Harm Reduction

When can a supplement do more harm than good? When it's taken by smokers, in some cases. At least, that's what the latest data suggest about beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is a compound found in a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.

Maybe the obituary writer at the New York Times should be the one in jail instead of Judith Miller.

Yes, you read it right.

A June 14, 2005 article by Jeanne Whalen in the Wall Street Journal describes an ad campaign by the Lung Cancer Alliance designed to draw attention to lung cancer sufferers who were never smokers -- a strange and possibly misleading tacti

A May 16, 2005 article by Jaine Andrews on the site of South Dakota's Keloland-TV refers to ACSH in the course of putting Peter Jennings' lung canc

A prominently placed advertisement by the Lung Cancer Alliance in yesterday's New York Times conveys the important message that lung cancer, which kills more people than many other forms of cancer combined, is worthy of more attention and

A tobacco company CEO appointed to the board of trustees of a reputable cancer institute? It's perhaps as outlandish as Time, Inc.

The Roanoke Times set off a unexpected scandal when it ran a photo of a Virginia woman who has (unwarranted) worries about the effect jackhammering on her street might have on her unborn baby -- but is, as seen in the photo (below), a smo

A March 4, 2005 article by Kirsten Boyd Goldberg on CancerLetter.com -- about the Legacy Foundation dubbing Time Inc.

Next week, the American Legacy Foundation (Legacy), the national tobacco control organization formed as a result of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) in 1998, will be giving Time, Inc.