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'Nanny Bloomberg' Ad In New York Times Targets N.Y. Mayor's Anti-Soda Crusade (PHOTO)
"It says an awful lot about the state of the soda industry that a tobacco company front group is attacking Mike Bloomberg on their behalf. This is the same organization that was founded to oppose bans of smoking in restaurants and bars."
Jun 4, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Jun 4, 2012 16:52
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Analysis: Is it fair to penalize smokers and overeaters? Yes, say experts. Here's why.
Because it’s not just about them, say some health economists, bioethicists and public health researchers. “Your freedom is likely to be someone else’s harm,” said Daniel Callahan, senior research scholar at a bioethics think-tank, the Hastings Center.
Jan 26, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Feb 4, 2013 23:50
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Tobacco Warriors Set Their Sights On The Grocery Store
Plaintiffs’ attorney Don Barrett, who won record settlements from Big Tobacco ten years ago and is among a host of lawyers seeking big paydays over the labeling issue, summed up the activist position in just two sentences, stating that mislabeling “is a
Aug 27, 2012
Fast Company
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Aug 27, 2012 14:38
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Star Scientific leaving smokeless business
Star Scientific Inc. said Monday it is getting out of the smokeless tobacco business, discouraged by the regulatory environment for its Ariva and Stonewall Hard products. The company, based in Glen Allen, Va., said it will concentrate on its pharmaceuti
Dec 18, 2012
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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Dec 18, 2012 04:25
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Can Star Scientific Leave its Big Tobacco Past Behind?
While Star Scientific (NASDAQ:STSI) is remoulding itself, focusing on dietary supplements rather than smokeless cigarettes, the company is still haunted by Big Tobacco.
Nov 13, 2012
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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Nov 13, 2012 11:40
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[New York] Smoking: Weight watchers | Bad news for advocates of higher cigarette taxes
Bloomberg may well be right to push for more bans. A new paper by Abel Brodeur of the Paris School of Economics, based on extensive surveys in America, suggests that bans on smoking are not just effective but actually make smokers happier. By not allowing
Apr 13, 2013
The Economist
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Apr 15, 2013 08:31
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Soda and Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns: How Do They Compare?
In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Andrew Cheyne and colleagues compare soda companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns - which are designed to bolster the image and popularity of their products and to p
Jun 19, 2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Jun 26, 2012 16:45
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Increased obesity is wiping out most health benefits of less smoking
A team of researchers with the National Bureau of Economic Research published data looking at obesity and smoking rates. The trends are, as shown in this graph below, not exactly subtle: Both of those trends have an impact on longevity; these researcher
Sep 25, 2012
The Washington Post
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Sep 25, 2012 17:35
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Big Tobacco's Marketing Muscle Influences Campaigns in the 21st Century
The application of several of big tobacco’s most successful advertising tactics over the past fifty years such as the use of authority figures and celebrities, in addition to inflated claims of health benefits, is out in full force today. To enhance their
Apr 30, 2013
Triple Pundit
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Apr 30, 2013 17:10
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Organic Food Debunker was Tobacco Institute Researcher in 1976
A widely publicized study claiming that there is no demonstrated difference in nutritional value between organically and conventionally grown foods. . . The article co-author with recognized expertise in meta-analysis, Ingram Olkin, applied for a grant f
Sep 6, 2012
OpEd News (blog)
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Sep 6, 2012 15:43