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My tobacco addiction grabbed hold of me quietly and quickly—and I loved every minute of it. At first, smoking was an occasional pleasure I enjoyed on the weekends when I drank with my friends.

Last September, I wrote about how New York City residents face the highest combined state and local excise taxes on cigarettes in the country, p

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 127 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

The pile of studies confirming that nicotine vaping is an effective quit-smoking tool continues to grow.

Over the course of my career as a science journalist I’ve learned an important but disheartening lesson: experts are allowed to mislead the public about certain health topics. One of the most egregious cases is nicotine vaping.

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 86 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

As a surgeon, writer, and amateur woodworker, I have had many opportunities to use my head, heart, and hands, which are the basis for much of my creation. Then I ran across this.

Anti-smoking groups had a serious problem on their hands.

If you need further evidence that the tobacco-control movement has lost its way, consider this December 1 story from