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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Camel No. 9 Cigarettes Being Targeted for Removal from the Market

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The American Legacy Foundation and a group of health and anti-smoking groups has called upon R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to remove its Cam...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Religious Groups Take Hypocritical Stand on FDA Tobacco Legislation

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According to an article in today's Winston-Salem Journal , a group of religious leaders - working under the coalition name Faith United...

It's Time to Debate: Two Questions Car Smoking Ban Proponents Must Answer

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An article published Saturday in the Vancouver Sun states: "It's time to debate a ban on smoking in vehicles carrying children....
Monday, August 27, 2007

The Science Doesn't Matter: All Three Anti-Smoking Groups Fail to Defend or Correct their False Claims About Acute Cardiovascular Effects of ETS

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One week ago, I discussed a new research article showing that eating a single high-fat meal causes the same degree of endothelial dysfuncti...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Staten Island Advance Op-Ed Argues that Smoking Around Children is a Form of Child Abuse

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In an op-ed column published Tuesday in the Staten Island Advance , New York family court Judge Daniel Leddy argues that smoking around chi...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

American Legacy Foundation Condemns Magazines for Running Camel No. 9 Ads, But Fails to Put Money Where Its Mouth Is

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The American Legacy Foundation is spearheading a campaign which condemns magazines for running Camel No. 9 cigarette advertisements and call...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Again Deceives the Public About FDA Tobacco Legislation; Honesty is Apparently Not Possible

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In a press release last Thursday, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids once again deceived its constituents and the American public by statin...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

TobaccoScam Responds with Attack, But Does Not Address Substance of Criticism of Its Claim that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Clogs Arteries

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I had planned to wait until Friday to report back on responses I received to my post criticizing certain claims made by three prominent ant...
Monday, August 20, 2007

New Study Shows McDonalds Meal Causes Same Degree of Endothelial Dysfunction as Brief Tobacco Smoke Exposure; Anti-Smoking Groups' Claims are Flawed

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A study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds that eating a meal at McDonalds -- even a ...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

More on New York City Car Smoking Ban Proposal

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Audrey Silk of NYC CLASH has put together a nice web page summarizing many of my commentaries on the issue of car smoking bans. You can find...

New York City Council to Consider Bill to Ban Smoking in Cars Carrying Minors

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The New York City Council is set to consider a bill that would ban smoking in all cars carrying passengers under the age of 18. The bill, wh...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

New Study Shows that Spontaneous Quit Attempts are More Successful than Planned Attempts; Focus on Pharmacotherapy May be Misguided

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A new study published in the British Medical Journal reports that spontaneous quit attempts are more successful than planned quit attempts...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Mock News Article: Tobacco Companies Challenge FDA Advertising Restrictions in Court; Philip Morris Abstains from Suit, Citing Desire to Protect Kids

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Philip Morris is so far ahead of the anti-smoking and health groups in its foresight on the issue of the FDA tobacco legislation that it is ...
Monday, August 13, 2007

IN MY VIEW: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Claims that FDA Legislation Would Reduce Youth Smoking are Based on Faulty Reasoning

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In its propaganda regarding the proposed FDA tobacco legislation, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids tries to lead the public to believe tha...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Clarian Health to Dock Employees' Pay if They Don't Quit Smoking and Control Weight, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Blood Sugar; Unsafe Sex Still OK

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According to an article in BusinessWeek Online , Clarian Health - an Indianapolis-based hospital system with 13,000 employees - has announc...
Monday, August 06, 2007

String of Colleges Ban Smoking on Entire Campus; Is This Pure Paternalism Justified?

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A string of colleges have announced recently that they will ban the use of any tobacco products on their campuses: Minnesota State Universit...
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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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