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Implications of Court Order for Tobacco Companies to Make “Corrective Statements:” Implications for the FDA and Industry Power

Submitted by sglantz on Wed, 2012-11-28 17:38

On November 27, 2012 Federal Judge Gladys Kessler took another step in implementing the “remedies” in the landmark case the US Department of Justice brought against the major US cigarette manufacturers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act for creating an illegal “enterprise” to defraud the public about a wide range of issues related to smoking (including secondhand smoke) and health.  (Sharon Eubanks, the lawyer who led the DOJ effort through the trial, and I wrote a book, Read more »

Tobacco cos. claim trademark laws and treaties preclude health warning labels, despite consistent legal advice that they don't

Submitted by sglantz on Sun, 2012-11-25 10:14

Eric Crosbie and I just published a paper in Tobacco Control, Tobacco industry argues domestic trademark laws and international treaties preclude cigarette health warning labels, despite consistent legal advice that the argument is invalid.  This paper should embolden governments to pursue strong graphic warning labels and plain packaging.  The tile speaks for itself.

Here is the abstract: Read more »

DHHS's new BeTobaccoFree.gov ignores the 2012 Surgeon General's Report

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2012-11-16 09:16

The Department of Health and Human Services just launched BeTobaccoFree.gov, to provide be a "one-stop shop" for information on smoking and other products.  While it has a reasonable description of the health effects of smoking and secondhand smoke, it completely ignores two central conclusions of the 2012 Surgeon General's report, Read more »

CDC will regularly reporting smoking in movies along with other key public health indicators

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2012-11-09 10:27

We worked with the CDC to report the amount of smoking in movies in 2009 and 2010 in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, then for 2011 in Preventing Chronic Disease.  The first two reports showed that consistent drops in the amount of onscreen smoking between 2005 and 2010.  The 2011 s Read more »

“SMOKE-FREE’’ LAWS LEAD TO FEWER HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS

Submitted by sglantz on Tue, 2012-11-06 17:25

Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma and other respiratory conditions, a new UCSF analysis has found.
 
The research provides evidence that smoke-free laws that cover workplaces, restaurants and bars have the biggest impacts on hospitalizations, reduce health care costs and also raise quality of life, the researchers said.
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New paper showing how the tobacco companies manipulated the American Law Institute to shape tort law

Submitted by sglantz on Sun, 2012-11-04 23:32

We just published a new paper, "Tobacco Industry Influence on the American Law Institute’s Restatements of Torts and Implications for Its Conflict of Interest Policies," in the Iowa Law Review showing how the tobacco companies quietly shaped influential policy documents to win sympathetic legal interpretations in products liability cases for decades.  Many of these policies are still in force today.

Here is a summary of the paper: Read more »

After pledging to support Massachusetts' tobacco control program as a candidate, Governor Romney killed it

Submitted by sglantz on Sun, 2012-11-04 23:24

Another excellent in-depth Huffington Post investigation of Mitt Romney's record of supporting Big Tobacco is available here.  

Calif Governor Brown channels Philip Morris in vetoing smokefree nursing homes

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2012-11-02 06:47

California Governor Jerry Brown recently vetoed Assembly Bill 217, which would have made nursing homes smokefree," ignoring the mountain of evidence that secondhand smoke kills.  Our new meta-analysis, published in Read more »

UCSF tobacco control researchers have 23 presentations at the APHA next week

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2012-10-26 14:34

You can download a flyer listing all the presentations here.

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