tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post2444161256855559358..comments2024-03-18T08:47:54.385-04:00Comments on Tobacco Truth: NIH Funding Stifles Tobacco Harm Reduction Research and Support in AcademiaBrad Roduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-75144914543995355812016-04-16T10:47:58.732-04:002016-04-16T10:47:58.732-04:00"The federal government, via the Department o..."The federal government, via the Department of Health and Human Services, is engaged in a coordinated, expensive campaign to create a tobacco-free society."<br /><br />I believe this is a front. Tobacco Control have achieved next to nothing over the last decade and they've run out of ideas; it's ecigs that are now reducing smoking prevalence. Many in the TC field and elsewhere have an ideological stance, many are ignorant of the facts about ecigs and many do as they're told but, at the top and pulling the strings, I believe it's about the money - it's certainly not about health. The government and states receive hundreds of billions of dollars in cigarette taxes and MSAs and rely on that money. Then there are all the organisations and individuals who are heavily invested in tobacco, being amongst the best shares for investment. They need all the organisations you mentioned to justify laws against ecigs and ST and to protect the smoking economy for them. Ecigs and ST are a huge threat to them. Then you have the massive pharmaceutical influence that also funds these same people - they also need to keep people smoking in order to sell patches and gums, treat depression in people who stop smoking and to treat smoking related diseases now and in the future. Ecigs and ST are a huge threat to them, too.Lollylulubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589697497789503657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-67623151212773662982015-08-26T13:53:35.669-04:002015-08-26T13:53:35.669-04:00This is why our founding fathers forbid government...This is why our founding fathers forbid government control, & were restricted to foreign duties only. (War, peace, negotiations, commerce, all foreign not domestic). Anything else is null & void. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-23289519498546389762015-02-22T23:16:46.732-05:002015-02-22T23:16:46.732-05:00I quoted three paragraphs and made a link to your ...I quoted three paragraphs and made a link to your page from my page, http://www.smokershistory.com/FatCats.htmlCarolASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09382255105149582046noreply@blogger.com