Comments on: Word wars and tobacco control

By: ruthmalone

ruthmalone — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:39:09 +0000

I am out of the office until January 8. I will be unable to check email consistently during this time. I will respond to your message as soon as possible or on my return–thanks for your patience.
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Ruth Malone

By: Crithomas

Crithomas — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:38:35 +0000

Alcohol and
tobacco industries insist their products are aimed at adults, but beverages
like Sparks and bright colored tobacco products seem tailored and fit for the
youth. There are fruit flavored cigars and energy drinks that are not only high
in caffeine, but now have up to 9 percent in alcohol. “Alcohol and caffeine are
really double trouble when they’re marketed to kids and when they create the
illusion of alertrness combined with the impairment of alcohol,” Connecticut
attorney general Richard Blumenthal said. It is not only the content that
worries critics, it’s the marketing strategies. Randall Pinkston reports from
CBS news the concerns of prosecutors of the 27 states and the District of
Columbia are accusing breweries of promoting products that are “highly”
attractive to underage youth. If
the breweries do not comply, the attorneys general will be threatening
lawsuits. Mean-while, anti-smoking organizations are pushing for tighter
regulated tobacco advertising industry.

By: Johnny Savage

Johnny Savage — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:12:10 +0000

Would making the sale of tobacco illegal also apply to the pharmaceutical companies? Where would they obtain the nicotine for their practically useless NRT products? (Would you buy a condom with up to a 98.6% failure rate?)

Are these very same companies performing research into nicotine-based drugs to treat a spectrum of conditions from obesity to Parkinson's Disease?

Are these the very same companies who sponsor and fund Tobacco Control and make considerable financial gains from their 'investments'?

Follow the money!

P.S. I have absolutely no connection s with the tobacco industry, apart from enjoying their products.

By: Thad Marney

Thad Marney — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:56:03 +0000

Follow the money. Who do you think benefits financially from the sale of products to avert premature death and treat illness? Hint: Not tobacco companies.

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By: Becky Freeman

Becky Freeman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:37:57 +0000

Congratulations! Your entry to "stop using “Big Tobacco” and call the industry “toxic tobacco industry”" has been short-listed as one of the top 6 ideas. Be sure to vote here: http://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2010/10/27/word-wars-and-tobacco-control-choose-the-winner/ Becky Freeman Assistant Editor, New Media Tobacco Control

By: Becky Freeman

Becky Freeman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:36:12 +0000

Congratulations! Your entry to "focus on how multinational profits vs health costs are globally distributed" has been short-listed as one of the top 6 ideas. Be sure to vote here: http://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2010/10/27/word-wars-and-tobacco-control-choose-the-winner/
Becky Freeman Assistant Editor, New Media Tobacco Control

By: Becky Freeman

Becky Freeman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:34:36 +0000

Congratulations! Your entry to "get rid of the word “smoker” – stop labelling users" has been short-listed as one of the top 6 ideas. Be sure to vote here: http://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2010/10/27/word-wars-and-tobacco-control-choose-the-winner/
Becky Freeman Assistant Editor, New Media Tobacco Control

By: Becky Freeman

Becky Freeman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:33:41 +0000

Congratulations! Your entry to "change tobacco industry financial reports to disease reports" has been short-listed as one of the top 6 ideas. Be sure to vote here: http://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2010/10/27/word-wars-and-tobacco-control-choose-the-winner/ Becky Freeman Assistant Editor, New Media Tobacco Control

By: Becky Freeman

Becky Freeman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:32:30 +0000

Congratulations! Your entry to "reframe quitting as “breaking up” with a deceitful best friend " has been short-listed as one of the top 6 ideas. Be sure to vote here:
http://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2010/10/27/word-wars-and-tobacco-control-choose-the-winner/

Becky Freeman
Assistant Editor, New Media
Tobacco Control