Sunday, March 19, 2006

Discussion Thread: Cardiovascular Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke (Chapter 8 of Cal-EPA Report)

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Per Annette's excellent suggestion, this is a discussion thread where interested readers can participate in a discussion of the scientif...
Friday, March 17, 2006

The Rest of the Story Quoted on Calabasas

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The Rest of the Story was quoted in an article appearing in today's New York Sun on the new outdoor smoking ban in effect in Calabasa...

ANR Once Again Deceives Its Constituents

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In an electronic communication sent to its constituents, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) has once again presented deceptive and ...

The 20-30 Minutes Fiasco: Why Anti-Smoking Groups Providing Inaccurate Health Information is Unethical

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While I have been arguing for some time that making fallacious scientific claims ("health" claims) is wrong, there has been, so fa...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Anti-Smoking Groups Refuse to Correct, Clarify, or Retract Fallacious Claims; Reward Being Offered

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Although I have been quite critical of several anti-smoking groups - including Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and SmokeFreeOhio - for ma...

Calabasas Smoking Ban Goes Into Effect Tomorrow

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A smoking ban in virtually all outdoor public places in Calabasas , including streets, sidewalks, and parking lots (but of course, not at th...

MSA-Induced Addiction to Tobacco Money Finally Being Recognized

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An editorial in the today's Deseret News acknowledges that the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) has resulted in the states becoming a...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Attorneys General Have Provided Immunity to Tobacco Companies; MSA Ruled to Preclude Citizens' Rights to Seek Punitive Damages Related to Tobacco Use

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The Attorneys General may have provided the tobacco companies with more than simply a partnership with the states when they signed the Mast...
Monday, March 13, 2006

Forget 30 Minutes; Anti-Smoking Group Claims 20 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Increases Heart Attack Risk

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I may have been a bit misleading when I suggested that Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) went off the deep end by claiming that 30 minute...

Utah's Budget Director Admits States are Addicted to Tobacco Money Due to Master Settlement Agreement

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In a rare display of telling it like it is, the budget director for the state of Utah admitted that the states are addicted to tobacco money...

What Are They Waiting For? Tobacco Companies Should Claim that Smoking Presents No More Risk of Heart Attacks than Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure

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If I were working for a tobacco company, I would recommend to the public relations department that they immediately put out some sort of com...
Friday, March 10, 2006

Anti-Smoking Group Uses False Information to Support New Hampshire Smoking Ban

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) - a Washington, D.C.-based anti-smoking group - has sent a message to each member of the New Hampshire H...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Criticizes Tobacco Companies for Attempting to Enforce Master Settlement Agreement

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In a press release issued this past Tuesday, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids attacked the tobacco companies for pursuing or supporting l...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Jacob Sullum on Calabasas: Right on the Mark

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In an article published yesterday on Reason Online, Jacob Sullum takes the Calabasas City Council to task for enacting an ordinance that go...

National Anti-Smoking Group Claims to be Only National Anti-Smoking Group

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According to a prominent anti-smoking researcher and advocate, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - a national anti-smoking advocacy organi...