A brief analysis of current public opinion on U.S.-Japanese relations, smoking, and more.

Our national security would be better served if the United States captured al-Asiri and kept him alive for questioning, so we can find out what he knows.

The health news for the New York City is good — very good, in fact. And it must be especially gratifying to Bloomberg, given his longstanding personal commitment to public health. But it isn’t clear that the official narrative of New York’s health progress actually conforms with the health story for New York over the last decade.

Cigarette smoke may not be an equal opportunity carcinogen.

If the anti-tobacco community really thinks higher prices are good for smokers, it shouldwork on passinga tax law instead of squiggling past Congress by bringing lawsuits.

Nearly four decades after the 1964 surgeon general’s report on smoking and health, almost 25 percent of adults in America still smoke. The current surgeon general says smoking kills over 400,000 Americans every year. He also indicates that there is no evidence that smokeless tobacco-which is no longer...

Why do rich nations elect to fund global health campaigns to tackle problems with no supra national element at all, such as obesity or smoking?