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Acting Food and Drug Administration Administrator Janet Woodcock testified before a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on the department’s review into the impact of vaping. Ms.…

Big Tobacco BIGGER Epidemic was one of the second prize high school western division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Agamroop Kaur, a junior at Dougherty Valley High School in…

Sarah Milov talked about her book, The Cigarette: A Political History. She looked at nonsmokers' rights activists and their strategies in the context of other social movements, including…

Professor Sarah Milov talked about her book, The Cigarette: A Political History, in which she explored the political history of tobacco in America. She was interviewed by David Kessler,…

Andrew Siddons talked abuot the flavored tobacco products ban bill being debated in the House.

Viewers responded to the question, “Do you support banning flavored e-cigarettes?” President Trump recently announced that he would like to ban e-cigarettes amid six deaths related to the…

Learn how Winston-Salem transitioned from a hub of tobacco manufacturing to having to reinvent itself for the 21st century in From Tobacco to Technology by Frank Elliott. C-SPAN’s Local Content…

Legal and public policy analysts talked about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) May 6, 2016, ruling that would make electronic, or “e-cigarettes,” subject to the same federal rules as…

Allan Brandt talked about his book, The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America, published by Basic Books. He described the life of the…

Surgeon General Boris Lushniak released a new report on the health consequences of smoking as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and senior White House officials…

Larry Merlo, president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon about corporate responsibility. He defended the company’s decision to stop the sale…

Witnesses testified at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposal to assert authority over electronic cigarettes…

Industry representatives and anti-tobacco advocates testified on e-cigarette marketing practices designed to appeal to children. In addition, the hearing also focused on the health effects…

John Staddon talked about his book, Unlucky Strike: Private Health and the Science, Law and Politics of Smoking, in which he says that cigarette smokers are being unfairly targeted by the…

Michael Felberbaum, who covered the tobacco industry for the Associate Press, talked by video from Richmond, Virginia, about the electronic-cigarette industry and proposed regulations. He responded to telephone…

A program on regulating electronic cigarettes was previewed with a display of e-cigarette materials and a listing of proposed regulations. A portion of a June 18, 2014, Senate Commerce,…

Dr. Mehmet Oz spoke about the balance between personal and state responsibility for health. He urged governors to make health a top priority in their states, warning against obesity, a…

Public health officials talked about a new federal government ad campaign against tobacco usage. Former smokers told stories in graphic detail about lost limbs and lungs and multiple heart…

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg spoke to reporters about new cigarette package warning labels. Afterward, Jay led…

Audrey Silk talked by telephone about the new packaging policy of graphic pictures on cigarette warning labels and the harassment for smokers because of the labels. She also responded to…