Luckily, for addicted smokers, there are multiple stop smoking aids available in 2015.  Whether it by prescription or over-the-counter, and whether nicotine replacement therapy or non-nicotine medications, there are a growing number of cessation aides available today.  Some people even believe that e-cigarettes are a smoking cessation aid.  Sadly though, […]

Before its civil war began in 2011, Syria had a population of 23 million people.  In the ensuing four years, 11 million Syrians have died or fled their homes, and nearly four million of Syria’s citizens fled the country altogether, many now seeking refuge in Europe.  11 million people. But […]

The college football season kicked off this past weekend, beginning the daily sports-talk radio and water-cooler discussions about which teams should be ranked in the top 20 and where those teams should be ranked. College football is, happily, a part of American culture, both past and present.  However, tragically, the […]

Veteran Tallahassee lobbyists had seen nothing like it. Big Tobacco hired 100 lobbyists, including some of the most influential lobbyists in the State of Florida, attempt to pass a bill that would absolve Big Tobacco of punitive damages liability for its lies and deceit, intentional and outrageous conduct that took […]

Should we be disturbed that the CEO of the second leading cigarette maker in America hopes for a return to Big Tobacco’s “old days?” Susan Cameron, CEO of Reynolds American – parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company – is obviously in a celebratory mood given her stewardship over Reynolds’ […]