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Monday, July 25, 2011

Rest of the Story on Summer Vacation for One Week; Will Return on Monday, August 1

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

NEJM Perspective Article Concludes that Electronic Cigarettes are Likely Ineffective for Smoking Cessation, But Without Any Supportive Evidence

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Article Effectively Encourages Ex-Smokers Who Quit Using Electronic Cigarettes to Return to Regular Cigarette Smoking In a Perspective artic...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

TPSAC Has Second Chance to Make Menthol Cigarette Recommendation to FDA But Declines; FDA Will Now Have to Do the Work on Its Own

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Earlier this year, I criticized the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) for failing, in its menthol cigarette report, to...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Charleston Gazette Article Highlights Criticism of Conclusions of Kanawha County Heart Attack Study

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An article in the Charleston Gazette highlights my criticism of the Kanawha County study which concluded that the county's smoking b...
Monday, July 18, 2011

35% of Nurses Will Not Be Eligible to Work for Auckland Health Board Under New Smoker Discrimination Policy

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Under a new smoker discrimination policy being implemented by the Auckland District Health Board, 35% of current nurses will no longer be e...
Friday, July 15, 2011

FDA to Waste $2.1 Million on Strategy Proven to Be Ineffective in Deterring Youth Smoking

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According to an article on the WABI-TV web site, the FDA is awarding a $2.1 million grant to the state of Maine to help enforce laws to pr...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

More New Research Suggests that Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Will Not Be Effective in Deterring Smokers

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More research, this time published in the journal Human Brain Mapping , suggests that graphic warning labels on cigarette packs will be far ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Research Firm Report Estimates that Graphic Warning Labels Will Reduce Cigarette Consumption by No More than 1%

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A report by the research firm IBISWorld estimates that the graphic warning labels to be placed on cigarettes staring next year will reduce c...
Thursday, July 07, 2011

New Published Study Finds No Evidence of a Decline in Heart Attacks Following Implementation of a Strong Worksite and Restaurant Smoking Ban

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A new study published in the current issue of Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy finds no evidence o...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Senator Lautenberg's Self-Congratulatory Pat on the Back About Cigarette Warning Labels Shows Lack of Understanding of the Nature of Smoking Addiction

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In a press release issued last week, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) congratulated himself for the introduction of nine rotating graphic wa...
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Meta-Analysis: Chantix Causes One Heart Attack for Every Three Patients It Helps Quit Smoking; Anti-Smoking Groups: Keep Chantix, Ban E-Cigs

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A new meta-analysis published yesterday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reports that the smoking cessation drug Chantix is ass...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Sincerity of New York City Park Smoking Ban Comes Into Question after Just One Ticket Issued in First Month

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After one full month of enforcement, New York City's park smoking ban has resulted in the grand total of one ticket, according to an art...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Another Anti-Tobacco Advocate Accuses Electronic Cigarette Companies of Promoting Tobacco Use and Being Funded by Big Tobacco

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Why Can't This Issue Be Debated Based on the Facts? A column by an anti-tobacco advocate on a San Francisco Chronicle blog argues that...
Monday, June 27, 2011

FDA Warns Public of Heart Attack Risks Associated with Chantix; No Anti-Smoking Groups Inform Their Constituents

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On June 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the public that Chantix appears to be associated with a small, but significant in...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Rest of the Story on Brief Summer Vacation This Week; Back Next Week

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

San Clemente Considering Park Smoking Ban

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Outdoor smoking bans in wide-open places like parks are spreading rapidly. Today, I report that San Clemente (California) is considering an ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

NRT and Chantix Proving to Be Less and Less Effective as Studies Approach Real-Life Conditions

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Most of the research leading anti-smoking advocates to view nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and medications like Chantix as effective for...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Anti-Smoking Advocates Decry Major Smoking Cessation Effort

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In an article published online ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control , a group of tobacco control researchers are attacking electro...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Investigators Running Lung Cancer Detection Trial Cannot Locate Informed Consent Forms; Unclear if Informed Consent Was Obtained from Patients

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According to an article in the New York Times , investigators running a trial to determine whether CT screening for lung cancer is effectiv...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Globalink: A Forum for Global Groupthink in Tobacco Control

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Today, I am going to put forward the argument that Globalink (the international tobacco control list-serve) would be better called GlobalGro...
Monday, June 06, 2011

Australia Seizes Electronic Cigarettes, While Allowing Real Ones to Pass Through to Consumers

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In a display of the reverse logic that seems to pervade the tobacco control movement these days, Australia has seized and destroyed 70 pack...

Linn County Health Officials Want to Ban Dissolvable Tobacco Products (Which Kids Don't Use) and Keep Cigarettes (Which Many Kids Do Use) Available

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Apparently wanting to make sure that kids in Linn County, Iowa will continue to have access to their tobacco product of choice - cigarettes ...
Friday, June 03, 2011

Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada Accuses Everyone Who Opposes Outdoor Smoking Bans of Being Funded by Big Tobacco

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In its advocacy guide to promoting outdoor smoking bans, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada instructs local anti-smoking advocates that all...
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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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