Pakistan is one of 146 countries that have ratified the global tobacco treaty. By taking this measure the country is making a great step forward in protecting the health and lives of its citizens from the tobacco epidemic. Many countries around the world are seeing an increase is disease and death related to tobacco smoking. Hopefully Pakistan's example will be … [Read more...] about Pakistan Takes Steps Toward Preventing a Tobacco Epidemic
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Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by Tobacco
In September 2002 Barb Tarbox was diagnosed with incurable lung (stage IV) and brain cancer at the age of 41. She smoked two packs of cigarettes a day since the tender age of 11. She smoked for 30 years, totaling a 60 pack-year smoking history. She died May 18, 2003 after speaking to more than 50,000 students about the dangers of smoking. View a fifteen minute video … [Read more...] about Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by Tobacco
Beware Corporate Wolves In Consumer Watchdog Clothing
The so-called Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is at it again. This time, it's not the American Medical Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving they're after. Instead, it's the Physicians' Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The PCRM is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, proper nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. So why is something … [Read more...] about Beware Corporate Wolves In Consumer Watchdog Clothing
Killer Marketing
Nowhere in any industry does the term "killer marketing" apply better than in Big Tobacco. If Big Tobacco is successful in marketing its products to existing addicts, ex addicts and new victims, it will definitely kill its target audience. And it seems that marketing executives have become so "clever" (if that's the word you would use to describe somebody who's found a … [Read more...] about Killer Marketing
Those Who Don’t Know History…
I've been on my high horse today about Big Tobacco trying to squirm out of facing responsibility for killing people. I do recognize my own responsibility of making the initial choice to try a sickarette. But I also feel it's appropriate for BT to accept its role in making sure people stay "life long customers". So I looked something up in a great body of information … [Read more...] about Those Who Don’t Know History…
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