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== Tobacco Control Advocates (Past and Present)== | == Tobacco Control Advocates (Past and Present)== | ||
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*'''Banzhaf, John''' | *'''Banzhaf, John''' | ||
:Founder of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Banzhaf has never met a smoking restriction he did not like, having spoken in support, for example, of bans in apartment and condominium complexes, and job discrimination against smokers. All the way back in 2006 he made it clear that his ultimate intention was total control of smokers, even in their homes: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/02/26/states-time-to-stub-out-smoking.html "Here we are literally reaching into the last frontier — right into the home... No longer can you argue, ‘My home is my castle. I've got the right to smoke.’"] Also see some [http://www.velvetgloveironfist.com/john_banzhaf_smoking.php background on Banzhaf] by author Christopher Snowdon. | :Founder of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Banzhaf has never met a smoking restriction he did not like, having spoken in support, for example, of bans in apartment and condominium complexes, and job discrimination against smokers. All the way back in 2006 he made it clear that his ultimate intention was total control of smokers, even in their homes: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/02/26/states-time-to-stub-out-smoking.html "Here we are literally reaching into the last frontier — right into the home... No longer can you argue, ‘My home is my castle. I've got the right to smoke.’"] Also see some [http://www.velvetgloveironfist.com/john_banzhaf_smoking.php background on Banzhaf] by author Christopher Snowdon. | ||
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*'''Bauld, Linda''' | *'''Bauld, Linda''' | ||
:A "smoking cessation expert" at the University of Bath until 2010, and now Professor of Socio-Management at the University of Stirling, United Kingdom, Dr. Bauld has displayed typical TC obliviousness in stating her incredulity that smokers should be appalled and enraged at government-supported programs designed to destroy smokers' finances, careers, families, social dignity, and their lives generally. | :A "smoking cessation expert" at the University of Bath until 2010, and now Professor of Socio-Management at the University of Stirling, United Kingdom, Dr. Bauld has displayed typical TC obliviousness in stating her incredulity that smokers should be appalled and enraged at government-supported programs designed to destroy smokers' finances, careers, families, social dignity, and their lives generally. | ||
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*'''Benowitz, Neal''' | *'''Benowitz, Neal''' | ||
:Prof. of medicine, UC San Francisco. A reviewer for ''Tobacco Control''. A member and discussion group chair for Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). Known for his role in the redefinition of the word "addiction" so that it could specifically apply more strongly to smoking. | :Prof. of medicine, UC San Francisco. A reviewer for ''Tobacco Control''. A member and discussion group chair for Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). Known for his role in the redefinition of the word "addiction" so that it could specifically apply more strongly to smoking. | ||
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:Bero has been given substantial RWJF money for this project, the results of which were published in ''JAMA'' (''Journal of the American Medical Association'') in 1999. Basically the “study” says any studies conducted with tobacco funding are bad, but those conducted with other funding (ostensibly including pharmaceutical money from RWJF) are good. A reviewer for ''Tobacco Control''. | :Bero has been given substantial RWJF money for this project, the results of which were published in ''JAMA'' (''Journal of the American Medical Association'') in 1999. Basically the “study” says any studies conducted with tobacco funding are bad, but those conducted with other funding (ostensibly including pharmaceutical money from RWJF) are good. A reviewer for ''Tobacco Control''. | ||
*'''Berteletti-Kemp, Florence''' | *'''Berteletti-Kemp, Florence''' | ||
− | :Works as a consultant on European Union health policy to the Smoke Free Partnership in Brussels and is the Vice President of the European Public Health Alliance | + | :Works as a consultant on European Union health policy to the Smoke Free Partnership in Brussels and is the Vice President of the European Public Health Alliance. |
*'''Biener, Lois'''* | *'''Biener, Lois'''* | ||
:Senior Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Boston Center for Survey Research, Boston MA. Listed as a media contact in RWJF’s guide for the “Survey on Responses to the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.” The survey would, among other things, “determine the characteristics of smokers who are most responsive to media messages and to determine which segments of the population are most likely to adopt anti-tobacco stances.” Biener received $220,152 from RWJF for that “study.” She is a frequent RWJF grantee who often publishes journal articles with other RWJF grantees. | :Senior Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Boston Center for Survey Research, Boston MA. Listed as a media contact in RWJF’s guide for the “Survey on Responses to the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.” The survey would, among other things, “determine the characteristics of smokers who are most responsive to media messages and to determine which segments of the population are most likely to adopt anti-tobacco stances.” Biener received $220,152 from RWJF for that “study.” She is a frequent RWJF grantee who often publishes journal articles with other RWJF grantees. | ||
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:Co-Director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights and ANR Foundation. Sat on the Koop/Kessler Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health. Also sat on the Special Review Committee, which approved the NCI grant to Richard Daynard to assist in anti-tobacco litigation. Close associate of Stanton Glantz, co-founder and former head of ANR. | :Co-Director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights and ANR Foundation. Sat on the Koop/Kessler Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health. Also sat on the Special Review Committee, which approved the NCI grant to Richard Daynard to assist in anti-tobacco litigation. Close associate of Stanton Glantz, co-founder and former head of ANR. | ||
*'''Chaloupka, Frank'''* | *'''Chaloupka, Frank'''* | ||
− | :Chaloupka, Frank: His history includes the following: Assoc Prof in Economics, U of IL (Chicago). Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Reviewer/Assoc. Editor, | + | :Chaloupka, Frank: His history includes the following: Assoc Prof in Economics, U of IL (Chicago). Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Reviewer/Assoc. Editor, Tobacco Control. |
:Member of the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco, which, in 1994, got a $1 million grant from RWJF. Member of RWJF's "Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence" (TERN). His economic research in the early 90's (funded by RWJF) showed, he claimed, that a 75c/pack tax hike would cut youth smoking in half between 1992 and 1994. He also wrote on the effectiveness of taxation for the US Surgeon General's Reports of 1994 and 1998 and co-authored a 1995 paper, "Criteria for Determining an Optimal Cigarette Tax." All of which have allowed him to combine his two hobbies: hating tobacco and loving taxes. | :Member of the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco, which, in 1994, got a $1 million grant from RWJF. Member of RWJF's "Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence" (TERN). His economic research in the early 90's (funded by RWJF) showed, he claimed, that a 75c/pack tax hike would cut youth smoking in half between 1992 and 1994. He also wrote on the effectiveness of taxation for the US Surgeon General's Reports of 1994 and 1998 and co-authored a 1995 paper, "Criteria for Determining an Optimal Cigarette Tax." All of which have allowed him to combine his two hobbies: hating tobacco and loving taxes. | ||
:Aside from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chaloupka has been funded by the federal government (the NCI, the CDC), and such "charities" as the American Cancer Society (ACS), and both the American Lung (ALA) and Heart (AHA) Associations. | :Aside from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chaloupka has been funded by the federal government (the NCI, the CDC), and such "charities" as the American Cancer Society (ACS), and both the American Lung (ALA) and Heart (AHA) Associations. | ||
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*'''Chapman, Simon''' | *'''Chapman, Simon''' | ||
− | :Australian-based sociologist and [http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2012/01/work-of-art.html anti-smoking zealot]. | + | :Australian-based sociologist and [http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2012/01/work-of-art.html anti-smoking zealot]. |
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*'''Cherner, Joe'''* | *'''Cherner, Joe'''* | ||
:Founder and head of SmokeFree Educational Services in NYC. Very active in attempting to push smoking bans in New York as policy chair for the Coalition for a Smoke-Free City. Cherner is one of the zealots who want smoking bans virtually everywhere. He has been largely unheard from since moving to France several years ago. | :Founder and head of SmokeFree Educational Services in NYC. Very active in attempting to push smoking bans in New York as policy chair for the Coalition for a Smoke-Free City. Cherner is one of the zealots who want smoking bans virtually everywhere. He has been largely unheard from since moving to France several years ago. | ||
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:Sr. Research Scientist, Dept. of Cancer Control & Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. Also a Research Scientist with Health Research, Inc. of Buffalo. Listed in RWJF’s media guide for his “Assessment of the Effects of New York City’s Smoke-Free Restaurant Law...", a study of tax receipt data to determine the economic impact of the ban while gauging consumers’ and restaurant owners’ response to the ban and steps toward ban compliance. Cummings received $183,133 from RWJF for this study. | :Sr. Research Scientist, Dept. of Cancer Control & Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. Also a Research Scientist with Health Research, Inc. of Buffalo. Listed in RWJF’s media guide for his “Assessment of the Effects of New York City’s Smoke-Free Restaurant Law...", a study of tax receipt data to determine the economic impact of the ban while gauging consumers’ and restaurant owners’ response to the ban and steps toward ban compliance. Cummings received $183,133 from RWJF for this study. | ||
:Cummings is heavily funded by RWJF and co-authored a 1999 AJHP article with RWJF’s C. Tracy Orleans. The article focused heavily on cessation treatments and products and advocated more research on cessation and continued tobacco tax increases, counter advertising, and anti-tobacco "advocacy" (lobbying). | :Cummings is heavily funded by RWJF and co-authored a 1999 AJHP article with RWJF’s C. Tracy Orleans. The article focused heavily on cessation treatments and products and advocated more research on cessation and continued tobacco tax increases, counter advertising, and anti-tobacco "advocacy" (lobbying). | ||
− | *'''Curry, Susan J | + | *'''Curry, Susan J'''* |
:Scientific Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, WA. The cooperative has received RWJF funding for studying tobacco cessation/control in HMOs. She is listed in the RWJF media guide for her project to examine the cost-effectiveness for HMOs to cover the cost of cessation programs (“Impact of Co-Payments on Use of Smoking Cessation Services in an HMO”). | :Scientific Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, WA. The cooperative has received RWJF funding for studying tobacco cessation/control in HMOs. She is listed in the RWJF media guide for her project to examine the cost-effectiveness for HMOs to cover the cost of cessation programs (“Impact of Co-Payments on Use of Smoking Cessation Services in an HMO”). | ||
*'''Davis, Ron'''* | *'''Davis, Ron'''* | ||
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*'''Pope, Gregory'''* | *'''Pope, Gregory'''* | ||
:Center for Health Economics Research, Inc., Waltham, MA. Listed in RWJF media guide for “Study of the Adoption and Economic Effects of Smoke-free Restaurant Ordinances in Massachusetts.” Results were expected in early 1997. | :Center for Health Economics Research, Inc., Waltham, MA. Listed in RWJF media guide for “Study of the Adoption and Economic Effects of Smoke-free Restaurant Ordinances in Massachusetts.” Results were expected in early 1997. | ||
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*'''Rabin, Robert'''* | *'''Rabin, Robert'''* | ||
:Professor of law at Stanford University Law School. Served as Senior Consultant for RWJF’s “Tobacco and substance abuse policy program.” | :Professor of law at Stanford University Law School. Served as Senior Consultant for RWJF’s “Tobacco and substance abuse policy program.” | ||
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:It should be noted however that many in the Free Choice community are still quite critical of Siegel's stance in a number of areas. Some feel, and have argued strongly, that Siegel's criticisms of some anti-smoker policies may simply represent a tactical view designed to support "effective" anti-smoking policies rather than representing any real philosophical criticism of anti-smoking goals. | :It should be noted however that many in the Free Choice community are still quite critical of Siegel's stance in a number of areas. Some feel, and have argued strongly, that Siegel's criticisms of some anti-smoker policies may simply represent a tactical view designed to support "effective" anti-smoking policies rather than representing any real philosophical criticism of anti-smoking goals. | ||
:Siegel is correct that a popular backlash against Tobacco Control has long been forming and is rapidly growing. His prescription for tactical adjustment of TC policies (which some have compared to Mikhail Gorbachev's 1980s policy of attempting preservation of Communism in the USSR through institution of moderate reform) is likely to fail to preserve the core of more basic Tobacco Control objectives from ultimate destruction by the excesses of the extremists. Those he has become critical of generally seek total denormalization and prohibition despite any human costs involved. | :Siegel is correct that a popular backlash against Tobacco Control has long been forming and is rapidly growing. His prescription for tactical adjustment of TC policies (which some have compared to Mikhail Gorbachev's 1980s policy of attempting preservation of Communism in the USSR through institution of moderate reform) is likely to fail to preserve the core of more basic Tobacco Control objectives from ultimate destruction by the excesses of the extremists. Those he has become critical of generally seek total denormalization and prohibition despite any human costs involved. | ||
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*'''Sitzer, Maxine''' | *'''Sitzer, Maxine''' | ||
:Prof. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine. Committee Chair, Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (Scientific Liaison: Public Policy Council). | :Prof. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine. Committee Chair, Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (Scientific Liaison: Public Policy Council). |