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Thursday, September 14, 2006

IN MY VIEW: It's Time to Talk; Tobacco Control Movement Must Open Itself Up for Discussion with Critics

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If there's one thing that both good science and sound policy require it's openness to challenge. In fact, I would define the process...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Nicotine Yield of Philip Morris Cigarettes Drops in 2005; Yields of Philip Morris Cigarettes Have Actually Declined Since 1997

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According to reports submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) by Philip Morris, the nicotine yield of its cigarett...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Attorneys General Hide Legacy Conflict of Interest in Presenting Data on Effectiveness of Truth Campaign

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The Attorneys General of 41 states last week sent a letter to the major Hollywood film studios requesting that they show anti-smoking comme...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Faith Leaders Appear to Be Hoodwinked by FDA Tobacco Legislation; Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Campaign of Deception Appears to Be Working

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According to an article in the Douglas Daily Dispatch , a coalition of faith leaders (Faith United Against Tobacco) is calling for legislat...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

IN MY VIEW: GLOBALink Tobacco Control Forum and Others Like It are Little More than a Platform for Groupthink

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When I first joined the GLOBALink tobacco control forum, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to share in meaningful discussion o...

Misrepresentation of Nicotine Report Leading to Confusion

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The misrepresentation of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) report demonstrating that nicotine yields have increased by a...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

2006-2007 Academic Year Opens With Two Important Posts

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In the first, I discuss the next in what is becoming a long series of fallacious claims by anti-smoking groups. In the second, I comment on...

Newest Fallacious Claim: Passive Smokers Breathe in More Nicotine than Smokers

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According to a press release issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) last week: "Non-smokers, especially childr...

In Calling for FDA Legislation to Reduce Nicotine Addiction, Anti-Smoking Organization is Full of It; And Devoid of Integrity

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In response to last week's Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) report concluding that nicotine yields of most major cigare...
Monday, September 04, 2006

GUEST COLUMN: Doral's Nicotine Up Most, But Sales Down Most - By Bill Godshall

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This special Labor Day edition of The Rest of the Story features a guest column, contributed by Bill Godshall, Executive Director of Smokef...
Friday, September 01, 2006

Would Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Be Better Off Smoking Themselves?

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On today's Reason Online Hit & Run blog , Jacob Sullum has a clever piece which takes off from my post criticizing the inaccuracy ...

CHALLENGING DOGMA (Post #11): Maintaining Cigarette Addiction by Increasing Nicotine Yields is the Sign of a Rogue Industry

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As we've seen in the past few days, one aspect of the dogma of the current anti-smoking movement is the belief that maintaining addictio...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

Massachusetts Report Finds Increase in Cigarette Nicotine Yields During Past Seven Years

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A new report released this week by the Massachusetts Department of Health (MDPH) concludes that actual nicotine yields of cigarettes have i...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

JAMA Article Brings Surgeon General's Misrepresentation of Secondhand Smoke Science to the Forefront

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An article in the current issue of JAMA ( Journal of the American Medical Association ), reporting on the recent Surgeon General's rev...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

California Senate Passes Car Smoking Ban; Inaccurate Scientific Claims Spread to Policy Makers

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It appears that the anti-smoking movement's widespread use of inaccurate scientific claims to promote smoking bans has spread to policy ...
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Michael Siegel
Dr. Siegel is a visiting professor and researcher in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Tufts University. Dr. Siegel has 32 years of experience in the field of tobacco control. He previously spent two years working at the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC, where he conducted research on secondhand smoke and cigarette advertising. He has published nearly 70 papers related to tobacco. He testified in the landmark Engle lawsuit against the tobacco companies, which resulted in an unprecedented $145 billion verdict against the industry. He teaches health communication theory and social mareketing in the Masters of Public Health program.
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