Friday, April 30, 2010

Concord Considering Ordinance to Ban Smoking Completely in Downtown Area

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The city council in Concord, California is considering an ordinance which would effectively ban smoking in the entire downtown area. The pr...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Authors of Study on Effects of Toronto Smoking Ban on Heart Attacks Respond to My Refutation of Study Conclusions

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The authors of the study on the effect of Toronto's smoking ban on heart attacks have responded to my letter refuting the study's ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline to Market Nicotine Mini-Lozenges in Cherry and Mint Flavors; Is This Also a Ploy to Lure Kids?

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Last week, I revealed that the Food and Drug Administration expressed concerns about dissolvable tobacco products, arguing that these produ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

New Study Finds Menthol Smokers More Likely to Believe that Menthol Cigarettes Have Medicinal Properties and are Less Harmful than Regular Cigarettes

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A new study published in the current issue of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research reports that menthol smokers are more likely to be...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Action on Smoking and Health Argues for Insurance Surcharges for Smokers, but Not Obese People, Because Smokers are a Lower Income, Marginalized Group

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ASH's Position is an Example of Classism in the Anti-Smoking Movement Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has proposed that smokers be fo...

Action on Smoking and Health Destroys Argument for Plaintiffs in Tobacco Litigation; Argues that Smoking is Not an Addiction, Only Nicotine Is

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In a position paper defending its proposal for a health insurance surcharge on smokers in order to raise needed revenue for health care ref...
Friday, April 23, 2010

FDA Tobacco Control Score Card: Are FDA's Actions on Tobacco So Far Evidence-Based?

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Today, I am issuing my first of a series of periodic FDA Tobacco Control Score Cards. The primary purpose of this score card is to monitor a...

R.J. Reynolds Accused of Using Camel Orbs to Lure Kids

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According to an article in the New York Times , a number of tobacco control researchers are accusing R.J. Reynolds of marketing Camel Orbs ...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Anti-Smoking Group Claims that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Attacks in Healthy Adults

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According to an article on FortBendNow.com , an anti-smoking group pushing for a restaurant smoking ban in Missouri City (Texas) has claime...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

New Study Finds No Effect of Bupropion (Zyban) on Craving to Smoke; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Zyban to Be Pulled Off Market?

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A new study published in the current issue of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research finds that the drug bupropion (Zyban), which is ap...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Anti-Smoking Argument in Support of Workplace Smoker Bans Destroys Argument for Workplace Smoking Bans

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An article in the Pocono Record highlights a central argument in the anti-smoking movement's support for workplace smoker bans: that i...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Florida City to Consider Ordinance to Fire City Employees Who Smoke

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Tonight, the Brooksville City Council (near Tampa, Florida) will consider an ordinance which would prohibit smoking by city employees and f...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

My Rapid Response (E-Letter) Published in Candian Medical Association Journal

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My rapid response (e-letter) to the study purporting to show that a decline in cardiovascular disease in Toronto was attributable to the s...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Actual Data from Study of Toronto Smoking Ban on Heart Disease Admissions Show No Effect; Declines in Control Cities Were Similar to Those in Toronto

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Tuesday, I reported here that yet another study with severely faulty methods has concluded that an observed decline in cardiovascular diseas...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association is Full of Hypocrisy in Issuing Report Calling for Reduction in Burden of Lung Cancer on African Americans

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On Monday, the American Lung Association issued a press release announcing its new report on the toll of lung cancer among African America...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Study Attributes Fall in Cardiovascular Admissions in Toronto to Smoking Ban and Decrease in Secondhand Smoke Exposure, But Methods are Faulty

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Yet another study with severely faulty methods has concluded that an observed decline in cardiovascular disease admissions is attributable t...

New Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes in Suppressing Desire to Smoke; E-Cigs Performed as Well as Nicotine Inhalers

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A new study , published in the April issue of Tobacco Control , demonstrates that electronic cigarettes are effective in suppressing the des...
Thursday, April 08, 2010

New Study Shows Huge Decline in Heart Attack Admissions; Demonstrates Why IOM Committee's Report on Effect of Smoking Bans is Such Poor Science

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A study published in a recent issue of the journal Circulation reports that from 2002 to 2007, there was a 23.4% decline in heart attack a...