IN MY VIEW: After Election, Anti-Smoking Groups Should Go Back to the Drawing Board and Craft Effective Federal Legislation

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Nov 11, 2008

Today I outline my proposal for what I believe would be effective federal legislation to address the problem of tobacco use.Unlike the current FDA tobacco legislation, for which there is no evidence base (merely wild and unsupported conjecture), my proposal is based on solid scientific

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Alanf's blog... » The devil is in the details…

There is an old proverb that says “The devil is in the details". The idea is that no matter how good the overall plan the minor things are what make or break any project.

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New Report Warns of Serious Risk Profile of Chantix; Recommendation of Chantix by Anti-Smoking Researchers with Conflicts of Interest is Unacceptable

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 23, 2008

A new report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices revealed that Chantix accounted

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Federal Judge Admonishes Anti-Smoking Groups for Asking for Money Without Any Legal Basis

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 22, 2008

Last week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments in an appeal of the District Court's decision in the Department of Justice lawsuit against the tobacco companies. Both sides are appealing Judge Gladys Kessler's decision. The tobacco

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Canadian Non-Smokers' Rights Association Removes False Accusation Against CAGE, But Fails to Apologize

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 20, 2008

On September 18, I reported here that the Canadian Non-Smokers' Rights Association (NRSA) had made a false accusation on its <a

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IN MY VIEW: CDC and Surgeon General Deceptively Tried to Convince the Public that a Brief Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Puts People At Risk of Lung Cancer

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 15, 2008

The 2006 Surgeon General's report on secondhand smoke concluded that chronic exposure to tobacco smoke (such as that which occurs with living with a spouse who smokes or working in a workplace that allows smoking) significantly increases the risk of lung cancer among nonsmokers.

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/10/in-my-view-cdc-and-surgeon-general.html

CDC Press Release Suggested that Short-Term Secondhand Smoke Exposure Can Trigger Heart Attacks in Healthy Persons

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 14, 2008

A 2004 press release issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that brief secondhand smoke exposure can trigger heart attacks, even among healthy individuals. The headline of the press release states: "Short-Term Secondhand Smoke Exposure May Trigger Heart Attacks.

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CDC, Tobacco-Free Kids, and Scientific Editor of Surgeon General's Report Discussed How to Handle My Criticism of Misleading Public Statements

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 13, 2008

JAMA article about the Surgeon General's misrepresentation of the science in his press statements. The Surgeon General's assertion is that brief exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk for heart disease and lung cancer, and that his report drew such a conclusion.

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Prominent Tobacco Control Researcher Cautions CDC that Helena Study Should Not Be Used to Conclude that Smoking Bans Immediately Reduce Heart Attacks

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 9, 2008

Despite a warning from a prominent tobacco control researcher, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used the evidence from the Helena study to widely disseminate to the public unsupported conclusions about the immediate effects of restaurant and bar smoking bans on heart attack rates.

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/10/prominent-tobacco-control-researcher.html

Why Philip Morris Should Win the "Good" Supreme Court Case: The FTC, Not the Tobacco Companies, are Now Responsible for the "Lights" Fraud

Blog  |  tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com | Oct 9, 2008

There were two consent orders in which the FTC specifically permitted certain "low-tar" and "light" claims and set out conditions under which these claims could be made. One of these was American Tobacco Co., FTC Docket No. C-3547 in 1994.

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