Cigarettes More Dangerous than Smokeless Tobacco (from the Baltimore Examiner)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Friday, August 31, 2007
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The cancer rate among smokeless users is a small fraction of that of smokers. This is true even for cancers of the oral cavity, larynx and tongue. Cigarettes are far more hazardous than is smokeless tobacco...  Read Full >>

Thou Shalt Drive Safely -- Yet Smoke (from HuffingtonPost.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, June 20, 2007
By Jeff Stier.  The Vatican's "Ten Commandments" for drivers is pretty unusual...  Read Full >>

Cancer Screening (from Washington Post)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Dr. Gilbert Ross.  I was surprised that the authors of "Finding More Cancer Isn't the Answer" [April 10] didn't note the current controversy over screening CT exams for early detection of lung cancer...  Read Full >>

Waxman's Anti-Smoking Bill May Do More Harm Than Good (from The Hill)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Tuesday, April 17, 2007
By Jeff Stier. Perhaps the notion that members don't read the legislation they vote on is an outside-the-Beltway myth. But if you were asked to vote on tobacco legislation without having the opportunity to read it -- knowing only that the bill was supported by Altria (Philip Morris) and opposed by the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), how would you vote...  Read Full >>

The Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Laws (from HuffingtonPost.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Thursday, April 12, 2007
By Jeff Stier.  Perhaps the notion that members of Congress don't read the legislation they vote on is an outside the beltway myth. But if you were asked to vote on tobacco legislation without having the opportunity to read it -- knowing only that the bill was supported by Altria (Philip Morris) and opposed by the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), how would you vote...  Read Full >>