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Monday, August 06, 2007
American Cancer Society Continues to Urge Anti-Smoking Groups to Tell the Public that Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure Causes Hardening of the Arteries
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In spite of my pleadings to correct the fallacious claims in its smoking ban strategy guide , the American Cancer Society continues to urge...
Friday, August 03, 2007
New York Times Op-Ed Piece Nicely Explains Folly of FDA Tobacco Legislation
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An op-ed in today's New York Times by Patrick Basham, director of the Democracy Institute, very nicely explains the folly of the FDA t...
Thursday, August 02, 2007
More Deception by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on FDA Legislation: Is a Candid Statement Even Possible for Them?
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In two communications sent out yesterday to tobacco control advocates and other constituents, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids continued i...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Senate Committee Restores Ban on Clove-Flavored Cigarettes to FDA Bill, Despite Opposition by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today sent the FDA tobacco bill along to the full Senate, but not before ...
New York State District Court Decision Has Major Implications for Master Settlement Agreement and Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
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According to an article from Law.com, a New York district court judge has ruled that the Master Settlement Agreement which New York State e...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Under Plan to Use Cigarette Tax to Fund Children's Health Insurance, 22 Million New Smokers Would Be Required to Keep Program Solvent Over Next Decade
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According to a report released by the Heritage Foundation, 22 million new smokers will be needed to fund the State Children's Health In...
Monday, July 30, 2007
New Gallup Poll Reveals that Nearly Half of Smokers Feel Discriminated Against As a Result of Smoking Restrictions
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A new Gallup survey released last week reveals that nearly half of smokers (47%) feel unjustly discriminated against as a result of public ...
Friday, July 27, 2007
Anti-Smoking Groups Up in Arms Over Failure to Give "Hairspray" an R-Rating Due to Momentary Teen Smoking
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Anti-smoking groups are apparently up in arms over the decision by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to give the new movie ...
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Senate Panel Approves Amendment to FDA Bill to Greatly Strengthen Warning Labels; Amendment Passes Unanimously over Objection of Tobacco-Free Kids
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Yesterday, on the first day of its mark-up session on S.625 - the FDA tobacco bill - the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Commi...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Senator Enzi Responds to Attack from Tobacco-Free Kids by Contrasting His Openness with Campaign's Secret Deal with the Largest Tobacco Company
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In response to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' public charge that Senator Enzi is a fraud who is apparently not sincere about his ow...
Article Accuses Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids of Engaging in Secret Negotiations with Philip Morris; Outlines Numerous Flaws of FDA Tobacco Bill
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An article published in the current issue of Tobacco Control by Dr. Michael Givel, a professor in the Department of Political Science at t...
Column Argues that Jurisdiction over Tobacco Products is the Last Thing in the World that the FDA Needs Right Now
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An op-ed piece in the Portsmouth Herald argues that the Food and Drug Administration is so plagued with problems just trying to protect th...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Senator Enzi Invites Health Agencies to Join Him in Reducing Smoking; How the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Undermined the Tobacco Control Movement
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In a press release issued yesterday, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) invited the directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
Monday, July 23, 2007
Senator Enzi to Introduce Alternative to FDA Tobacco Legislation; Bill Far Stronger than FDA Bill; Embarrassment for Major Anti-Smoking Groups
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Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) has announced that he intends to introduce legislation into Congress that would serve as an alternative to the ...
Summary of Major Amendments to be Offered in Committee that Would Substantially Strengthen FDA Tobacco Legislation; All are Opposed by Health Groups
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At the Senate HELP Committee mark-up of the FDA tobacco bill - currently scheduled for this coming Wednesday - a number of amendments will b...
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