Friday, November 18, 2005

Public Health Groups Attack New Cigarette Ads, Fail to Reveal Public Health Corporate Partner of One Company that is Carrying the Ads

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A number of public health groups, including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco, today...
Thursday, November 17, 2005

More Misleading Claims Found in Tobacco-Free Kids' Campaign of Deception to Promote FDA Legislation

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According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' "fact" sheet on the proposed FDA tobacco legislation: "The public healt...

Georgia Smokefree Air Act Rules Go Into Effect Today: Poor Excuse for a Public Health Law

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Rules to implement Georgia's Smokefree Air Act of 2005 went into effect today, timed to coincide with the Great American Smoke-Out. Wh...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Five Days Later: Social Engineering Argument Being Used to Support Outdoor Smoking Bans

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Just five days after I cautioned about the use of social engineering as a justification for outdoor smoking bans, it appears that anti-smok...
Tuesday, November 15, 2005

ENDING THE HYPOCRISY - Double Challenge Issued to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Ignite: Demand Strengthening of FDA Legislation

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According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' web site , it believes that "special protection" for the tobacco companies s...

Ignite Corrects Inaccurate Statement; Young People Should Be Commended for their Integrity

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Possibly in response to my October 19 post pointing out an inaccurate statement on the Ignite web site, the group has corrected the stateme...

Pueblo Study on Reduced Heart Attack Rate Following Smoking Ban Cited as Evidence that Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Disease

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A study released yesterday at an American Heart Association scientific conference reports that heart attack rates in Pueblo, Colorado dropp...
Monday, November 14, 2005

Lack of Reason in Current Anti-Smoking Agenda Threatens Even Legitimate Public Health Policies: On the Impending Backlash to the Anti-Smoking Movement

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I think there is strong reason to believe that in many ways, the greatest obstacle to the tobacco control movement in the near future is go...
Friday, November 11, 2005

IN MY VIEW: Why Public Support for Outdoor Smoking Bans is Not a Sufficient Justification for These Policies

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In response to my post suggesting that there may not be compelling enough scientific evidence of unavoidable harms of outdoor secondhand sm...

Howard County to Kill Smoke-Free Ordinance Because of Prior Separate Ventilation Requirement

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According to a local ABC News affiliate, public officials in Howard County (Maryland) will kill a proposed smoke-free bar and restaurant or...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

IN MY VIEW: Why the Beneficial Effects of Smoking Bans on Reduced Smoking are Not an Appropriate Justification for These Policies

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As I mentioned yesterday , I received a great deal of feedback on my post about the questionable justification for banning smoking in open ...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

The Road to Censorship: BMJ Letter Seems to be A Step in that Direction

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In a rapid response to a BMJ article on the effects of smoke-free workplaces on the health of bar workers in Ireland, a public health pro...
Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Attacking the Naysayers: Anti-Smoking Groups' Response to Any Challenge to their Agenda

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I realize that I've written on two controversial topics this week -- discrimination against smokers and the justification for outdoor ...
Monday, November 07, 2005

CHALLENGING DOGMA (Post #7): Smoking Should Be Banned in All Public Areas

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One thing I don't think I've ever heard another tobacco control advocate say is that they oppose a proposed smoking ban. I guess I d...

American Legacy Foundation Unwilling to Put Mouth Where Its Money Is

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The American Legacy Foundation today endorsed a statement attacking U.S. film corporations for exposing youths to smoking in movies and, bas...

On Movies as a Cause of 38% of Youth Smoking: The Limits of Causal Inference from a Cross-Sectional Study

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A study being released today in the journal Pediatrics concludes that smoking in movies is a major cause of youth smoking, responsible for...