About the Author
Michael McGrady
Michael McGrady is a writer for InsideSources.com, where he covers science, digital civil liberties, harm reduction policy, and the ethics of public health. McGrady is also a visiting fellow in harm reduction policy at the American Consumer Institute: Center for Citizen Research.
- Lawmakers Want the FDA to Remove Vaping Products From the Market Again
- Public Health England Report: E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit
- Industry, Feds Team Up to Fight Dangerous Counterfeit Vapes
- Public Health Experts Say ‘Fight Smoking, Not Nicotine’
- Biden Has a Duty to Nicotine Users
- What The IQOS 3 Device Approval Means For Tobacco Harm Reduction
- San Francisco Reverses Course, Tables Indoor Vaping Ban
- Public Health Expert: San Fran’s Vaping Ban ‘Makes No Sense’
- San Francisco Board Votes to Ban Smoking, Vaping in Residential Apartments
- San Francisco Considers Ban on Smoking and Vaping in Private Apartments
- Rideshare Giants Uber and Lyft Secure Win in California’s Controversial Proposition 22 Fight
- Science, Not Politics, Should Set Nicotine Regulation
- Massachusetts Tops List of Worst States for Vaping Regs
- Don’t Ban Smoke-Free Nicotine Products Like The IQOS Heat-Not-Burn System and E-Cigarettes
- As the PMTA Deadline Looms, the Vaping Industry Faces Potential Disaster
- Illicit Cigarette Smuggling Could Be Key To Fighting PPE Fraud
- Banning TikTok Could Violate Civil Liberties of Users and Content Creators
- COVID-19 Reveals the Vulnerability of the Meatpacking Industry
- Banning TikTok Won’t Work
- States Misuse Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Funds
- Food and Drug Administration Issues IQOS Modified Risk Approval
- Tobacco Companies Are Developing COVID-19 Vaccines
- Anti-Vaping Activism Driving Smokers Back to Cigarettes, Data Show
- Nicotine Could Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, Studies Suggest
- Pot Shops Essential, but Vape Shops Closed? That Science is Upside Down, Experts Say
- Dropping Prices, COVID-19 Pandemic Put U.S. Oil Producers in World of Hurt
- Tobacco Crackdown Leads to Smuggling Surge
- Flavored Tobacco Ban Is a Pandora’s Box
- Senators Get Vaping Issue All Wrong
- Shaheen, Hassan Get Vaping Issue All Wrong
- Seattle City Council Considers Natural Gas Ban
- Biofuel Lobby Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Standard Exemptions
- Understanding Nicotine, Stigma, and Public Health’s Use of Scare Tactics
- Data Finds North Carolina Forests Growing as State Considers Wood Pellet Plant Expansion
- Lawmakers Push for Climate Emergency Resolution Despite Lingering Cost Concerns
- World Trade Organization Ruling Deals a Blow to U.S. States’ Climate Justice Efforts
- International Summit Promotes Tobacco Harm Reduction
- New York Politicians Advance Their Own “Green New Deal”
- Biden Pushes Climate Plan That Leaves Both Progressives and Conservatives Skeptical
- Dem Senator Wants To Force Trump’s Hand on Paris Climate Accords
- North Dakota Poised to Sue Washington State Over Bakken Crude-by-Rail Bill
- European Union Specializes in Nicotine Prohibition
- Louisiana Governor Caught In Crossfire Over Energy Policy
- A Proposal In New Jersey Would Prohibit Plastic and Paper Single-Use Bags
- Macron Continues To Threaten Carbon Tariffs Against Trump Administration
- LA’s Own Green New Deal Requires Expensive Transportation Overhauls
- House Democrats to Push Partisan Paris Accord Bill Despite Costs, Limited Chance of Passage
- AFL-CIO’s Trumka Opposes Green New Deal “As Currently Written”
- NYC’s Own Green New Deal May Be A Disaster For City’s Real Estate Business
- Green Energy, Industry Advocates Call Ohio Bill a Bailout for Nuclear Energy
- Conservative Think Tanks Urge Republicans to Oppose Alexander’s “New Manhattan Project”
- Evidence Shows That Consumers Misunderstand Lower-Risk Nicotine Products
- The “Moral Panic” of the Nicotine “Folk Devils”
- Trump Was Never a Vaping-Friendly President
- Government Shutdown Has No Economic Justification
- Regulating Vaping While Understanding Policy Comparisons
- The Fed and Trump Are Both Responsible for Tumbling Markets
- Vaping and Harm Reduction: A Brief Analysis of Policy, Academic Conclusions, and Hysteria
- Vaping Regulations Are an Overreaction to Misguided Concerns
- Iranian Ballistic Missile Test Proves That Sanctions Probably Aren’t Working
- PayPal, Tech Companies Have the Right to Free Association
- Trump’s Latest Tariffs Create a Case for Hypocritical Treatment of the Tech Industry
- Paying House Interns Could Tap Vital Talent
- Twitter Banning Alex Jones Is Justified
- ’Tis the Season for Trump’s Tariffs
- Trump’s Anti-Press Rhetoric Is Problematic for a Free Society
- Trump’s Aluminum Tariffs Are Taxes on the Craft Beer Industry
- The Afghanistan War Is a Costly Failure
- Trump’s Tariffs Will Negatively Affect the Vaping Industry
- A Primer on the Economic Benefits of Immigration
- Tehran Controls Baghdad Now
- Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson Are Wrong on NASA Pick
- Trump, Arpaio and the Cabal of Washington
- The Continued Rise of Activist Administrations on Campuses
- Extremist Violence Is Responsible for Killing Free Speech
- Why People Like Al Gore Hate The World’s Poor
- Free Speech Isn’t Improving on Campuses
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