponsible and unconscionable.
Individual liberties are never absolute, always balanced with the common good.
Vaping products are today’s candy cigarettes.
It’s a myth that vaping is safe. More correctly, e-cigarettes have the potential of being less toxic than combusted tobacco.
It’s tragic that thousands of people are dying unnecessarily from our newest vaccine-preventable disease.
High rates of immunization would almost completely halt the delta wave and discourage newer variant development.
Although USPSTF recommendations are felt to be the gold standards for prevention, the group’s policies for aspirin are rapidly becoming out of date.