Sunday, December 23, 2012

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to All; The Rest of the Story Will Return on Monday, January 7

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Friday, December 21, 2012

In Ironic Twist, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Argues that Some Cigarettes Convey Reduced Risk, While Tobacco Companies Emphasize that All Cigarettes are Equally Hazardous

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It used to be that the cigarette companies tried to convince the public that their brand - which was slightly different from other brands on...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

European Council Tobacco Product Directive Does Include a Ban on Electronic Cigarettes

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According to the official Tobacco Product Directive released yesterday by the European Union, most electronic cigarettes will be banned and...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Financial Analysts Recognize Value of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation/Reduction, While Anti-Smoking Groups Continue to Ignore the Evidence or Pretend that It Doesn't Exist

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While many anti-smoking groups and government agencies deny that there is any evidence that electronic cigarettes can be helpful with smoki...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Leaked Copy of European Commission's Draft Tobacco Product Directive Contains De Facto Ban on Electronic Cigarettes

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Tomorrow, the European Commission will present its proposed Tobacco Product Directive. A draft copy obtained by Christopher Snowdon over at ...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Why Has Most of the Anti-Smoking Movement Been Swindled into Thinking that Preventing Small Cigarette Changes Will Protect the Public's Health?

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Last Friday, I revealed that the FDA is boasting to the public that it is protecting the public's health by making sure that tobacco co...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (and the FDA) are Obsessed with Fake Protection of the Public's Health by Preventing New Cigarettes that are the Same as Old Cigarettes from Entering the Market; Meanwhile, Existing Cigarettes Enjoy a Free Ride and Continue to Kill Hundreds of Thousands

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While existing cigarettes - the most toxic consumer products on the market - continue to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

D.C. Court of Appeals Declines En Banc Review of Graphic Warning Label Decision; Ruling Will Likely Be Appealed to the Supreme Court

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Last Wednesday, the D.C. Court of Appeals declined to grant an en banc (full panel) review of the Court panel's graphic cigarette warni...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Once Again, Anti-Smoking Advocate Responds with Personal Attack Rather than Substantive Argument

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In a commentary published yesterday on my blog, I criticized a post on Dr. Stan Glantz' blog which embraced the Congressional Budget O...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Prominent Anti-Smoking Advocate Embraces Old Tobacco Industry Approach of Considering Social Security Savings from Premature Death in Evaluating Cigarette Tax Policy

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Dr. Stan Glantz, on his tobacco blog, has written a commentary in which he applauds the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

New Study Confirms that Electronic Cigarettes are Much Safer than Real Ones, Suggests Minimal Risks of Secondhand Vapor

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Indoor Air examined emissions from electronic cigarettes compared to those from...
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Friday, December 07, 2012

Blinded by Ideology, Anti-Smoking Advocates are Widely Misleading the Public into Thinking that Electronic Cigarette Use is a Form of Smoking

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In BBC News article about electronic cigarettes, anti-smoking advocates from three leading national tobacco control organizations are misl...
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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD) Again Hides Financial Conflict of Interest of Author in Public Statement

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Earlier this year, I discussed a study which casts doubt on the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in smoking cessation. ...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Article by Physician Downplays Role of Smoking in Lung Cancer; Suggests that 80% of Lung Cancers Could Not Have Been Prevented by Smoking Cessation

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In an article published at About.com , Dr. Lynne Eldridge offers an intriguing argument that there has been too much of a focus on the role...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

New Study Suggests that Electronic Cigarettes May Encourage Maintenance of Tobacco Use

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A new study , published online ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control , concludes that electronic cigarettes may encourage the mainte...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

D.C. District Court Approves Corrective Statements for Cigarette Companies; Rest of the Story Approves Corrective Statements for Federal Government

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Last week, the D.C. federal district court approved corrective statements that the cigarette companies must make - on cigarette package ins...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

New England Journal of Medicine Commentary Argues Against Cigarette Tax Increase Because It Would Save So Many Lives that Payments for Social Security Would Increase

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A commentary published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine argues against a federal cigarette tax increase because it would s...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

New Study Concludes that Banning Smoking in Cars with Children Would Substantially Reduce Secondhand-Smoke Related Illness

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A new study published online ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control reports measurements of particulate and nicotine levels in cars...