Friday, October 12, 2007

California Bans Smoking in Cars with Children

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week signed into law a bill that bans smoking in cars with children present. The law provide...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

APHA Calls Camel No. 9 Cigarettes a Threat to Health

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According to an article in the October issue of The Nation's Health , the American Public Health Association (APHA) is calling on the re...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Deceives Congress About Nature of Public Support for FDA Tobacco Legislation; Testimony Presents Junk Science

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In testimony Wednesday before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kid...

FDA Chief Rejects Proposal to Regulate Tobacco Products; Argues it Would Undermine the Public Health Role of the Agency

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In an embarrassing blow to supporters of a proposal by which the FDA would assume jurisdiction over the safety of deadly tobacco products, t...

IN MY VIEW: Proposed FDA Tobacco Product Safety Standards Make No Sense, and Have No Confirmed Connection with Safety

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Here is a challenge question for everyone out there. Below are two lists of chemical ingredients in cigarettes and tobacco smoke. The first ...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Bush Vetoes Bill to Use Cigarette Tax Revenue to Fund Children's Health Insurance

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President Bush yesterday vetoed a bill passed by Congress which would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHI...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Update on Smoker Denied Surgery for Broken Ankle

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The following update was kindly provided by Maryetta Ables, President of FORCES: When FORCES was made aware of the John Nuttall case of surg...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Effort to Help Smoker Who Was Refused Surgery Highlighted by British Newspaper; Role of the Rest of the Story Acknowledged

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The effort being spearheaded by FORCES International to help a British smoker who was denied surgery for a painful and severely broken ankle...
Friday, September 28, 2007

New Study Claims that New York State Smoking Ban Reduced Heart Attack Admissions by 8%

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A study being released today concludes that the New York State smoking ban, implemented in July 2003, resulted in an 8% decline in heart at...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

The Dangers of Science by Press Release: Putative Effects of Scottish Smoking Ban on Heart Attacks Gets Widespread, Uncritical Media Coverage

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An article published earlier this week in Spiegel Online informs the public that the smoking ban in Scotland resulted in a dramatic 17% de...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Paper Shows No Increase in Marlboro Nicotine Yields from 1997-2006, Yet Concludes There Has Been a Linear Trend of Increasing Yields During this Time

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An article published online in this month's issue of the journal Tobacco Control concludes that there has been a linear, non-random tr...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Car Smoking Ban Supporters Call Smoking in Cars Worse Than Child Abuse, State that Secondhand Smoke is as Bad as Active Smoking

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According to an article in Newsday , two New York legislators who are supporting the state's proposed ban on smoking in cars carrying c...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Utah Car Smoking Ban Proposal Shows Hypocrisy of this Public Health Approach

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According to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune , the Utah legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit smoking in cars carrying ...