The NYC Council passed a measure raising the age to purchase tobacco products to 21, highest in the nation. Thankfully, no restrictions on e-cigarettes nor the nicotine liquids many vapers prefer were included except for the age limit change. ACSH supports this change, although we don't believe it will prevent most under-21s from getting smokes if they want to.

Today we give a big shoutout to Paul Howard over at the Manhattan Institute. Howard is the director of Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress where they write about key issues (mostly economic) facing the healthcare

Qsymia, the combination diet drug composed of phentermine and topiramate, was approved by the FDA in July of 2012. Now, the results of a study conducted between December 2007 and September 2008 and

In a tour de force opinion piece on Forbes.com, Jon Entine castigates Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan for promoting denialist junk science. Among other abuses, Entine cites Pollan s lack of

Despite warning from "public health" orgs. such as the American Heart Association, the Institute of Medicine's review failed to support their calls for stringent salt (sodium) restrictions for most Americans. In fact, they found such recommendations more likely to harm than benefit as ACSH has said over the years.

Union of Concerned Scientists, in reality a politically-funded anti-science group which routinely demonizes the consensus on everything but climate change by using what scientists call "insincere skepticism", is hoping to shore up its tattered reputation by criticizing the pro-science side with ad hominem attacks.

A couple of weeks ago, we pointed out that a report that BPA increases the risk of miscarriage in high-risk women was baseless. Now a cogent article in Forbes magazine carries the message even further.

Only two years after banning the free toys from kids meals high in fat, salt and sugar, turning Happy Meals into the unhappy meal,

Until the past few years, few people had even heard of hepatitis C. Yet, it is estimated that 200 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) approximately four times that of HIV.

A long NYTimes article on the current e-cigarette situation fails to shed much light on the complexities of the "debate." The writer only sought opinions from those whose opinions were already well-known. But the NYC Council will not take action against e-cigs, maybe partially thanks to ACSH.