Columns on the Tragedy of Tobacco and the State

Erik Devereux is a columnist for the online edition of the PA Times, a publication of the American Society for Public Administration.

Erik has authored a series of columns in the PA Times reflecting on the inability of democratic governments to protect public health from the terrible consequences of nicotine addiction. The series began in April 2024 and concluded in October 2024. 

Here are links to the six columns in the series:

• "Part 1 - Genesis of a Health Catastrophe" (4/26/2024)
• "Part 2 - Normalization of a Toxic Addiction" (5/24/2024)
• "Part 3 - How Cancer Became Good News" (6/28/2024)
• "Part 4 - Addicted to Taxes" (7/26/2024)
• "Part 5 - Hey Kids, Let Me Addict You" (8/23/2024)
• "Part 6 - What Then Must Be Done" (9/27/2024)