The US Supreme Court to FDA: Thank you for not regulating tobacco.

On July 25, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

Clinton Administration and the FDA Goes After Big Tobacco in 1994. In that same year,  Big Tobacco lawyer, Kenneth Starr, appointed Whitewater investigator. Starting in 1994, the FDA asserted regulatory authority over the sale of cigarettes claiming that cigarettes were a “drug delivery system” for the addictive ingredient in tobacco, namely nicotine. The FDA made [...]

As Oakland burns, Jerry Brown fiddles with electronic cigarettes.

On July 14, 2010, in Opinion, by Smokey the Barrister

When Jerry Brown was mayor of Oakland, you were 5x more likely to be murdered than the US average. Nearly 3x more likely to be robbed and 2x more likely to be raped. So where’s Jerry focused now? Electronic cigarettes.

Mass General Hosptial: Thirdhand Smoke, a mixture of ash and household dust, is a secret killer.

On July 13, 2010, in Opinion, by HeavyD

According to the New York Times, a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics surveyed 1500 smokers and nonsmokers about the hazards of secondhand and thirdhand smoke. 83% of the population believed that secondhand smoke was dangerous while only 43% believed that Thirdhand smoke was dangerous. By definition, Thirdhand smoke is the residue that remains [...]

FDA's Dr. Janet Woodcock's startling admission: "We don't know what the effect of nicotine might be on the body."

On July 8, 2010, in Opinion, by HeavyD

FDA Top Doc, Dr. Janet Woodcock laments that  after 150 years of smoking controversy, the FDA has NO IDEA about the effect of nicotine on humans? In order to help Dr. Janet Woodcock, we at SmokeShopTalk.com suggest she look no further than her own website, FDA.gov to find the answers. And what we found was [...]