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Unauthorized vapes pouring into U.S. despite FDA crackdown on fruity flavors

June 27, 2023 | Associated Press and IBJ Staff

A new Indiana Youth Tobacco survey shows that youth commercial tobacco use among Hoosiers is the lowest measured in the past two decades, but the frequent use of e-cigarettes is higher than previous years.

2023 Innovation Issue: NiCole Keith on how Indianapolis can improve its health ranking

May 26, 2023 | Nicole Keith

Improving health outcomes is everyone’s responsibility.

Mark Montieth: The 1973 ABA champion Pacers were drama kings to the end

May 12, 2023 | Mark Montieth

Ultimately, they had enough talent and experience to go all the way. But just barely.

Dr. Richard Feldman: Medicine saw many wins, some losses this session

May 12, 2023 | Dr. Richard Feldman

Senate Bill 4 … infuses $225 million over the biennium for local health department infrastructure and provision of health programs.

Claire Fiddian-Green: Smoking, pollution are dragging Indiana down

May 12, 2023 | Claire Fiddian-Green

The benefits of a healthier Indiana would include longer average life expectancy, a larger tax-paying population, lower healthcare costs, and a more productive workforce.

IBJ wins nine awards in Indiana journalism competition

April 23, 2023 | IBJ Staff

IBJ reporter Susan Orr and Managing Editor Greg Weaver each won two awards at the Best of Indiana Journalism Awards, hosted by the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Senate’s $43.3B state budget advances to conference committee, where negotiations will continue

April 19, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The proposed version of the budget doesn’t include any expansion of school vouchers, which House Speaker Todd Huston has personally pushed for, nor does it finalize funding for mental health and public health commitments.

Bail reform, public health changes and a possible gas tax increase move forward

April 14, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Lawmakers finished the week Thursday by finalizing a move to limit the right to bail, extend a gas tax increase and make several key changes to a public health bill.

Committee deadline fatal for many bills in Indiana Statehouse

April 13, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Legislation related to Kratom, picketing, birth control and speed limits appear to be among the casualties of this session, although some of the language could be revived in so-called “zombie bills.”

Indiana House pushes Senate to adopt increased cigarette tax

April 12, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Discussion about a higher cigarette tax came as the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful budget-drafters of the chamber, considered bills that address mental health and public health.

State considers phone fee, other sources for 988 services

April 10, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Support is clear for the 988 hotline, which is designed to operate similar to 911 but for mental health rather than public safety. However, the most important detail–how much funding the state will provide–has yet to be determined.

Deborah Daniels: Indiana’s high smoking rate impacts businesses

March 10, 2023 | Deborah Daniels

Any discerning employer will think twice if faced with the choice between Indiana and another state with a lower smoking rate.

Study: Smoking costs Hoosier businesses $3.1B annually in ‘hidden tax’

February 23, 2023 | Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business and IBJ Staff

The Indianapolis-based foundation said the study, announced Thursday, shows that if the state cigarette tax increased by $2 per pack, from the current 99 cents per pack, an estimated 45,000 Hoosier adults would stop smoking.

House Republican plan would speed up Indiana tax cuts, boost vouchers

February 19, 2023 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The spending plan also falls short of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s recommendations for public health funding,

Report: Companies’ climate targets not what they claim to be

February 12, 2023 | Associated Press

A new report concludes major brands are exaggerating how ambitious their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are—in effect misleading consumers, investors and governments.

Rep. Ed DeLaney: Find a tax cut: Republicans’ one-trick pony

January 20, 2023 | Rep. Ed DeLaney / Special to IBJ

Tax cuts alone don’t further economic development. We have shown that.

Mark Montieth: Remembering the games of past decades

January 6, 2023 | Mark Montieth

The games of past decades weren’t as good as many people would like to remember, but nostalgia is a powerful force that filters out negative memories.

Editorial: It’s time to raise the cigarette tax

December 9, 2022

Indiana’s high smoking rate and poor health rankings demand a solution that lawmakers have avoided for far too long.

Josh Webb: Lawmakers should lower state taxes across the board

December 9, 2022 | Josh Webb

The problem is, this nanny-state, tax-hiking mentality is its own unhealthy addiction, and it won’t stop with cigarettes.

Dr. Richard Feldman: Increasing the cigarette tax will improve health

December 9, 2022 | Dr. Richard Feldman

It is well known from multiple authoritative sources that increasing the cigarette tax is probably the most effective single strategy for reducing smoking rates.

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