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Friday, February 03, 2012

FDA Makes Errant Analogy in Defending Graphic Warning Labels; Unclear if It Will Be Able to Address the Actual Constitutional Issues

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In oral arguments before Judge Richard Leon of the D.C. District court, the Department of Justice apparently used an analogy to defend the F...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Willing to Increase Breast Cancer Morbidity to Make a Political Statement Against Abortion Rights

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Sinking as low as any public health charity foundation in recent history, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation - which purports to hav...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Study Shows Carotid Artery Plaque Screening Does Not Promote Smoking Cessation; Provides Further Evidence that Graphic Warning Labels Will Not Work

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A new study published online ahead of print last week in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that ultrasound (US) screening of smoke...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

By Arguing that Hiring Smokers "Supports" Smoking, Cleveland Clinic Destroys Its Own Argument

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In an "opposing view" published today in USA Today , Dr. Paul Terpeluk - Cleveland Clinic's medical director of Employee Healt...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Cleveland Clinic Won't Hire Smokers, But Has No Problem Hiring Suspected White Collar Criminals

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The Cleveland Clinic will not hire a smoker - or even someone attempting to quit by using nicotine replacement therapy - because of the supp...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Live Call-in Show on Nicotine-Free Hiring Policies on WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR Station

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Yesterday, Dr. Paul Terpuluk - medical director of the Cleveland Clinic - and I participated in a discussion of nicotine-free hiring policie...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Would the Chief Scientist of a Research Consulting Firm Pen an Editorial that Would Harm the Financial Interests of Many of His Company's Clients?

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The answer is no. It would be quite unusual for such a scientist to voluntarily write a commentary in which he argues, for example, that a m...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Chief Scientist of RTI Attacks Alpert et al. Study But Fails to Disclose Conflict of Interest; Which Side of the Story Would You Believe?

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Two weeks ago, I reported the results of a new study by Alpert et al. which showed that nicotine replacement medications (NRT) are not eff...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Federal Tobacco Policy Deliberations Continue to Focus on Products For Which There is No Evidence of Substantial Use by Youth: Dissolvable Tobacco

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Last week, the FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) spent three days deliberating on dissolvable tobacco produc...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

New Study Reveals that Widespread Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Quitlines Has Not Increased Cessation Rates; Quitting Cold Turkey Still Best

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A groundbreaking study published in the upcoming 2012 issue of the Annual Review of Public Health challenges the wisdom of the nation'...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Pairing of Letters on E-Cigarettes Shows Contrast Between Ivory Tower Anti-Smoking Advocates and Real-World Realities

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An interesting pairing of letters to the editor of the National Post on the topic of electronic cigarettes illustrates the stark contrast ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

College Anti-Smoking Advocates in Florida Admit that Tobacco-Free Campus Policies are Not About Protecting People from Secondhand Smoke

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According to an article in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel , several colleges and universities in Florida have banned, or are gearing up to...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Administration Admits Tobacco Act Crafted to Protect Tobacco Sales: Menthol Cigarettes Must Remain on Market Because Millions of Smokers Use Them

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The United States has appealed a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that the Tobacco Act's ban on flavored cigarettes is discriminat...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

UCSF Discourages Smokers from Quitting By Banning Electronic Cigarette Use on All University Property

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In an effort that will discourage many smokers who are trying to quit smoking using electronic cigarettes, the University of California San ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Study Finds Nicotine Replacement Therapy Ineffective in Smoking Cessation

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A groundbreaking study on the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy in the smoking cessation process has found that these medication...

New Study Shows that in Contrast to Tobacco Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarettes Do Not Impair Acute Lung Function

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Chest demonstrated that in contrast to both tobacco cigarette smoking and secon...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Social Stigma Created by Anti-Smoker Policies Found to Negatively Impact Health Care for Smokers

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In my last post of 2011, I suggested that the anti-smoking movement has recently changed from a focus on fighting tobacco smoke exposure to...
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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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