America’s tobacco giants ($45 billion in sales last year) hit a major impasse last month. After years of tobacco’s denials that smoking harms the public health, a federal appeals court concurred with the Federal Drug Administration that tobacco is an addictive drug subject to FDA regulation. Despite a recent industry victory in a major liability case, U.S. tobacco (...)
Editorial
Slow Burn
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