The Rest of the Story:
Tobacco News Analysis
and Commentary
By Michael Siegel
I am a physician who specialized
in preventive medicine and public health. I am now a professor in the
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of
Public Health. I have 20 years of experience in tobacco control,
primarily as a researcher. My areas of research interest include the
health effects of secondhand smoke, policy aspects of regulating smoking
in public places, effects of cigarette marketing on youth smoking
behavior, and the evaluation of tobacco control program and policy
interventions.
Center for Public Accountability in Tobacco Control
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Original Study on Thirdhand Smoke Does Not Support Conclusion that Health Threat is Significant
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Law Journal Review Blasts Employment Discrimination Against Smokers; Counterpoint by Anti-Smoking Advocates is Not Convincing
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Article in Tobacco Control Asks Anti-Smoking Practitioners to Rethink Promotion of Policies that Bar Smokers from Employment
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New Study Advises that Practitioners Emphasize Effects of Smoking on Obesity; However, Study Doesn't Find Such Effects
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New Study Shows that Nicotine Replacement Therapy is Ineffective for Gradual Smoking Cessation, But Concludes the Opposite
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Thirdhand Smoke: The Science Doesn't Matter; Look Out for Bans on Smokers in Childcare
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IN MY VIEW: Why an Immediate Decrease in Heart Attacks Due to Reduced Secondhand Smoke Exposure is Implausible
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ASH Calls for Malpractice Suits Against
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Public Health Support for FDA Tobacco Legislation
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Tobacco-Free Kids' Defense of Menthol Exemption
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New York Times: FDA Tobacco Legislation Provides
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NAATPN Withdraws Support for FDA Tobacco
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Smokers Not Welcome to Serve their Community by
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Smoking Cessation Drug Banned by FAA for Pilots
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FDA Bill is Result of a Negotiation Between the
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Econ Journal Watch Highlights Debate Over
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Sarasota County Announces that It Will Not Hire
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Confirmed: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Did
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Canadian Lung Association: Smokers Need Not
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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Deceives
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Cave In to Big Tobacco on Menthol Blasted From
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Senator Admits FDA Legislation Supporters
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Press Release on Smoking Cessation Guidelines
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NIH Expert Panel Recommends Smoking Cessation
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Financial Conflict of Interest Not Disclosed in
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A Salvo of Articles Directing Public Attention to the Widespread Misrepresentation of Science by Anti-Smoking Groups
New York Post Op-Ed Highlights Anti-Smoking Groups' Misrepresentation of the Acute Cardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Article in Skeptic Magazine Highlights Absurd Claims of Anti-Smoking Groups
Commentary in Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations Highlights Threats to Science from Anti-Tobacco Activism
Anti-Smoking Group Claims that 340 Young People Die Each Day from Seeing Smoking in Movies
IN MY VIEW: Why Has The Tobacco Control Movement Lost Its Scientific Integrity?
Cigarette Tax Increase to Fund SCHIP Expansion is Dead
Blowing Secondhand Smoke: New Research Uncovers False Claims Spread by Anti-Smoking Groups (Press Release Sent Out Today to Major Media Outlets)
Anti-Smoking Groups Insisting on Different Treatment of Smoking in Movies from Alcohol, Violence, and Sex
More on My Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations Article: Highlighting the McCarthyism in the Tobacco Control Movement
New Journal Article Demonstrates Widespread Misrepresentation of Acute Cardiovascular Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke by Anti-Smoking Groups
California Bans Smoking in Cars with Children
APHA Calls Camel No. 9 Cigarettes a Threat to Health
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Deceives Congress About Nature of Public Support for FDA Tobacco Legislation; Testimony Presents Junk Science
FDA Chief Rejects Proposal to Regulate Tobacco Products; Argues it Would Undermine the Public Health Role of the Agency
IN MY VIEW: Proposed FDA Tobacco Product Safety Standards Make No Sense, and Have No Confirmed Connection with Safety
Bush Vetoes Bill to Use Cigarette Tax Revenue to Fund Children's Health Insurance
New Study Claims that New York State Smoking Ban Reduced Heart Attack Admissions by 8%
The Science Doesn't Matter: All Three Anti-Smoking Groups Fail to Defend or Correct their False Claims About Acute Cardiovascular Effects of ETS
Staten Island Advance Op-Ed Argues that Smoking Around Children is a Form of Child Abuse
American Legacy Foundation Condemns Magazines for Running Camel No. 9 Ads, But Fails to Put Money Where Its Mouth Is
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Again Deceives the Public About FDA Tobacco Legislation; Honesty is Apparently Not Possible
TobaccoScam Responds with Attack, But Does Not Address Substance of Criticism of Its Claim that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Clogs Arteries
New Study Shows McDonalds Meal Causes Same Degree of Endothelial Dysfunction as Brief Tobacco Smoke Exposure; Anti-Smoking Groups' Claims are Flawed
More on New York City Car Smoking Ban Proposal
New York City Council to Consider Bill to Ban Smoking in Cars Carrying Minors
New Study Shows that Spontaneous Quit Attempts are More Successful than Planned Attempts; Focus on Pharmacotherapy May be Misguided
Mock News Article: Tobacco Companies Challenge FDA Advertising Restrictions in Court; Philip Morris Abstains from Suit, Citing Desire to Protect Kids
IN MY VIEW: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Claims that FDA Legislation Would Reduce Youth Smoking are Based on Faulty Reasoning
Clarian Health to Dock Employees' Pay if They Don't Quit Smoking and Control Weight, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Blood Sugar; Unsafe Sex Still OK
String of Colleges Ban Smoking on Entire Campus; Is This Pure Paternalism Justified?
American Cancer Society Continues to Urge Anti-Smoking Groups to Tell the Public that Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure Causes Hardening of the Arteries
New York Times Op-Ed Piece Nicely Explains Folly of FDA Tobacco Legislation
More Deception by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on FDA Legislation: Is a Candid Statement Even Possible for Them?
Senate Committee Restores Ban on Clove-Flavored Cigarettes to FDA Bill, Despite Opposition by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
New York State District Court Decision Has Major Implications for Master Settlement Agreement and Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
Under Plan to Use Cigarette Tax to Fund Children's Health Insurance, 22 Million New Smokers Would Be Required to Keep Program Solvent Over Next Decade
New Gallup Poll Reveals that Nearly Half of Smokers Feel Discriminated Against As a Result of Smoking Restrictions
Anti-Smoking Groups Up in Arms Over Failure to Give "Hairspray" an R-Rating Due to Momentary Teen Smoking
Senate Panel Approves Amendment to FDA Bill to Greatly Strengthen Warning Labels; Amendment Passes Unanimously over Objection of Tobacco-Free Kids
Senator Enzi to Introduce Alternative to FDA Tobacco Legislation; Bill Far Stronger than FDA Bill; Embarrassment for Major Anti-Smoking Groups
Summary of Major Amendments to be Offered in Committee that Would Substantially Strengthen FDA Tobacco Legislation; All are Opposed by Health Groups
Tobacco-Free Kids Suggests that Amendments to Ban Menthol and Clove, Potentially Eliminate Nicotine, and Improve Warning Labels Do Not Strengthen Bill
Who Wrote this Press Release?
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Other Health Groups Oppose Elimination of Nicotine, Menthol and Clove from Cigarettes; True Colors Now Show
Here and Now Radio Segment on FDA Tobacco Legislation
CNBC Segment on Proposed FDA Legislation
Senator Kennedy and Health Groups Do Huge Favor for Philip Morris; FDA Bill Protects Tobacco Company Profits at the Expense of the Public's Health
FDA Tobacco Regulation Idea So Detrimental that Supporters Amend Bill to Preclude Tobacco Companies from Stating that the FDA Regulates Cigarettes
Report Shows Cigarette Tax Increase is Least Defensible Way to Fund Children's Health Insurance
Study of Trends in State Heart Attack Admissions Refutes Conclusions of Helena et al. Studies
IN MY VIEW: Senate Cigarette Tax Proposal is Not a Sensible Way to Fund Children's Health Care, But is a Big Win for Big Insurance
TobaccoScam Responds to Challenge: Attacks Author, Fails to Address Substance of Argument, and Retains Claim that 30 Minutes of ETS Clogs Arteries
Anti-Smoking Hypocrisy Awards - July 2007
Anti-Smoking Groups Supporting 61 Cents Per Pack Increase in Federal Cigarette Tax to Fund Children's Health Insurance Program
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honesty Challenge Sweepstakes
Smokers Deemed Unsuitable for Employment at Cleveland Clinic
Article in Nature Highlights Shoddy Science Behind Helena et al. Conclusions and 30 Minute Claims of Anti-Smoking Groups
30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Equals Clogged Arteries - Final Answer; TobaccoScam Decides to Stick with Deception
Cartoon Draws Attention to Absurdity of Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
American Legacy Foundation Testifies that 390,000 Kids Start Smoking Each Year Due to Seeing Smoking in Movies
TobaccoScam Fact Sheet Claims that Brief Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Caused 40% of Heart Attacks in Helena
TobaccoScam Says 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Gives You "Smoker's Arteries"; So Why Should Any Smoker Quit?
Many Anti-Smoking Groups Continue to Claim that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Causes Clogged Arteries
On Parental Smoking, Child Abuse, and Heelys
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Again Deceives Constituents About Philip Morris' Support for FDA Tobacco Legislation; Is TFK Even Capable of Honesty?
Reynolds American Tells Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Stick to the Facts
American Cancer Society Apparently Lacks the Goods; Fails to Respond with Evidence or Explanation of Accusation Against Big Tobacco
American Cancer Society Continues to Accuse Big Tobacco of Lying About Cigarette Ingredients; Challenge Issued -- Prove It or Remove It
Anti-Smoking Group Supports Denial of Surgery to Smokers
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Again Deceives Constituents about Philip Morris Support for FDA Legislation
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Misusing Youth Advocates for Political Purposes, and Asking Constituents to Pay for their Political Training
ClearWay Minnesota Removes Contentious Secondhand Smoke Health Claims from Web Site in Response to The Rest of the Story Post
20 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Puts You at Risk of Stroke, Says Anti-Smoking Group
Statement of John L. Kirkwood, President and CEO, American Lung Association
American Lung Association Pulls "Abuse" Television Ad and Expresses Disgust; Apologizes to the Public
Rest of the Story Calls for Immediate Retraction of American Lung Association Ad and for a Public Apology to the Nation's Physical Abuse Victims
A Tale of Two Press Releases: R.J. Reynolds and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Battle Over Alleged Violation of 2006 Settlement Agreement
New Study Concludes that Bowling Green Smoking Ban Reduced Heart Disease Admissions by 47%; Unfortunately, Science is Weak and Conclusions Unjustified
American Lung Association Using Deception to Promote FDA Tobacco Legislation
American Cancer Society Claims Big Tobacco is Lying About Cigarette Ingredients, But Provides No Evidence; Truth Can't Be Used to Support FDA Bill?
Berkeley Proposes Use of Expanded Outdoor Smoking Ban to Keep Homeless People Away from Stores
American Cancer Society Continues Campaign of Deception Promoting FDA Legislation; This Time, Taking Advantage of Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups
Chicago Tribune Column Criticizes Health Groups' Movie Smoking Demands
Nicotine-Free Cigarettes May Increase Heart Disease Risks for Smokers; New Study Reveals Another Potential Contraindication to FDA Tobacco Legislation
Anti-Smoking Groups Demand Complete Removal of Historically Incorrect Smoking from Non-R Rated Films; An Exercise in Hypocrisy
IN MY VIEW: American Cancer Society Misusing Cancer Victims and Now Taking Advantage of Women
IN MY VIEW: American Legacy Foundation's Call for R-Rating for Any Movie that Depicts Smoking Non-Historically is Hypocritical and Misguided
American Cancer Society Continues to Mislead Its Constituents and Fails to Reveal the Truth
ABC News 20/20 Re-Airs Piece on the 30 Minute Myth
Another Anti-Smoking Advocate Questions the Need for Some Outdoor Smoking Bans
New Study Reveals Lack of Health Justification for Many Outdoor Smoking Bans
And Now for Something Completely Different: More Deception by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
American Heart Association Deceives Public About Secondhand Smoke, Sets Policy for Meetings in Smoke-Free Cities, then Immediately Violates Policy?
American Cancer Society Deceives the Public About FDA Tobacco Legislation; Joins the Campaign of Deception
Today's Highlights: Hypocrisy, Inconsistency, and Junk Science
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Public Opinion Poll Shows Widespread Support for FDA Tobacco Legislation, Or Does It? Junk Science Rears its Ugly Head
American Medical Association Suggests that Tobacco Companies Should Be Allowed to Market their Deadly Products; But Not Too Much
American Heart Association Bans Miss New Hampshire from Walking in AHA Heart Walk; Has No Problem Teaming Up With Philip Morris to Support FDA Bill
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Misleads the Public about FDA Legislation; Campaign of Deception Continues in Full Force
New Jersey Town Bans Smoking in Cars with Kids; Feel-Good Law Would Do Little to Protect Public's Health But Would Interfere with Parental Autonomy
New Study on Obesity Costs Shows Folly of Smoker-Free Employment Policies
Another Anti-Smoking Group Calls Smoking Around Children a Clear Form of Child Abuse
ASH Suggests that Smokers are Weak and Stupid; Appears to Be Trying to Make Candidate Smoking an Issue in Presidential Race
New Anti-Smoking Advertisement Suggests that Secondhand Smoke Kills Instantaneously
Another Anti-Smoking Group Accusing FORCES of Being a Big Tobacco Front Group
Prominent Anti-Smoking Advocate Accuses Rest of the Story Reader of Being Big Tobacco Lackey
IN MY VIEW: Brainwashing in the Anti-Smoking Movement: #1 - Smearing the Opposition
Harvard Report and Tobacco-Free Kids' Propaganda Continue to Deceive: When Lower Levels of a Harmful Substance are Not Safer
On Car Smoking Bans and Class Discrimination
Going Too Far: POST #2 - Complete College Smoking Bans
Going Too Far: POST #1 - Scotts Valley Proposes Smoking Ban for Park Parking Lots
According to Article, Claim that Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure Can Cause Heart Disease and Lung Cancer is Being Used to Support Car Smoking Bans
IN MY VIEW: Citizens' Commission to Protect the Truth is Hiding the Truth
Enstrom Cleared of Scientific Misconduct Charges; American Cancer Society Owes Him An Apology
American Lung Association Claims that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Can Kill People Without Existing Heart Disease
New Study Concludes that Removal of All Known Carcinogens from Cigarettes Would Not Necessarily Reduce Cancer Risk; Exposes Folly of Proposed FDA Bill
We Who Labor Here Seek Only Truth: A Tribute to Frank and Margaret Amodeo
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Appears to be Deceiving Youth into Supporting Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation; Unethical Tactics are Accelerating
Another Tobacco Control Advocate Says Movement is Going Too Far with Outdoor Smoking Bans and Smoker-Free Employment Policies
AMA Ignores FDA Commissioner's Concerns; Suggests FDA Tobacco Legislation Will Save Millions of Lives; Offers No Explanation for How
American Cancer Society Still Misrepresenting Scientific Evidence; Is it in a Position to Be Attacking Others for Scientific Misconduct?
Anti-Smoking Group Attacks UCLA Researcher, Accusing Him of Scientific Misconduct; Trying to Make Him Fall Guy for Unfavorable Research Findings?
Low-Nicotine Cigarettes May Increase Hazards of Smoking, According to Report
Smoking is a Sign of Weakness, Suggests Anti-Smoking Group
Is Receiving a Placebo the Same Thing as Trying to Quit Cold Turkey? The Limitations of NRT Clinical Trials
Santa Cruz County Bans the Mere Possession of Tobacco Products in Parks
Proposed Belmont Smoking Ban Would Criminalize Citizens for Failing to Report People Smoking; Would Ban Smoking on All Streets and Sidewalks to Boot
Wall Street Journal Editorial Provides Blistering Review of Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
College of The Albemarle Ban on Tobacco Use Anywhere on Campus Goes Into Effect Tomorrow
Trading Small Risk for Severe Harm: Why Criminalizing Parental Smoking in Cars is a Terrible Idea
Illinois Smokers Could Face a Month in Prison for Smoking in a Car With Children
Study Finds No Benefit to Use of CT Scans to Screen Current and Former Smokers for Lung Cancer
Washington Times Op-Ed Blasts Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
FDA Head Rejects Idea of Regulating Tobacco; Says Regulation by FDA is Inappropriate and Would Make Problem Worse
FDA Legislation Ensures No Meaningful Regulation Could Take Place; Major Decisions Reserved to Congress; Politics, Not Science Would Dictate Policy
American Medical Association Calls Low-Tar Cigarettes a Hoax, Lobbies for Bill to Require Low-Tar Cigarettes
The Big Fraud: Light Cigarettes or Anti-Smoking Groups' Nicotine Regulation Propaganda?
Major Anti-Smoking Groups and their Politicians Get High Marks for Meaningless and Deceptive Propaganda
Rumors of the Lives to be Saved by FDA Tobacco Legislation Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Ad Groups Hint At Constitutional Challenge to Ad Limits
Written Statement of Michael Siegel, MD, MPH, Regarding the FDA Tobacco Legislation - Submitted to Senate HELP Committee - February 27, 2007
American Cancer Society Joins Anti-Smoking Groups in Deception of the American Public Over FDA Tobacco Legislation
Harvard Report Continues to Deceive: FDA Bill Would Preclude Single Most Effective Regulatory Action to Protect Health that is Politically Feasible
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Misusing Youths to Do Philip Morris' Bidding
FDA Tobacco Bill Would Cause Countless Deaths: By Hindering, Not Enhancing Development of Safer Cigarettes, Proposal Would Kill People, Not Save Lives
New Study Challenges Thinking on Use of NRT During Pregnancy
Iowa Eyes $1 Per Pack Cigarette Tax Increase to Fund Universal Health Care Coverage
Congressman Waxman Deceives American People in Promoting FDA Tobacco Legislation; Campaign to End Tobacco Industry Deception is Based on Deception
IN MY VIEW: FDA Tobacco Legislation Would Be Death Knell for Tobacco Harm Reduction
Told You So: Flawed Tobacco Regulatory Scheme Supported by Major Anti-Smoking Groups Was Debunked Three Years Ago
IN MY VIEW: New Study Shows that FDA Tobacco Legislation Would Set Up System of Government-Sponsored Fraud
New Study Casts Doubt on Significance of Harvard Nicotine Yield Report and Wisdom of FDA Tobacco Legislation
Senator Kennedy Joins Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in Pulling Wool Over Eyes of American People; Integrity Impossible to Find
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Campaign of Deception on FDA Legislation is Working; Public Has No Clue About Nicotine Policy Considerations
A Must Read for Anti-Smoking Groups: U.S. News & World Report Article on Car Smoking Bans
Wall Street Journal Article Highlights Financial Conflicts of Interest of Chair of Federal Smoking Cessation Guidelines Panel
Question of the Day: Why Did Anti-Smoking Groups Choose Not to Qualify their Sudden Death Claims?
The Most Misleading Claim of them All: Secondhand Smoke Can Cause Instant Death
"Leave Me Alone Mom, Or I'll Sue You": Anti-Smoking Physician Suggests that Kids Sue their Parents for Secondhand Smoke Exposure
IN MY VIEW: Harvard Nicotine Report and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Response Undermine Government's Case Against Big Tobacco
Washington Post Op-Ed Challenges the "Bogus" Science of Secondhand Smoke
More Anti-Smoking Groups Claiming that Secondhand Smoke is Worse than Active Smoking
Car Smoking Ban Proponent Claims Secondhand Smoke is Worse than Firsthand Smoke
New York Times Op-Ed Exposes Misguided Response to Harvard Nicotine Report
Daily Free Press Highlights Misleading Nature of Anti-Smoking Groups' Coverage of Nicotine Yield Report
Financial Ties Between Head of Smoking Cessation Guideline Panels and Big Pharma Run Deep
NIH Cancels Meeting Because of Researchers' Conflicts of Interest; Same Policy Should Apply to Smoking Cessation Panels
Boston Globe Notes My Disagreement With Conclusion that Marlboro Nicotine Yields Have Steadily Increased Over the Past Nine Years
IN MY VIEW: The Big Hoax - Rising Nicotine Levels as a Reason for the Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation
Analysis Shows No Increase in Nicotine Yields of Marlboro Cigarettes from 1997-2006; Widespread Media Reports Have Given a Misleading Picture
Newspaper Editorial Supports Smoking Bans in Homes; As Car Smoking Bans Spread, Concern Over Intrusion into the Home Should Jolt Anti-Smoking Groups
Bangor Car Smoking Ban Proponents Tout New Law As Placing Health of Kids Above Bad Habits of their Parents and Concerns for Civil Liberties
Anti-Smoking Advocates' Arguments Deteriorate After Lack of Health Basis for Broad Outdoor Smoking Bans is Exposed
CDC Defends Surgeon General's Statement that Brief Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Causes Lung Cancer
Lead Story in Bay Area Sunday Newspapers Features Anti-Smoking Movement's Push for Outdoor Smoking Bans and Questions the Science Behind Them
IN MY VIEW: It's Time to Stop Balancing Budgets on the Backs of Smokers
Iowa Legislative Leaders Look to Cigarette Tax to Provide Revenues for Universal Health Care Coverage
BMJ Article Urges that Smokers Be Denied Elective Surgery
Bangor City Council Bans Smoking in Cars with Children
University of Iowa Considering Complete Ban on Smoking on Campus
Bangor City Council to Consider Car Smoking Ban Tonight
On Scientific and Moral Integrity: Final Thoughts for 2006 ------ Rest of the Story will Return on Monday, January 8
Massachusetts Lawsuit Seeks to Force Philip Morris to Pay for Chest CT Scans for Smokers to Screen for Lung Cancer
Lander University Banning Smoking Everywhere on Campus - Indoors and Out; An Anti-Smoking Policy that Goes Too Far
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Movement Has Lost High Ground in Public Debate
American Cancer Society, UICC, and TFK Need to Follow ClearWay Minnesota's Lead and Retract Their False Health Claims
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Groups' Claims are Making a Mockery of Secondhand Smoke Science; Years of My Own Research Being Thrown Down the Drain
California Medical Association Adds Support to Proposal that Will Increase Kids' Secondhand Smoke Exposure
New Study Shows that Coronary Blood Flow is Not Impaired in Active Smokers, Much Less Passive Smokers; Statements of 38+ Anti-Smoking Groups are False
Articles Cited to Defend Anti-Smoking Groups' Claims Show No Evidence of Increased Heart Attack Risk Among Healthy Nonsmokers Exposed to Tobacco Smoke
At Least 38 Health and Anti-Smoking Groups are Misleading the Public by Conflating Coronary Blood Flow and Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve
Leading Tobacco Control Scientist Tells Thousands of Advocates that Rest of the Story Author Has No Idea What He's Talking About
Conflating Coronary Blood Flow and Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve: The Basis for Anti-Smoking Groups' Misleading Health Claims
Minnesota Anti-Smoking Organizations Fail to Respond to Challenge; What May Have Been Simple Mistake Now Appears to Have Become Intentional Deception
Anti-Smoking Group Supporting Proposal That Will Increase Kids' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Group's Stance on Smoking by Adoptive Parents is Unacceptable
USA Today Editorial Says Anti-Smoking Movement is Going Too Far
Anti-Smoking Group Pushing to Bar Smokers from Being Adoptive Parents
Anti-Smoking Advocate Claims that Secondhand Smoke Causes Radiation Poisoning
Action on Smoking and Health Admits that Malpractice Lawsuits Against Physicians are a Longshot, But Encourages Tying Up the Courts Anyway
Massachusetts Man Who Was Fired for Smoking Off-the-Job Files Lawsuit Under Massachusetts Privacy Statute
Anti-Smoking Group Claims that Secondhand Smoke Causes Reduced Oxygen Flow in Children Comparable to Cyanotic Heart Disease
Rest of the Story Author's Rapid Response Letter Published in Response to Malpractice Article
Tobacco Control Research and Education Center Suggests Malpractice Lawsuits as a Way to Get Physicians to Prescribe Pharmaceuticals to Smokers
Challenge Issued to Association of Nonsmokers - Minnesota to Retract Fallacious Claim and Apologize; Similar Challenge Issued to ClearWay Minnesota
To Reduce Health Care Costs, Employers Should Refuse to Hire Anyone Exposed to Tobacco Smoke: Both Active Smokers and Passive Smokers
Biased Science in Tobacco Control: A Re-Evaluation of a 1997 Study on Secondhand Smoke and Heart Disease
Medical Mutual Now Requiring Negative Urine Test for Cotinine for Job Applicants to Be Considered
The Folly of Belmont
The Folly of Belmont: PART II - Proposed Policy Would Harm Children By Increasing Secondhand Smoke Exposure
The Folly of Belmont: PART I - Proposed Ordinance Would Create Disturbing Class Inequity
Belmont (California) City Council Approves Drafting of Ordinance to Ban Smoking Everywhere Except Detached, Single-Family Homes
Health Advocates in Bangor Pushing Legislation to Ban Smoking in Cars with Children
Des Moines City Council Considering Ban on Smoking in Municipal Parking Garages
Anti-Smoking Groups Hone their Tactics to Suppress Dissent: My Suggested Guidebook for Tobacco Control Advocates for Quelling Internal Dissent
Cuyahoga County Approves Cigarette Tax Increase to Fund the Arts
Anti-Smoking Colleagues Respond to My Pointing Out Lack of Scientific Integrity in Movement by Suggesting There are More Important Things for Us to Do
Voters Support Smoking Bans, Reject Cigarette Tax Increases
Anti-Smoking Groups Can't Handle the Truth; Personal Attacks Erupting After Expressing My Opinions about Misleading Scientific Claims
No Evidence for Substantial Heart Attack Risk from Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure; Cardiovascular Effects Appear to be Transient and Reversible
Note Sent to Anti-Smoking Groups on Eve of Election
IN MY VIEW: Discussion of Secondhand Smoke Health Effects Not Possible in Tobacco Control Movement
Two Halloween Posts That Should Scare Any Tobacco Control Advocate
SmokeFreeOhio Misrepresenting Scientific Research in Backing Up Unsubstantiated Health Claim
IN MY VIEW: Glaring Scientific Inconsistency in SmokeFreeOhio's Campaign and More Misleading Campaign Statements
Anti-Smoking Advocate Claims that Seconds of Tobacco Smoke Exposure Can Cause Heart Attacks in Nonsmokers
The Antithesis of Science: Blind Allegiance, Refusal to Discuss Issues, and Lack of Interest in Making Substantive Responses to Questioning
Anti-Smoking Advocates Told to Ignore the Science and Continue Making Absurd Health Claims; Rest of the Story Author Implored to Stop Speaking Out
Anti-Smoking Groups Fail to Correct Misleading Statements about Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Surgeon General Misrepresented Conclusions of His Report Even in Summary of Report Conclusions
Moment of Truth for Anti-Smoking Groups Has Arrived
Action on Smoking and Health Promoting Street and Sidewalk Smoking Bans and Completely Misrepresenting the Science
Letter Informing Anti-Smoking Groups of Their Misleading Claims About Secondhand Smoke Widely Disseminated; Now It's Time for Action
Former FDA Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Lying About Holding Stocks in Companies He Regulated
After Lots of Fanfare, McCallum Deposition Turns Up Nothing
New Zealand Health Group Calls Smoking By or Around Pregnant Women Child Abuse
Contra Costa Times Article Questions Whether Anti-Smoking Measures Are Going Too Far
Smoking in Movies Called Greatest Media Threat to Children's Health
Anti-Smoking Group Claims that 30 Seconds of Secondhand Smoke is As Bad As a Lifetime of Active Smoking in Terms of Coronary Artery Function
ANR Criteria Suggest that Helena and Piedmont Studies are Invalid
ANR Calls Helena and Pueblo Junk Science Claims "Crystal Clear Science," While Decrying Economic Impact Studies with Same Methodology
IN MY VIEW: Omaha Smoking Ordinance Doesn't Even Make Public Health Sense
Anti-Smoking Group Instructs Public to Call 911 If They See Someone Light Up in Nonsmoking Zone, or If They See an Ashtray in a Nonsmoking Business
On the Deafening Silence of the Tobacco Control Movement: The Need for Some Moral Courage
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Continues to Deceive the American People on FDA Tobacco Legislation
Piedmont Study Methodology is Similar to Studies Showing Adverse Economic Effects of Smoking Bans; Junk Science Cuts Both Ways
Piedmont Italy Study Becomes the Latest in a String of Junk Science Papers on Effects of Smoking Bans on Heart Attack Admissions
Anti-Smoking Group Supports Use of 9-1-1 System to Enforce Omaha Smoking Ban
Anti-Smoking Group Draws Unfounded Conclusion that Secondhand Smoke Reduction in Pueblo Decreased Heart Attacks by 27%
Pueblo Study Concludes that Smoking Ban Reduced Heart Attacks by 27%; Conclusion is Premature and Based on Shoddy Science
According to Minnesota Anti-Smoking Group's Claim, Eating in a Smoky Restaurant Five Times is More Dangerous than Smoking
Editorial Criticizes Minnesota Anti-Smoking Groups for Withholding Data Showing Decrease in St. Paul Bar Patronage
Action on Smoking and Health Has Critical New Information on Health Risks of Tobacco Smoke; But Will Only Share it If You Pay
IN MY VIEW: Why Universities Should Not Accept Money from the American Legacy Foundation
IN MY VIEW: Debate over Tobacco Industry Funding at UC Has Nothing to Do With Academic Freedom; And Only A Little to Do With Research Integrity
UC Regent Calling on Tobacco Funding Ban at UC Was Recipient of Big Tobacco Campaign Money
Without Sufficient Evidence, At Least 25 Anti-Smoking Groups Claiming that Secondhand Smoke Causes Emphysema
Anti-Smoking Group Claims that Secondhand Smoke Causes Emphysema; Perhaps Most Fallacious of All Anti-Smoking Claims to Date
SmokeFreeOhio Apparently Admits Inaccurate Claims in Fact Sheet, But Retains and Adds Even More Fallacious Ones
Another Anti-Smoking Group Supports Discriminatory Workplace Smoker Bans; But Rest of the Story Commenter Sets the Record Straight
California Lieutenant Governor Blasts UC Study for Obtaining the Wrong Results
IN MY VIEW: It's Time to Talk; Tobacco Control Movement Must Open Itself Up for Discussion with Critics
Nicotine Yield of Philip Morris Cigarettes Drops in 2005; Yields of Philip Morris Cigarettes Have Actually Declined Since 1997
Attorneys General Hide Legacy Conflict of Interest in Presenting Data on Effectiveness of Truth Campaign
Faith Leaders Appear to Be Hoodwinked by FDA Tobacco Legislation; Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Campaign of Deception Appears to Be Working
IN MY VIEW: GLOBALink Tobacco Control Forum and Others Like It are Little More than a Platform for Groupthink
Misrepresentation of Nicotine Report Leading to Confusion
Newest Fallacious Claim: Passive Smokers Breathe in More Nicotine than Smokers
In Calling for FDA Legislation to Reduce Nicotine Addiction, Anti-Smoking Organization is Full of It; And Devoid of Integrity
GUEST COLUMN: Doral's Nicotine Up Most, But Sales Down Most - By Bill Godshall
Would Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Be Better Off Smoking Themselves?
CHALLENGING DOGMA (Post #11): Maintaining Cigarette Addiction by Increasing Nicotine Yields is the Sign of a Rogue Industry
Massachusetts Report Finds Increase in Cigarette Nicotine Yields During Past Seven Years
JAMA Article Brings Surgeon General's Misrepresentation of Secondhand Smoke Science to the Forefront
California Senate Passes Car Smoking Ban; Inaccurate Scientific Claims Spread to Policy Makers
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Calls Out Fanaticism of Anti-Smoking Movement; Backlash May Be Starting
New Data Show Decline in M.I. Admissions in Smoke-Free States is Lagging Behind Decline for Nation; Casts Doubt on Helena/Pueblo/Saskatoon Claims
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Again Suggests that Big Tobacco Opposes FDA Tobacco Legislation; Misleading and Deceptive Propaganda is Unethical
European Anti-Smoking Groups Condemn Employment Discrimination Against Smokers; Why are U.S. Groups Afraid to Speak Out?
Special Friday Edition: DOJ Tobacco Case Commentaries and Focus on a College Complete Smoking Ban
DOJ Tobacco Ruling Demonstrates that McCallum Did Not Destroy or Undermine Government's Case; Anti-Smoking Groups Were Wrong
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Decries Lack of Money for Anti-Smoking Programs; Still Doesn't Seem to Get It
Tobacco Companies Found Guilty of Racketeering But are Spared by Judge's Denial of Any Monetary Remedies
McHenry County College Poised to Ban Tobacco Use Entirely on Campus; From Public Health to Moralizing and Paternalism
California Legislature Considering Bill to Ban Smoking in Cars with Young Children; Arguments Supporting Bill Reveal Flawed Justification for Policy
Another Youth Anti-Smoking Group Supporting Special Protections for Philip Morris; Unethical Tactics of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids At Work?
It Must Be the Plutonium: Anti-Smoking Group Provides Explanation for How 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Could Be So Deadly
My Idea for a New "Truth" Campaign Commercial
Eating Carrot Cake and a Milk Shake May Be As Bad As 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke
Anti-Smoking Group Does Claim that Secondhand Smoke Contains Asbestos
Michigan-Ohio State Matchup May Have Less Deception than SmokeFree vs. SmokeLess Ohio
Anti-Smoking Group Quoted as Stating that Secondhand Smoke Contains Asbestos: The Newest Fallacious Scientific Claim
Another Anti-Smoking Group Suggests Smoking Around Children Should Be Considered Child Abuse
IN MY VIEW: Why Refusing to Hire Smokers to Uphold a Public Image Demonstrates Distaste and Hatred for Smokers Rather than Any Sound Reasoning
Snohomish County Health Department Considering Not Hiring Smokers to Improve Public Image
APHA Terribly Misrepresents Secondhand Smoke Health Risks to Thousands of Public Health Practitioners; Surgeon General’s Propaganda to Blame
IN MY VIEW: Extremism Has Taken Over the Tobacco Control Movement
SmokeFreeOhio Accuses SmokeLessOhio of Deception; Still Fails to Correct Deception of its Own
Anti-Smoking Groups Call On-Screen Smoking One of the Gravest Threats to Children; Legacy Asks Parents to Attack Legacy Partner
Ohio's Debunkify Campaign Should Feature Myths Being Spread by SmokeFreeOhio
Lincoln County Attorney Nixes Request to Treat Smoking in Cars with Children as Child Abuse
American Legacy Foundation Partnering with Corporate Killer, By Its Own Admission
Movies that Portray Smoking are Killing People, According to Anti-Smoking Group
Rest of the Story Highlights: Monday, July 24, 2006
Op-Ed by Rest of the Story Author Brings Surgeon General's Misrepresentation of Science to Public Attention
Op-Ed Outlines Loopholes in FDA Tobacco Legislation and Concludes that Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is Giving Philip Morris Special Protection
Commentary by Rest of the Story Author in The Lancet Questions Anti-Smoking Groups for Supporting Philip Morris' FDA Tobacco Legislation
IN MY VIEW: $130 Billion Smoking Cessation Remedy Would Be Strong Incentive for Future RICO Violations
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Groups' Unsubstantiated Attacks on McCallum Make Us Little Better than Tobacco Industry
New Information Suggests that Attacks Against McCallum are Erroneous and Misplaced
Prize Offered to First Anti-Smoking Group to Apologize for Misleading the Public
Rest of the Story Author on Maine Things Considered
Ohio Anti-Smoking Group Warns Public of Heart Attack Risk from Eating in Restaurants
Surgeon General's Statements Leading to Inaccurate Public Communications About Relative Harms of Smoking and Secondhand Smoke
IN MY VIEW: Deterioration of Scientific Quality of Anti-Smoking Groups' Communications Coincides with Tobacco Industry Relinquishing its Watchdog Role
At Least 18 Anti-Smoking Groups Claim that Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Damage as Severe as that of Active Smoking
Anti-Smoking and Health Groups Claiming that Secondhand Smoke is as Hazardous as Active Smoking
Indianapolis Workplace Smoking Ordinance Supported Based on Misleading and Unsubstantiated Scientific Information
The Ultimate in Hypocrisy: Time Warner Corporate Partner Bemoans Smoking in Time Warner Movies
Are Youth Being Misused by Anti-Smoking Groups at World Conference?
World Conference on Tobacco and Health Sponsorship by Big Pharma Precludes it From Being Objective Scientific Symposium
Anti-Smoking Group Supports Arrest and Imprisonment of Adults Who Smoke in Cars with Children
IN MY VIEW: Surgeon General and Anti-Smoking Groups Irresponsible for Not Calling for Ban on Smoking
Surgeon General and Anti-Smoking Groups Sensationalizing Facts to the Point of Inaccuracy; Why?
Florida Supreme Court Overturns Engle Punitive Damages Verdict; Huge Victory for Big Tobacco
IN MY VIEW: If Surgeon General's Statement is Correct, Why Should Smokers Quit?
Surgeon General's Report Casts Doubt on Surgeon General's Statements Regarding the Acute Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Anti-Smoking Group Calls Smokers' Rights Supporters "Ninjas"
Surgeon General Warns Americans to Stay Away from Smokers
Imploring Me Not to Express My Opinions Publicly: A Sure Sign that I Need to Do So
Surgeon General's Report Publicity Focus on Risks of Minute Levels of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Belies Importance of Dose in Determining Health Risk
Misrepresentation of Science in Surgeon General's Communications Suggests that Tobacco Control Movement Needs More Room for Discussion of Issues
California Senate Committee Approves Bill to Regulate Smoking in Private Cars; Homes Should be Next
Surgeon General's Communications Misrepresent Findings of Report; Tobacco Control Practitioners Appear Unable to Accurately Portray the Science
Cleveland Plain Dealer Article Highlights Fallacious Claims of One Anti-Smoking Group
Surgeon General Does Not Conclude that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Causes Atherosclerosis; Time for Anti-Smoking Groups to Retract their Claims
Media Already Reporting that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Causes Blood Clots in Arteries; Does the Surgeon General's Report Really Matter?
Attempt to Control Pregnant Women's Behavior Giving Tobacco Control a Bad Name
ASH Serious About Charging Parents who Smoke Around Children with Child Abuse
Anti-Smoking Movement Not Discussing the Substance of Issues; Just Trying to Silence Dissent
Anti-Smoking Groups Conspired to Hide Internal Dissent on Smoker-Free Employment Policies from Public Knowledge
Major Anti-Smoking Group Wants Parents Who Smoke Around their Children Referred to Authorities for Child Abuse
Anti-Smoking Group Supports Law to Ban Smoking by Pregnant Women and Boasts of Invasion of Women's Privacy and Autonomy
Lack of Interest in Discussion of Science Pervades Anti-Tobacco Movement
Arkansas Governor Quoted as Stating that Banning Smoking by Pregnant Women Makes Sense
Anti-Smoking Advocates Told that McCallum Rescued Tobacco Industry And Lied to American People
Arkansas Legislator Proposes Ban on Smoking for Pregnant Women
Helena Study Itself Reveals Implausibility of Conclusions
McCallum Cleared of Misconduct; ANR and Other Anti-Smoking Groups’ Political Attacks Were Irresponsible and Unjustified
Several Tobacco Control Advocates Did Support My Right to Express My Opinions, But Their Advice was Not Heeded
Personal Insults and Attacks and Calls for Censorship from My Tobacco Control Colleagues: Is this What the Tobacco Control Movement is All About?
ANR Instructing Anti-Smoking Advocates to Insinuate That Opposition Groups of Being Big Tobacco-Funded Even in the Absence of Evidence
Smokers Should be Banned from College, According to Same Logic Used to Support Workplace Smoker-Free Policies
14 More Anti-Smoking Groups Found to Be Making Fallacious Claims about Acute Cardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Movement Needs Serious Discussion of Critical Issues, Not to Stifle Discussion by Limiting Expression of Dissenting Opinions
North Korea to Ban Smokers from Attending College
An Opportunity to Return to the List-Serve, But With Conditions of Censorship
Just One Cigarette is Enough to Addict Kids to Smoking?
Rest of the Story Author Thrown Off of List-Serve; Censorship Alive in Anti-Smoking Movement, But Little Room for the Truth
Anti-Smoking Group Quoted as Saying that Secondhand Smoke is as Hazardous as Smoking
New Study Shows that Helena Conclusions About Effects of Smoking Ban on Heart Attacks are Scientifically Implausible
American Legacy Foundation Again Fails to Disclose Conflict of Interest in Citing Research on Effectiveness of Itself
American Legacy Foundation Anti-Smoking Summer Tour to Begin
St. Cloud (Florida) Rescinds Smoker-Free Hiring Policy Due to Lack of Qualified Police Officers
San Diego May Make it a Crime to Smoke in a Park or on a Beach
National Anti-Smoking Groups Instructed Organizations to Use Helena Conclusions to Convince Public that Smoking Bans Immediately Reduce Heart Attacks
Drastic Declines in Heart Attack Admissions in Nebraska and South Carolina in 2004: Cut in Anti-Smoking Programs May be the Reason
IN MY VIEW: Tobacco Control Movement is Legitimizing Junk Science Claims
Boston Herald Op-Ed Cautions that Anti-Smoking Movement is Going Too Far
IN MY VIEW: Making it Unlawful to Smoke Around Children Could have Detrimental Effect on Childrens' Health, Especially Among Disadvantaged Populations
IN MY VIEW: Giving the Tobacco Industry Ammunition - Why in the World are We Doing This?
Attacks on Tobacco Control Researcher: PART III - Accused of Being a Scientific Fraud and of Lying
Suggestion that Heart Disease Takes More than 30 Minutes to Develop Spurns Attacks on Tobacco Researcher: PART II - Accused of Taking Tobacco Money
Suggestion that Heart Disease Takes More than 30 Minutes to Develop Spurns Attacks on Tobacco Control Researcher: PART I - Kicked Out of the Movement
New Study Reveals Deadly Effects of Swedish Moist Snuff Use
Religious Leaders Support FDA Tobacco Legislation
Defense Verdict in Seattle Smoking Lawsuit
Three Major Anti-Smoking Organizations Instructed Anti-Smoking Groups to Claim that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Causes Atherosclerosis
More Completely Fallacious Claims by Anti-Smoking Organizations; Now, Anyone Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Will Get Heart Disease
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Movement in its Current State is Not Sustainable
20/20 Reveals Myth of "30 Minute" Anti-Smoking Claim
ABC News 20/20 to Air Segment on Fallacious Claims of Anti-Smoking Groups
American Legacy Foundation Teams Up With Seventeen Magazine to Reduce Smoking (and with Numerous Other Magazines to Increase Smoking)
Newspaper Article Exposes Problems in Saskatoon Conclusion that Smoking Ban Caused Reduction in Heart Attacks
Anti-Smoking Groups Still Making Completely Fallacious Claims About Effects of Secondhand Smoke; No Evidence that They Care About Scientific Integrity
Anti-Smoking Advocates Calling for Judicial Intervention into Parental Smoking
IN MY VIEW: On the Entrance of Classism into the Anti-Smoking Movement
Edinburgh World Heritage Concerned that Outdoor Smokers are Destroying the Image of Edinburgh
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Agenda Driving Nail of Death Through Tobacco Litigation
IN MY VIEW: Anti-Smoking Movement on One Way Street Towards Promoting Prohibition
IN MY VIEW: Education and Persuasion versus Coercion as Public Health Approaches
IN MY VIEW: Why Leave it at Children? Smoking Around Anyone Is Physical Abuse and Should Be a Criminal Offense
National Governor's Association Launches Healthy America Initiative
Anti-Smoking Advocate Pushing to Make Smoking Around Kids a Form of Child Abuse
Researchers Implicate Secondhand Smoke as Cause of Behavior Problems in Children
Arbitrary Nature of Smoking Ban Leads to Confusion, Lawsuit
Anti-Smoking Groups Widely Giving False Testimony in Support of Smoking Bans; Groups Even Being Instructed to Give Testimony that is Inaccurate
Oncologist Switches Careers: From Fighting Cancer to Promoting It
Harvard Law School Professor Takes Issue With Being Listed as an Example of a "Junk Scientist" by Anti-Smoking Group
Arkansas Bans Smoking in Cars with Young Children; Other States to Follow?
Undocumented Accusations of Wrongdoing Bring Down Ambassadorial Nominee; Anti-Smoking Groups Joined in Making These Claims
New Ad Reveals that American Legacy Foundation Partner has Delivered 10 Billion Tobacco Impressions to U.S. Theater Audiences
Drifting Tobacco Smoke More Harmful than Active Smoking, Says Anti-Smoking Group
SmokeFreeOhio Apparently Decides to Retain Fallacious Scientific Claims
British Heart Foundation Corrects Inaccurate Claim about Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Claims by ASH and Other Anti-Smoking Groups Lead to Conclusion that 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Triples Heart Attack Risk
Undocumented Claims of Wrongdoing Being Used to Hold Up Consideration of Ambassadorial Nomination
Anti-Smoking Groups Reporting the Opposite of the Science On Acute Cardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke
From 30 Minutes to 20 Minutes to 5 Minutes: 300 Seconds to Artery Closure from Secondhand Smoke - Can the Claims Get Any More Absurd?
IN MY VIEW: Why the Tobacco Control Movement Seems Unable to Produce Solid Scientific Communications
Architect of New Jersey Smoking Ban Admits that Ban Supporters Cowered Down to Economic Interests of Casino Industry
Another Inaccurate Scientific Claim Regarding the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke
International Tobacco Control Conference Brought to You By ... Big Pharma
16 More Anti-Smoking and Health Groups Found to Be Disseminating Fallacious Claims About Acute Cardiovascular Risks of Secondhand Smoke
Challenge Issued to Anti-Smoking Groups to Retract Fallacious Scientific Claims
Anti-Smoking Groups Helping Philip Morris Execute Its Strategic Plan Without Having to Lift a Finger
ASH Director Threatens Personal Lawsuit Against George
Washington University Staff Member if Outdoor Smoking is Not
Banned
Challenge Issued to Anti-Smoking Groups: Identify Study
that Demonstrates 30 Minutes of Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Attacks or
Retract these Claims
Heart Attack on a Plate: Top 10 List of Foods that Can
Cause an Immediate, Fatal Heart Attack
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Misusing Kids to Promote
Philip Morris' Legislative Agenda
25 More Anti-Smoking Groups Make Completely Fallacious
Scientific Claims; Credibility Crisis for Tobacco Control Movement
Imminent
Another Anti-Smoking Group Makes Fallacious Scientific
Claims in Support of Smoking Bans
Despite Lack of Evidence, ANR Again Accuses FORCES of
Being A Big Tobacco Front Group
Harvard Medical School Professors Helping Philip Morris to
Market Cigarettes
Tobacco Control Researcher Tells Public that Acute
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart
Attacks
Arbitrator Rules that Big Tobacco Market Share Reductions
are Due to MSA; Paves Way for Reduction in Payments to
States
Smokers Need Not Apply: Atlantic Beach Will Not Hire
Smokers
Tobacco Control Movement Credibility Starting to Decline
as Public Can't Differentiate Legitimate from Far-Fetched
Claims
Colorado Treasurer Calls Master Settlement Agreement a
Protection Racket Between States and Big
Tobacco
Colorado Admits MSA a Disaster that has Created
Partnership with Big Tobacco and Incentive to Promote Tobacco
Use
ASH Compares Smoking to Public Urination; Calls on
Completely Banning Smoking in Public Because Smoke is Offensive and a
Public Nuisance
More Absurdity Discovered in Calabasas Smoking Ban:
Smokers Must Not Open Windows in Car if They
Smoke
Two More States Admit Addiction to Cigarette Sales
Revenues; Public Health Harms of MSA Becoming
Clear
ASH Questions Whether Calabasas Smoking Ban is Going Too
Far
CHALLENGING DOGMA (Post #10): Anyone Who Disagrees that
Secondhand Smoke Causes Chronic Disease Must Be Personally
Discredited
Documents Suggest that Attorneys General are Scheming with
BigTobacco to Protect Financial Health of Major Tobacco
Companies
Discussion Thread: Health Effects of Secondhand
Smoke
The Rest of the Story Quoted on
Calabasas
ANR Once Again Deceives Its
Constituents
The 20-30 Minutes Fiasco: Why Anti-Smoking Groups
Providing Inaccurate Health Information is
Unethical
Anti-Smoking Groups Refuse to Correct, Clarify, or Retract
Fallacious Claims; Reward Being Offered
Calabasas Smoking Ban Goes Into Effect
Tomorrow
MSA-Induced Addiction to Tobacco Money Finally Being
Recognized
Attorneys General Have Provided Immunity to Tobacco
Companies; MSA Ruled to Preclude Citizens' Rights to Seek Punitive
Damages Related to Tobacco Use
Forget 30 Minutes; Anti-Smoking Group Claims 20 Minutes of
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Increases Heart Attack
Risk
Utah's Budget Director Admits States are Addicted to
Tobacco Money Due to Master Settlement
Agreement
What Are They Waiting For? Tobacco Companies Should Claim
that Smoking Presents No More Risk of Heart Attacks than Brief
Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Anti-Smoking Group Uses False Information to Support New
Hampshire Smoking Ban
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Criticizes Tobacco
Companies for Attempting to Enforce Master Settlement
Agreement
Jacob Sullum on Calabasas: Right on the
Mark
National Anti-Smoking Group Claims to be Only National
Anti-Smoking Group
Attorneys General Take Credit for Declines in Cigarette
Consumption
IN MY VIEW: Actions of Anti-Smoking Groups Dealing Death
Blow to Tobacco Litigation
Billion Dollars of State MSA Money May be Threatened;
Possibility of Even Stronger Partnership Between States and Big Tobacco
a Real One
Tobacco Money to Save Hospital; Master Settlement
Agreement Public Health Disaster Continues to Play Itself
Out
Soft Drinks Being Singled Out as Cause of Obesity Problem;
Analogy to Tobacco Seems Detrimental to Public Health
Efforts
Action on Smoking and Health Rejoicing in Unjustified
Oppression of Smokers
Punishing Smokers is Now an Official Declared Goal of
Anti-Smoking Movement
Another Misleading Health Claim; This One Involving Basic
Secondhand Smoke Mortality Statistics
Anti-Smoking Organization Trying to Scare Smokers into
Thinking They May Lose Custody of Their Children; Calls Smoking Near
Children "Child Abuse"
IN MY VIEW: Is There Any Longer a Need for Scientific
Research in Tobacco Control?
American Legacy Foundation Releases Recommendations to
Counter Youth Exposure to Smoking in Movies; Forgets Most Important
One
Invalid Studies Being Used to Promote Smoking
Bans
Nonsmoking Workers and Customers in Some Oklahoma and
Indianapolis Restaurants Now At Greater Risk of Fatal Heart Attacks than
Smokers
Despite Lack of Public Health Justification, Restaurant
Smoking Bans Going Into Effect in Oklahoma and
Indianapolis
Colorado Health Advocates Standing Up for Principles in
Support of Smoke-Free Workplace Legislation
