Electronic cigarettes have ignited international debate over their health effects, after New Zealand researchers ruled the battery-powered inventions were safe. The cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, are at the centre of a legal battle in the United States, with the Food and Drug Administration attempting to ban them from being imported into the country over safety concerns. Greek researchers have also called for more studies, saying in the Brit ... Jump to full article >>

For more than four years, Merrell Williams spirited away the ammunition that would cripple Big Tobacco. As a paralegal at a Louisville, Ky., law firm, Williams snatched research exposing cigarettes’ addictiveness and potential to kill long hidden by tobacco giant Brown & Williamson. For 40 years, corporate attorneys had contended smoking was safe, and they had never lost a case. But Williams’ damning files showed that executives ... Jump to full article >>