Talk’s of a black market are already underway on many forums and social sites across the internet as the decision draws near on the fate of the e cigarette in a federal court. Other than a few special interest groups that are funded by big pharmaceutical companies putting pressure on the FDA to act against [...]
Is there such thing as a “safer” cigarette? What are the public health implications of the FDA’s new regulatory authority over tobacco products? Should electronic cigarettes be banned or promoted?
These are just a few of the questions that will be addressed at the 2009 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health to be held at [...]
Post by Mac on ECF :
So here’s the deal, up until the FDA’s news blast we were a growing company 2 kiosks 7 employees and growing, growing, growing. The sky seemed to be the limit. Fast forward 6 weeks. sales down 40% one kiosk closing. I now have to lay off 2 employees both of [...]
For many years the anti-smoking movement has been accused of creating a ’slippery slope’ that will lead to a puritanical crusade against any product deemed to be unhealthy. The anti-smoking movement has always denied this. As Stanton Glantz (founder of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights) said in 2006:
“The whole slippery slope argument is fallacious.
It says that [...]
by Magestorm
Today’s world is awash with the message “Just say no to ______” Whether it be drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, or a bacon cheeseburger, it seems most of the anti _____ groups want this as the ONLY strategy in effect.
Back in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, The Temperance movement was founded. It advocated restraint [...]
