Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

Growing up in Manhattan's Upper East Side, Aitana V. remembers being a young girl and not seeing anyone from her school or in her community smoke. If the topic of cigarettes even came up, "we talked ...

It wasn't long ago that the consummate image of the collegiate intellectual pictured the individual with an espresso in one hand and a cigarette in the other. As more information is released about the ...

Nearly 30 years ago, our state earned its reputation as “America’s Non-Smoking Section” when state leaders acted to prohibit smoking in almost every indoor public space. Today, our nation needs ...

Nick Naylor is scum. As embodied by Aaron Eckhart—somewhere between his saintly boyfriend from Erin Brockovich and walking personification of evil from In the Company of Men—the guy is pleasant enough ...

In the mid-20th century, ashtrays were ubiquitous in cars, with every door often featuring its own. This was a reflection of societal norms and the prevalence of smoking during that era. As automotive ...