"Daniels earned a bachelor's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. While a student at Princeton in 1970, he was arrested for possession of marijuana and spent two nights in jail." (Mitch Daniels. Wikipedia, accessed Oct. 21, 2007.) "Mitch began his public service career during his breaks at Princeton by working for then-Indianapolis Mayor Dick Lugar. He followed Lugar to the United States Senate, serving as chief of staff during Lugar's first eight years in Washington and earning his law degree from Georgetown University." (Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. MyManMitch.com, campaign website.) Circa 1978, he was an administrative assistant to Sen. Richard G. Lugar. ("Voluntary Actions" report, Tobacco Institute.)
Voluntary Actions ca. 1978 / tobacco documentIn 1986-87, he was Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for
the President of the United States, anti-smoker Ronald
Reagan. George H.W.
Bush, during whose regime the corrupt "EPA"
report on passive
smoking
was completed and released, was vice president. (Contact
information for Bill Trisler, Regional Vice President, The Tobacco
Institute, Week of Feb. 2, 1987.) Daniels left to become CEO of the
Hudson Institute in 1987.
In 1993, Mitch Daniels was President of Pharmaceutical Operations at Eli Lilly & Company. (Capitol Hill Club Republican Leader's Golf Tournament July 19, 1993. Capitol Hill Club.)
Capitol Hill Club Republican Leader's Golf Tournament July 19, 1993 / tobacco documentMitchell E. Daniels Sr. was Finance Manager in the 29th District
(Indianapolis) Indiana State Senate campaign of William L. Soards.
(Indiana Business Political Action Committee Directory of Endorsed
Indiana General Assembly Candidates, Fall 1990.)
Daniels got $5000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. Lieutenant Governor
Becky Skillman got $750, Attorney General Steve Carter got $1000, and
Secretary of State Todd Rokita got $1000.
Pfizer Inc. also gave money to SmokeFree Ohio and the failed Michigan
smoking ban campaign.
For a tax credit for employee wellness programs, and to increase the
cigarette tax by 25 cents per pack for deposit in the health coverage
fund. The Orentlicher Amendment (Amendment 10) for an Employee Wellness
Program Tax Credit passed on Roll Call 256 (49-44-4-3) on Feb. 23,
2007, but the bill was defeated on Roll Call 340, Feb. 27, 2007, 44
yeas, 52 nays, 3 excused, 1 not voting.
Provides a $25 penalty for a person who smokes in a passenger motor
vehicle while a minor who is less than 13 years of age is in the
vehicle. Prohibits stopping, inspecting, or detaining a person solely
to determine compliance. Provides that the penalty for a subsequent
violation is $100. Deposits penalties into the tobacco use prevention
and cessation trust fund. Sponsored by C. Brown. January 8, 2008, read
first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. Current status: Bill
withdrawn 1/14/08.
"Prohibits smoking in: (1) public places; (2) enclosed areas of a
place of employment; and (3) certain state vehicles. Provides
exemptions. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission to enforce the
prohibition. Makes it a Class B infraction to violate the smoking
prohibition and a Class A infraction if the person has three unrelated
prior offenses. Repeals the current clean indoor air law that prohibits
smoking in public buildings. (The introduced version of this bill was
prepared by the health finance commission.)" Sponsored by C. Brown.
Jan. 8, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Public
Policy. Turner added as coauthor. "The measure died in a House
committee without ever coming up for a vote. House Public Policy
Committee Chairman Rep. Trent VanHaaften said time just ran out for the
bill during the current legislative session. Sponsor Rep. Charlie Brown
said he would refile the bill next year. The bill died despite the fact
that supporters packed the committee room, including Bruce Hetrick, who
said that secondhand smoke killed his wife, Pam Klein, a nonsmoker and
former business editor of the Indianapolis Star. Hetrick called on
lawmakers to pass the bill and save other Indiana residents 'from the
slow-motion homicide that killed Pam.'" (Indiana Smoking Ban Bill
Fails. Join together, Jan. 24, 2008.)
As for Hetrick's wife, whose death he has cynically used as a prop
in lugubrious smoking ban testimony for many years, she reportedly
"died of a cancer that had spread from her mouth to her lungs," which
is actually a metastasized oral cancer, not a lung cancer at all!
(Debate Continues Over Smoking Ban. By Debby Knox. 24 Hour News 8, Apr.
15, 2005.) Hetrick blubbered, "Pam never smoked - not once. But she
died of a smoker's cancer. She had no risk factors for this disease,
save one: As an adult - and I want to stress this to all who would
limit this legislation to children - as an adult, Pam's job as a
journalist required her to cover politicians, government officials and
business people in smoke-filled restaurants, bars, offices and other
public places.... But I have here a death certificate for Pamela S.
Klein. It's signed by Lance Armstrong's oncologist, who also treated
Pam. The cause of death is "metastatic head and neck cancer." In other
words, this lifelong nonsmoker died of a cancer for which 90 percent of
all cases are connected to tobacco. And it spread from the mouth I used
to kiss, to the neck I long to touch, to the lungs that gave her life."
(A passionate, personal plea for public smoking ban. By Bruce Hetrick.
Indianapolis Business Journal 2005 Apr 18-24;26(6).) Hetrick's pretense
that she died of lung cancer from secondhand smoke was given top
billing by the Indianapolis Star. (Smoking ban, cell phone ban killed.
By Jamie Loo, staff writer. Indianapolis Tribune, Jan. 25, 2008.) But
never mind, because human papillomavirus is the
main cause of oral cancer, as well as causing lung cancer. However, there is no record of
anyone ever mentioning HPV either in Hetrick's presence or out.
Adds cigarettes and tobacco products to the list of "Contraband" in penal facilities. Authored by Rep. Leonard. Jan. 10, 2008 first reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
Billwatch - HB 1190 (2008) / Indiana Legislature"Provides a $25 penalty for a person who smokes in a passenger motor vehicle while a minor who is less than 13 years of age is in the vehicle. Provides that the penalty for a subsequent violation is $100. Deposits penalties into the tobacco use prevention and cessation trust fund. Provides that a person may not be stopped, inspected, or detained to determine if the person smoked in a passenger motor vehicle with a minor in the vehicle. Prohibits smoking in a public means of mass transportation, in an enclosed area of a public mass transportation terminal, or in a public area within 100 feet of an entrance to a public mass transportation terminal." Defeated on Roll Call 188: Yeas 43, Nays 51.
Always remember that this kind of vile legislation is "justified" by scientific fraud and eggregious corruption! The anti-smokers deliberately use defective studies that ignore the role of infection in the diseases they blame on smoking. E.g., the known-carcinogenic human papillomavirus is involved in at least 21% of lung cancers, which is over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by ETS - but the anti-smokers purposely commit fraud by using only studies that ignore HPV, in order to exploit higher rates of infection among smokers and passive smokers, to falsely blame cigarette smoke. Furthermore, their precious "EPA" ETS report was written by anti-smoking activists, not by EPA scientists (who were against calling ETS a human carcinogen), and they used illegal pass-through contracts to conceal their role. Furthermore, on the board of directors of the pass-through company were a business crony of George W. Bush and a big shot of the Democratic Party as well - thus ensuring a bipartisan political coverup! Furthermore again, directly contrary to the psychopathic lies of the "health" establishment, all of their precious studies, including the 2003 IARC Monograph on Smoking and Involuntary Smoking, the 2005 ASHRAE Position Document on ETS, and the 2006 Surgeon General Report, were all concocted by Jonathan M. Samet and his little clique of close cronies - with no real scientists allowed! And the anti-smokers have gotten away with it, over and over again across the country, because their cowardly and inffectual supposed "opponents" refuse to expose their wrongoing!This act extends the birth problems registry until July 1, 2017.
Reportable birth problems include "Birth weight less than two thousand
five hundred (2,500) grams" and "Stillbirth." This act is a vicious
fraud upon the public, because the leading cause
of low birthweight, preterm birth and stillbirth is chorioamnionitis,
an infection of the membranes by bacteria, not drugs, alcohol or
tobacco. The act also creates a "prenatal substance abuse
commission,... to develop
and recommend a coordinated plan to improve early intervention and
treatment for pregnant women who abuse alcohol or drugs or use
tobacco." This is to please the anti-smoking charlatans, who
deliberately use defective studies which do not include placental exams
by pathologists, without which 90% (ninety percent!) of cases of
chorioamnionitis are missed, in order to falsely blame smoking. None of the members of this commission are
required to have any expertise in chorioamnionitis; it was
clearly devised at the behest of the usual malice-ridden incompetents.
And nobody ever holds these charlatans accountable for the fact that
the rates of preterm birth have been increasing for more than
twenty-five years. 04/26/07 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by
the House; Roll Call 596: Yeas 95, Nays 0. 04/27/2007 Conference
committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 480: Yeas 45, Nays
0. Section 1 effective 07/01/2007.
The so-called "Healthy Indiana Plan" is funded by a 44 cent tax on
cigarettes. The lying Indiana State Department of Health bluffed the
objection that its revenue
source wwas drying up, by drawing a bogus graph of program costs versus
revenue showing that the projected decreased revenues would be matched
by magically decreased health costs. "For example, smoking reductions
among pregnant women and lower income households translate directly
into reduced smoking-caused expenditures by Medicaid." Those filthy,
filthy liars! The rates of preterm birth -
the leading cause of excess pregnancy costs - have been rising steadily
for over twenty-five years! The death rates from asthma
have risen as well! Twenty-five years, and these slimy anti-smoking
vermin still get away with their vicious lies! "Decreasing smoking
rates among workers directly reduces public and private sector
employers’ health insurance costs while also reducing worker
productivity losses from smoking-caused job performance declines, work
absences, and early retirement." These claims are based upon the
Centers for Disease Control's utterly
corrupt SAMMEC computer program, which
manufactures them by pretending that costs paid by smokers were paid by
non-smokers, that diseases caused by infection were caused by tobacco,
and that non-smokers' costs do not exist at all! (From the Hip. Indiana
State Department of Health, Feb. 2007.) It passed the House Conference
Committee on Roll Call 675 by 70 to 29, and the Senate Conference
Committee on Roll Call 553 by 37 to 13. Signed by Governor 5/10/2007.
"The reason I am so excited about this third annual event is we
are getting to the heart of the matter. As we move forward with INShape
Indiana into 2008, we hope to promote personal responsibility, which is
what wellness is all about," said Gov. Daniels. NO - What the mealy-mouthed piece
of health fascist slime means, is that we're supposed to obedient
widdle children, who sit there cowering meekly while fascist garbage
like him spew corrupt pseudo-science and lies in our faces! "The
2007 INShape Indiana Health Summit at Purdue University was sponsored
by Clarian Health, Advantage, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
Kroger, Lilly, and Pfizer. Inside
INdiana Business was the official
media sponsor." BOYCOTT THESE NAZIS!
"A wellness program is a plan designed to improve the overall health
of employees. For a wellness program to become an Indiana State
Department of Health Certified Wellness Program, the plan must include
all of the following components: Employee appropriate weight loss;
Smoking cessation; and Pursuit of preventative health care services."
It includes "Education materials which provide information to employees
about each component of the wellness program." "Education materials"
means health fascist lies, involumntarily shoved down peoples' throats
in the inherently coercive environment of the workplace! And,
"Measurement tool that can be used to evaluate the success and validity
of each wellness program component," including "action steps – list or
categorize what steps are being taken to make the business a healthier
working environment for everyone involved" (translation - bullying
employees with a united front of health fascism); "testimonials –
acquire statements from employees describing how the program has
positively impacted their lives" and "employee satisfaction – measure
the employees satisfaction with the program and regularly assess their
needs for future components in an ongoing program." That means they
solicit little bootlickers and toadies and suck-ups to tell them that
we're so happy to live in health fascist dictatorship, with THEM
running our lives, instead of in the liberty we had before! Oh, thank
you master, for relieving us of the burden of our freedom!
Look at the questions on the "Health Risk Assessment:" "I eat at
least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day (one serving
equals one half cup); "I eat at fast
food restaurants less than three times per week;" "I include foods that
are high in fiber in my diet on a daily basis (i.e. whole grain breads
and cereals, beans, etc.)." You'd never know from this pile of feces
that the federal government
has spent more than $625 million on the "Womens Health Initiative"
prospective study, which showed absolutely no benefit from their crap.
(Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease: the
Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification
Trial. BV Howard et al. JAMA 2006 Feb 8;295(6):655-666.) "The diet had
no significant effects on incidence of CHD (hazard ratio
[HR], 0.97; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.90-1.06), stroke (HR, 1.02;
95% CI, 0.90-1.15), or CVD (HR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.92-1.05)... Over a mean
of 8.1 years, a dietary intervention that reduced total fat intake and
increased intakes of vegetables, fruits, and grains did not
significantly reduce the risk of CHD, stroke, or CVD in postmenopausal
women and achieved only modest effects on CVD risk factors..." Then,
having found no effect, they nonsensically proclaimed that "more
focused diet and lifestyle interventions may be needed to improve risk
factors and reduce CVD risk." This is the kind of irrational dogmatists
they are!
And look at the sheer unmitigated gall of these vermin,
inquisitioning their victims with questions about "Social and
Environmental Wellness," when, for six decades, these pieces of scum
have systematically corrupted science, spread lies and defamations,
censored all genuine dissent, concealed official wrongdoing, and
politically disenfranchised the people! And these pieces of filth want
to know whether we recycle our garbage like obedient little robots and
"have meaningful interactions with family and friends" and admit to
only politically correct attitudes. And the biggest farce of all: "My
actions are guided by my own beliefs rather than the beliefs of
others," when these filthy, filthy nazis have purposely created a
totalitarian system where people have no freedom to act on their own
beliefs!
The scumbags are even creating a corps of Hitler Youths, the
"INSight Youth Corps," a so-called "optional, health education
enrichment exercise for Indiana ninth graders" which enables the
corrupt, fraudulent health fascists to nurture, encourage and reward
more of their own despicable kind, and plug them into the political
establishment to ensure a continuing regime of deceit and oppression!
"Students who participate in the program will face the challenge of
writing, producing, and directing a one-minute INShape Indiana
television commercial or song/jingle. The projects must promote INShape
Indiana’s three focus areas of better nutrition, increased physical
activity, and avoiding tobacco, and the television commercial must
target students’ local communities." They even get training in how to
write grant applications! (What is INside Out? State of Indiana.)
Remember - this whole stinking scam
works because the vermin think that their ceaseless propaganda has
brainwashed everyone to become sniveling little dependents, whining
"health insurance, health insurance, health insurance," who believe
that we can't exist without it! Furthermore, the insurance
companies are the spoiled-rotten beneficiaries of over $101 billion in
federal income tax exclusions annually to help suck people into their
tentacles! Tell the filthy
vermin to take their damned health insurance and shove it where the sun
don't shine - and all their health fascist lies along with it!
A smoking ban was attached in the House as an amendment (Amendment
8, by Rep. Turner) to a large health care initiative written by Gov.
Mitch Daniels that attempts to expand state sponsored coverage for an
estimated 850,000 people: "Sec. 3.5. (a) A person may not smoke in an
enclosed public place, a sports arena, or an enclosed place of
employment. (b) This section does not apply to a private residence that
is not used as a licensed child care facility, retail tobacco stores,
bars, public areas rented or leased for private functions, separate
enclosed areas of truck stops that are not accessible to persons less
than twenty-one (21) years of age, or an area that is not accessible to
the public that is part of an owner operated business that has no
employees other than the owner." Violation is a Class A infraction."
Passed 4/09/2008. The smoking ban was removed from the final version of
the Act.
Requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell
tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may
result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight. Authors:
Simpson, Becker, Merritt, Riegsecker, and R. Young. Jan. 8, 2008, read
first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Public Policy &
Interstate Cooperation. House sponsor: C. Brown; co-sponsor: T. Brown.
This health lie is founded on scientific fraud! The anti-smokers deliberately use defective studies to falsely blame maternal smoking for preterm births and perinatal illness that are really caused by chorioamnionitis! Their worthless studies all lack the pathological examinations of the placenta which are necessary to diagnose this infection.
Chorioamnionitis Causes Perinatal Illnesses Blamed
on Smoking
Indiana ASSIST: ASSIST was a program funded by federal tax dollars
to lobby state and
local elected officals. "Members of Indiana ASSIST Coalitions will
strive to make changes which place limits on where smoking is allowed,
require age restrictions for purchase and use, enforce restrictions,
increase prices on tobacco, and restrict advertising and promotion of
tobacco products." They "[c]aused tobacco legislation to be
drafted/introduced. State policy committee members met with Senators
and Representatives to discuss ASSIST policy concerns and as a result,
caused tobacco control bills to be drafted by the State's Legislative
Services Agency. In drafting these bills, members of the State policy
committee provided technical assistance in drafting these bills. Upon
the advise of legislators, State policy committee members secured
additional Senators and Representatives to support these bills. Because
of their efforts, legislation was drafted, to be introduced, regarding
clean indoor air, youth access, smoking on school property, and
creating alcohol- and tobacco-free advertising zones around schools.
Members of the State's policy committee took responsibility for these
activities based on their knowledge, expertise, and previous and
current responsibilities which require them to work with the
legislators." (Indiana ASSIST Summary, est. 1995.)
It's time to throw the health fascists' whores out of office!
House District 1, Linda Lawson, D-Hammond. Lawson voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 2, Earl R. Harris, D-East Chicago. Harris voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and did not vote on HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 3, Charlie Brown, D-Gary. Public Health (Committee Chair); Member of Interagency State Council on Black and Minority Health, Prescription Drug Advisory Committee, Select Joint Commission on Medicaid Oversight, Commission on Mental Health, Health Finance Commission. Brown voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. He sponsored HB 1056 (2008), provides a $25 penalty for a person who smokes in a passenger motor vehicle while a minor who is less than 13 years of age is in the vehicle; and HB 1057 (2008), "Prohibits smoking in: (1) public places; (2) enclosed areas of a place of employment; and (3) certain state vehicles." He is the House sponsor of Senate Bill 221 (2008), requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
House District 4, Edmond Soliday, R-Valparaiso. Soliday voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 5, Craig R. Fry, D-Mishawaka. Member of Public Health
Committee. Fry voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and
for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 6, B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend. Speaker of the
House. Bauer voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and did not
vote on HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $1500 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 7, David L. Niezgodski, D-South Bend. Niezgodski
voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 8, Ryan Dvorak, D-South Bend. Dvorak voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 9, Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City. Pelath voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 10 Duane Cheney voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy
Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. Jack Clem,
D-Portage, who replaced him in July, died Oct. 5, 2007.
House District 11, Dan C. Stevenson, D-Highland. Stevenson voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 12, Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-East Chicago.
Candelaria Reardon voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and
for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 13, Chester F. Dobis, D-Merrillville. Speaker Pro
Tempore. Dobis voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for
HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 14, Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary. Smith voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 15, Don Lehe, R-Brookston. Member of the Public
Health Committee. Lehe voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 16, Eric A. Gutwein, R-Rensselaer. Gutwein voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 17, Nancy Dembowski, D-Knox. Asst. Caucus Chair.
Dembowski voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB
1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 18, David A. Wolkins, R-Winona Lake. Wolkins voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 19, Bob Kuzman, D-Crown Point, voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and was excused from voting on HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. Shelli VanDenburgh, D-Crown Point, replaced him in July
2007.
House District 20, Thomas Dermody, R-LaPorte. Dermody voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 21, Jackie Walorski, R-R-Lakeville. Walorski voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 22, William J. "Bill" Ruppel, R-North Manchester.
Ruppel voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against
HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 23, William C. Friend, R-Macy. Friend voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 24, Richard McClain, R-Logansport. In McClain's "12
Point Plan for Indiana Progress:" "Help Access Affordable Healthcare
with common sense market based solutions like providing tax credits for
Worksite Health Programs, a Health Insurance Premium Deduction, and
allowing coverage by a parent’s policy until the age of 24." McClain
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 25, Jeb Bardon, D-Indianapolis. Bardon voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 26, Joe Micon, D-West Lafayette. Micon voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 27, Sheila J. Klinker, D-Lafayette. Klinker voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. She got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 28, Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton. Thompson voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 29, Kathy Kreag Richardson, R-Noblesville. Richardson
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill. She got $750 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 30, Ron Herrell, D-Kokomo. Herrell voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 31, Tim Harris, R-Marion. Harris voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 32, P. Eric Turner, R-Marion. Turner voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. Turner added a smoking ban
amendment to SB 503 (2007). Turner is a co-author of HB 1057 (2008),
"Prohibits smoking in: (1) public places; (2) enclosed areas of a place
of employment; and (3) certain state vehicles."
House District 33, Bill Davis, R-Portland. Davis voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 34, Dennis Tyler, D-Muncie. Tyler voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He
got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 35, L. Jack Lutz, R-East Central Indiana. Lutz voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 36, Terri J. Austin, D-Anderson. Austin voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 37, Scott Reske, D-Evansville. Reske voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 38, Jim Buck, R-Kokomo. Buck voted against HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 39, Jerry Torr, R-Carmel. Torr voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 40: Matt Whetstone, R-Brownsburg, voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
He was replaced in August by Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon.
House District 41, Tim N. Brown, M.D., R-Crawfordsville. Brown was a co-sponsor of SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban legislation.. "The plan also creates a statewide smoking ban that prohibits smoking in enclosed public areas, sports arenas, or enclosed places of employment. Lastly, the bill establishes the Healthier Indiana Insurance Program Task Force responsible for monitoring and making recommendations to the state concerning the program." The bill was to be returned to the Senate for concurrence. (Healthy Indiana Plan Passes House. Press Release, Apr. 10, 2007.) Brown voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. He is House co-sponsor of Senate Bill 221 (2008), requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
House District 42: F. Dale Grubb, D-Covington, Caucus Chairman.
Grubb voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB
1337, the car smoking bill. He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 43, Clyde Kersey, D-Terre Haute. Kersey voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 44, Amos Thomas, R-Brazil. Thomas voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 45, Bruce Borders, R-Jasonville. Borders voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 46, Vern Tincher, D-Riley. Tincher voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 47, Ralph M. Foley, R-Martinsville. Foley voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 48, Tim Neese, R-Elkhart. Neese voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 49, John D. Ulmer, R-Goshen. Ulmer is a personal
injury lawyer. Ulmer voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and
for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 50, Dan Leonard, R-Huntington. Leonard voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 51, Richard "Dick" Dodge, R-DeKalb and Steuben
Counties. Public Health Committee. Dodge voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got
$250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 52, Marlin Stutzman, R-Howe, Assistant Whip. Stutzman
voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337,
the car smoking bill.
House District 53, Bob Cherry, R-Greenfield. Cherry voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 54, Thomas E. Saunders, R-Lewisville. Saunders voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 55, Tom Knollman, R-Liberty. Knollman voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and was excused from voting on HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 56, Phil Pflum, D-Milton. Pflum voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 57, Sean Eberhart, R-Shelbyville. Eberhart voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 58, Charles W. "Woody" Burton, R-Greenwood. Brother
of U.S. Rep. Dan Burton. Burton voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana
Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $500 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 59, Milo Smith, R-Columbus. He worked at Cummins Engine Company from 1968-1975. Smith
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 60, Peggy Welch, D-Bloomington. "Peggy was first
elected in 1998. She has continuously served on the House Ways and
Means Committee and is currently the Chairman of the Subcommittee on
Medicaid and Health. Peggy also serves as the Vice Chairman of the
House Public Health Committee and as a member of the Family, Children,
and Human Affairs... Peggy is a practicing nurse in the Bloomington
Hospital cancer unit." (Biographical Information, Indiana House of
Representatives.) Welch voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. She got $500 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 61, Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington. Former intern for the
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications,
Consumer Protection and Finance and served as a legal clerk for the
National Association of Broadcasters; Chief of Staff for Congressman
Baron Hill, 1999-2001. Pierce voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana
Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 62, Jerry Denbo, D-French Lick. Denbo voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 63, Dave Crooks, D-Washington. Crooks voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 64, Kreg Battles, D-Vincennes. Battles voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 65, Eric Allen Koch, R-Bedford. Koch voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 66, Terry Goodin, D-Crothersville. Goodin voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 67, Cleo Duncan, R-Greensburg. Duncan voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 68, Bob Bischoff, D-Lawrenceburg. Bischoff voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 69, Dave Cheatham, D-North Vernon, Asst. House
Democratic Whip. "Cheatham will serve as a member of the Tobacco
Farmers and Rural Community Impact Fund Advisory Board, which will make
recommendations concerning expenditures from the fund." (State Rep.
Cheatham serving on influential study committees. Press Release, Jul.
23, 2007.) Cheatham voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 70, Paul J. Robertson, D-Depauw, Asst. Democratic
Leader. Robertson voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 71, Steven R. Stemler, D-Jeffersonville. Stemler
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 72, William C. Cochran, D-New Albany. Cochran voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $1500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 73, Dennie Oxley, D-English, Democratic Whip. Oxley
voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337,
the car smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 74, Russ Stilwell, D-Boonville. Stilwell voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 75, Dennis T. Avery, D-Evansville. Avery voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. In 1989, he sponsored a bill to ban cigarette vending machines.
(Two bills aimed at smokers. Indianapolis Star, Jan. 11, 1989.)
House District 76, Trent Van Haaften, D-Mount Vernon. VanHaaften
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 77, Phil Hoy, D-Evansville. Hoy voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 78, Suzanne Crouch, R-Evansville, House Public Health
Committee. Crouch voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and
against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. She got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 79, Michael R. Ripley, R-Monroe. Ripley voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 80, Phil GiaQuinta, D-Fort Wayne, Asst. Democratic
Whip. GiaQuinta voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for
HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 81, Winfield C. Moses, Jr., D-Fort Wayne. Moses voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 82, Jeff Espich, R-Unionville, ranking member of the
House Ways
and Means Committee. Espich voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana
Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $500 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 83, Matthew Bell, R-Ligonier. Bell voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 84, Randy L. Borror, R-Fort Wayne, "campaign staff
member for
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar in 1982. In 1983, he accepted a position at
the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in Washington,
D.C., of which Senator Lugar served as Chairman. During this time, Rep.
Borror worked closely with future Indiana Governor, Mitch Daniels, who
at the time served as the Executive Director of the NRSC.... He is
married to Kelly Borror, Administrator of Parkview Hospital's
Continuing Care Center." (Biography, Indiana House of Representatives.)
Borror voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB
1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 85, Phyllis J. Pond, R-New Haven. Pond voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 86, David Orentlicher, D-Indianapolis. "David
Orentlicher is
Samuel R. Rosen Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Law and
Health at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. He also is
an adjunct professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. He
teaches courses in medical ethics and constitutional law, and he serves
as an ethics consultant at Methodist, University and Wishard
Hospitals." (Biography, Indiana House of Representatives.) Orentlicher
was a media-favored "authority figure" after the Rogers trial in 1996,
when the jury rejected the claim that the companies were responsible
for the plaintiff's death. Orentlicher said, "You see all the evidence,
as they did in Florida, then I think most people are going to feel
tobacco companies have a responsibility to pay." (Eyewitness News at
10.
WNDY-TV Indianapolis, Aug. 23, 1996.) In fact, the defining
characteristic of all anti-tobacco lawsuits is that the tobacco
industry collaborates with the anti-smokers to keep the jury ignorant
of the role of carcinogenic viruses in cancer,
especially HPV and lung cancer - as if they
are
purposely trying to lose! Furthermore, the anti-smokers' "nicotine
addiction" smear is the corrupt result of consciously polluting
scientific objectivity with subjective claims, in order to achieve
their political agenda. And the media are their accomplices in keeping
the public ignorant and misinformed! Orentlicher voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got
$250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 87, Cindy Noe, R-Indianapolis. Noe voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and was excused from voting on HB 1337, the
car smoking bill. She got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 88, Brian C. Bosma, R-Indianapolis. Bosma voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $2500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 89, Lawrence L. Buell, R-R-Indianapolis. "17 ½
year relationship with the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion
County where he served as Treasurer and Executive Director at various
times.... He is also a former Chairman of the Board and Treasurer for
the Indiana Division of the American Cancer Society." (Biography,
Indiana House of Representatives.) Buell voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
House District 90, Michael B. Murphy, R-Indianapolis. "Executive
Director of Strategic Development for the Indiana business unit of
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield." (Biography, Indiana House of
Representatives.) Murphy was excused from voting on HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and voted against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill. He
got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 91, Robert W. Behning, R-Indianapolis. Behning voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 92, Phillip D. Hinkle, R-Indianapolis. Hinkle voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the
car smoking bill.
House District 93, David Frizzell, R-Indianapolis. Member of Health
Finance
Commission, Regulatory Flexibility Committee, and Interim
Study Committee to Define Health Insurance; and Public Health
Committee; Director of External Affairs for Magnolia Health Systems.
Frizzell has also worked with the American Cancer Society. (Biography,
Indiana House of Representatives.) Frizzell voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He
got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 94, Carolene Mays, D-Indianapolis. Member of the
Public Health
Committee. "[S]he is a
national ambassador for the American Heart and Stroke Associations'
Power to End Stroke Campaign."(Biography, Indiana House of
Representatives.) Mays voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. She got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 95, Mae Dickinson, D-Indianapolis. Dickinson voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill.
House District 96, Gregory W. Porter, D-Indianapolis. "He graduated
from Harvard University's John F.
Kennedy School of Government
Executive Program in 2001." (Biography, Indiana House of
Representatives.) Porter voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan,"
and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill. He got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 97, Jon R. Elrod, R-Indianapolis. Elrod voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and against HB 1337, the car smoking
bill.
House District 98, William A. Crawford, D-Indianapolis. Crawford
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car
smoking bill. He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 99, Vanessa Summers, D-Indianapolis. Summers voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and did not vote on HB 1337,
the car smoking bill.
House District 100, John Day, D-Indianapolis. Day voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan," and for HB 1337, the car smoking bill.
Senate District 1, Frank Mrvan Jr., D-Hammond. Mrvan voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 2, Samuel Smith, Jr., D-East Chicago. Smith voted
for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 3, Earline Rogers, D-Gary. Rogers was a sponsor of
SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban legislation.
Rogers voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 4, Karen Tallian, D-Portage. Tallian voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 5, Victor Heinold, R-Kouts. Heinold voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He has been replaced by Ed
Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso. Former head of the
government and community affairs for USX Corporation, the parent
company of U.S. Steel and Marathon Oil. In 2006, Charbonneau was
appointed the Interim President and CEO of The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.
Senate District 6, Sue Landske, R-Cedar Lake, Assistant President
Pro Tempore. Landske voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Landske was one of ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate
who gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad
campaign. They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright
lies and defamations (Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women
with smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis]. (Women of Indiana Senate unite
against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29, 2007.)
Landske is a true believer in the health fascist
cholesterol dogma. (Landske: Indiana Can Help Stop the Number One
Killer of Americans. Press Release, Sep. 4, 2007), and faithfully
relays their propaganda in her press releases, including all the
dietary garbage that the $625-million Women's Health Initiative
study found to be worthless. (October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Landske encourages screening to save lives. Press Release, Oct. 3,
2007.)
Senate District 7, Brandt Hershman, R-Wheatfield, Majority Whip.
Hershman voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 8, Jim Arnold, D-LaPorte. Arnold voted for HB 1678,
the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 9, Ryan Mishler, R-Bremen. Mishler voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." In July, Mishler was
appointed to the Health Finance Commission, which is to deal with "the
effectiveness and administration of the Indiana tobacco use and
prevention and cessation program and... prohibition against smoking in
public places in Indiana." (Senator Ryan Mishler Appointed to Five
Summer Study Committees. Press Release, July 9, 2007.) He got $250 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 10, John Broden, D-South Bend. Broden voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 11, Joseph Zakas, R-Granger. Zakas voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 12, Marvin Riegsecker, R-Goshen. Member of the
Health Finance Commission. Riegsecker was a sponsor of SB 503 (2007),
the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban legislation. Riegsecker
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $1000 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006. Riegsecker is a coauthor of Senate Bill 221 (2008),
requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell tobacco
to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may result
in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
Senate District 13, Robert Meeks, R-LaGrange. Meeks voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 14, Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn. Kruse voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Kruse is a coauthor of Senate Bill 221 (2008), requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
Senate District 15, Thomas J. Wyss, R-Fort Wayne. Wyss voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 16, David C. Long, R-Fort Wayne. President Pro
Tempore. His wife is news anchor at Channel 21 in Fort Wayne. Long
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $1750 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 17, Gary M. Dillon, MD, R-Columbia City. M.D. from
Indiana University School of Medicine; Physician, Clinical Professor of
Dermatology, IU Medical Center. Chair of Health & Provider
Services, Member of Public Health Subcommittee; Vice-Chair National
Standing Committee on Health of the National Conference of State
Legislators. Past President of Whitley county Health Department. Dillon
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." HE got $500 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 18, Thomas K. Weatherwax, R-Logansport. Weatherwax
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $500 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 19, David C. Ford, R-Hartford City. Ford voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 20, Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville. Kenley voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
Senate District 21 Jeff Drozda, R-Indianapolis. Chair, Students for
Bush, University of Notre Dame, 1989; Legislative Assistant, President
George H. W. Bush Administration, 1989-1991. Drozda voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 22, Ronnie J. Alting, R-Lafayette. Indiana
University School of Medicine - Lafayette (on the campus of Purdue
University ) Community Advisory Board. Alting voted for HB 1678, the
"Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 23, Phil Boots, R-Crawfordsville. Boots voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 24, Connie Lawson, R-Danville. Majority Floor
Leader, Member of Health & Provider Services Committee. Lawson
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Lawson was
one of ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate who gibbered
hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign. They
frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and
defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with
smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. (Women of
Indiana Senate unite
against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29, 2007.)
Lawson sponsored a bill "to help educate parents about a new
breakthrough vaccine that could prevent cervical cancer," but this
stupid puppet evidently doesn't have a clue that her anti-smoker heros
purposely use defective studies to falsely blame smoking and secondhand
smoke for lung cancer caused by this virus.
She got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 25, Timothy S. Lanane, D-Anderson. Lanane voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
Senate District 26, Sue Errington, D-Muncie. Member of Health & Provider Services Committee. Errington was a sponsor of SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban legislation. Errington voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Errington was one of ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate who gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign. They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as "They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal customers are dying every day" [as if their own putrid political parties don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. (Women of Indiana Senate unite against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29, 2007.)
Senate District 27, Allen E. Paul, R-Richmond. Paul voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 28, Beverly Gard, R-Greenfield. Member of Health
& Provider Services; Health Finance Commission; Office of Women’s
Health Advisory Board. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; B.S. in
Chemistry, Former Biochemist in the health care industry. Graduate work
in Biochemistry. Received U.S. EPA Children’s Environmental Health
Recognition Award, 2005; Indiana Medical Association Legislator of the
Year, 2003; Indiana Public Health Association Legislator of the Year,
2001. Gard voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Gard was one
of ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate who
gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign.
They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and
defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with
smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. "Our Senate
colleague, Sen. Beverly Gard, is a survivor of breast
cancer. She can tell you about the physical and emotional tolls cancer
brings – information you won’t find in the fancy new magazine ads."
Ooooh, what devastating intellectual firepower these mentally retarded,
lie-spewing persecutors present! Beverly Gard is an expert because she
had breast cancer! (Women of Indiana Senate unite against deceptive
cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29, 2007.) She got $250 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 29, Mike Delph, R-Carmel. Delph voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 30, Teresa S. Lubbers, R-Indianapolis. Indiana
University, BA, 1973; Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government,
MPA, 1981. Lubbers voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Lubbers was one of ten despicable hypocrites in the state
senate who gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad
campaign. They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright
lies and defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women
with smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. You can
tell from crap like this that Harvard University Kennedy School of
Government must be a corrupt nest of conspirators, who systematically
nurture, encourage, and reward the lowest form of garbage they can
find, in order to tyrannize over the people! (Women of Indiana Senate
unite against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29,
2007.)
Senate District 31, James W. Merritt Jr., R-Indianapolis. Merritt
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Merritt is a coauthor of
Senate Bill 221 (2008), requires tobacco vending machines and
establishments that sell tobacco to post a notice that states that
smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth,
and low birth weight.
Senate District 32, Patricia L. Miller, R-Indianapolis. R.N.,
Methodist Hospital School for Nursing. Chairman, Health & Provider
Services Committee; Member, Midwest Legislative Conference of The
Council of State Governments (CSG) Health and Human Services Committee.
Miller was a sponsor of SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide
smoking ban legislation. Miller voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana
Plan." She was one of ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate who
gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign.
They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and
defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with
smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. (Women of
Indiana Senate unite against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press
Release, Aug. 29, 2007.) She got $1500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. In
1989, she introduced a bill to require designated non-smoking areas.
(Two bills aimed at smokers. Indianapolis Star, Jan. 11, 1989.)
Senate District 33, Glenn Howard, D-Indianapolis. Howard voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 34, Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis. Breaux voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." Breaux was one of
ten despicable hypocrites in the state senate who gibbered hysterically
about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign. They frantically
denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and defamations
("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with smoking related
illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in federal taxes each
year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social Security Supplementary
Income support payments to dependent children who have lost a mother to
smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as "They need to find
replacement smokers, because their most loyal customers are dying every
day" [as if their putrid political parties don't need to recruit new
nazis to replace those that die]. (Women of Indiana Senate unite
against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press Release, Aug. 29, 2007.)
She got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 35, Mike Young, R-Indianapolis. Young voted against
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 36, Brent Waltz, R-Greenwood. Waltz voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 37, Richard D. Bray, R-Martinsville. Bray voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He spewed the
Hitler Big Lies that "$7.10 in healthcare costs were related to every
pack of cigarettes sold; statewide medical costs related to smoking
totaled $1 billion annually – burning $400 million in Medicaid funds
desperately needed for other treatment;" and gloating that "23,000
adults will stop smoking and about 40,000 young people will never
start, because of higher cigarette taxes, smoking cessation programs
and advertising this law will create;... 7,000 infants avoid harmful
secondary smoke, because parents will quit smoking or never start."
(Senate Passes Plan for a Healthier Indiana. Sen. Richard D. Bray,
Summer 2007 Legislative
Update.) Except that those fraudulent "smoking costs" are nothing but
scaled-down version of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's utterly
corrupt SAMMEC computer program, which
manufactures them by pretending that costs paid by smokers were paid by
non-smokers, that diseases caused by infection were caused by tobacco,
and that non-smokers' costs do not exist at all! Furthermore, the rates
of premature birth have risen steadily for
the past tenty-five years - yet these deluded, psychopathic vermin keep
blaming smoking! He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 38, Timothy D. Skinner, D-Terre Haute. Skinner
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 39, John M. Waterman, R-Shelburn. Waterman voted
against HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 40, Vi Simpson, D-Ellettsville. Assistant Democrat
Leader. Member of Health & Provider Services Committee. Simpson was
a sponsor of SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban
legislation. Simpson voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." She
got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. Simpson is main author of Senate
Bill 221 (2008), requires tobacco vending machines and establishments
that sell tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant
women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
Senate District 41, Greg Walker, R-Columbus. Walker opposed a bill
requiring schools to provide medical information to all parents of
girls entering the sixth grade regarding the HPV virus and Gardisil
vaccine. (HPV Vaccine: More Politics than Fact? Press Release, Feb. 22,
2007.) He claimed that it was all just
"politics," of which he unfortunately hasn't figured out a tenth of the
machiavellian scheming behind it. He has been content to hear only
official propaganda that HPV causes cervical
cancer (about which they lied that HPV is responsible for only 70%
of cases, when it's really 99.7%!) In fact, HPV is also responsible for
lung cancer, laryngeal,
esophageal, oral
and other head and neck cancer, bladder cancer, and skin
cancer - all diseases which the health fascists blame on smoking,
by purposely using defective studies that ignore HPV in order to
falsely blame tobacco! Furthermore, it's not
just a sexually transmitted disease, any more than benign
HPV-caused warts are. And they purposely keep the public ignorant about
these other cancers that HPV causes, so that they can take false credit
for their anti-smoking persecution for preventing cancer! These are the
real politics behind it! Walker voted against HB 1678, the "Healthy
Indiana Plan."
Senate District 42, Robert N. Jackman, D.V.M., R-Milroy. Jackman
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." HE got $250 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 43, Johnny Nugent, R-Lawrenceburg. Former Member,
Dearborn County Hospital Board of Trustees. Nugent voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 44, Brent Steele, R-Bedford. Steele voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." HE got $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 45, Jim Lewis, D-Charlestown. Lewis voted against HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 46, Connie Sipes, D-New Albany. Member of Health
& Provider Services Committee. Sipes was a sponsor of SB 503
(2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide smoking ban legislation. Sipes
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." She got $250 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 47, Richard Young, Jr., D-Milltown. Young voted for
HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $500 from Pfizer in
2005-2006. Young is a coauthor of Senate Bill 221 (2008), requires
tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell tobacco to post a
notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal
injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
Senate District 48, Lindel O. Hume, D-Princeton, Democrat Whip.
Director of
Corporate Affairs at Siemens since 1991, consultant since 1999. Hume
voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." He got $250 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 49, Bob Deig, D-Mount Vernon. Deig voted for HB
1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan."
Senate District 50, Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville. American Heart
Association, Midwest Affiliate Award; Co. Chair The Advisory Board of
the Office of Women's Health, Indiana State Department of Health.
Becker was a sponsor of SB 503 (2007), the Healthier Indiana statewide
smoking ban legislation. Becker was one of ten despicable hypocrites in
the state senate who
gibbered hysterically about R.J. Reynolds' "Camel No. 9" ad campaign.
They frantically denounced the ads, while spewing outright lies and
defamations ("Indiana spends $778.6 million annually for women with
smoking related illness. In addition, Hoosiers pay $13 million in
federal taxes each year to cover Indiana’s share of U.S. Social
Security Supplementary Income support payments to dependent children
who have lost a mother to smoking,") and grotesque distortions such as
"They need to find replacement smokers, because their most loyal
customers are dying every day" [as if their putrid political parties
don't need to recruit new nazis to replace those that die]. (Women of
Indiana Senate unite against deceptive cigarette ad campaign. Press
Release, Aug. 29, 2007.) Becker lied that "Each year, 9,800 adults die
from smoking and 10,200 kids under the age of 18 start smoking. We must
stop this cycle and educate our young people on the dangers of smoking.
This bill initiates an aggressive smoking cessation and reduction
campaign aimed at reducing the number of kids who smoke by providing
additional funding to the Indiana Tobacco and Prevention Cessation
Trust Fund." (Senate Passes Plan for a Healthier Indiana. Press
Release, Apr. 13, 2007.) In fact, it's the anti-smoking scum who have
systematically committed scientific fraud to falsely blame smoking for
diseases caused by infection - including cervical
cancer, about which these health fascists lie that "HPV accounts
for
70 percent of the cervical cancer cases in the United States," when it
is really 99.7%! (Senate Passes Bill Educating on Cervical Cancer
Vaccine. Press Release, Feb. 12, 2006.) Furthermore, HPV is also
responsible for lung cancer, laryngeal, esophageal,
oral and other head
and neck cancer, bladder cancer, and skin cancer
- all diseases which the health fascists blame on smoking, by
deliberately
using defective studies that ignore HPV in order to falsely blame
tobacco! And they purposely keep the
public ignorant about these other cancers that HPV causes, so that they
can take false credit for their anti-smoking persecution for preventing
cancer! Becker voted for HB 1678, the "Healthy Indiana Plan." She got
$750 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. Becker is a coauthor of Senate Bill 221
(2008), requires tobacco vending machines and establishments that sell
tobacco to post a notice that states that smoking by pregnant women may
result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.
Sen. Evan
Bayh, Democrat, is a co-sponsor of S-625, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. Bayh
received $5,000 from Eli Lilly &
Co. and $4,000 from Johnson & Johnson
in 2006. His wife, Susan B. Bayh, is a director WellPoint,
the largest U.S. health
insurer. Her mother, Carol Brashears, and Evan's mother Marvella Bayh
met each other at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Susan Bayh was a
staff attorney with Eli Lilly & Co. in 1989. (Soaring into the
Nineties. Indiana Tobacco-Candy Distributors & Vendors, Inc.) Susan
B. Bayh has also been a director of Dyax Corp. since 2003, whose fellow
directors include James
Woodard Fordyce, chairman of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
(Dyax Corp. 2007 DEF 14A).
Philip Morris gave $2000 to his campaign for Governor in 1988.
(Patricia M. Wilson of PM to Secretary of State Evan Bayh, Sep. 16,
1988.) In 1989, they gave $2500. (Scott Fisher of PM to Gov. Evan Bayh,
Dec. 4, 1989.)
Bayh got $2000 from the Tobacco Institute as well in 1989. (Indiana
Contributions of the Tobacco Institute, 1989.)
Gov. Bayh opposed a bill that would ban local smoking bans; however,
"a sales prohibition to minors enforcement bill, H 1391 - a bill Gov.
Bayh is interested in seeing approved because it would enable Indiana
to meet a Federal requirement to actively enforce a tobacco sales ban
to persons under 18 - may become the vehicle for the local smoking
restriction preemption." (IN: Gov Opposes Local Preemption Bill.
Knight-Ridder 3/4. In: Tobacco Weekly, Mar. 10, 1994.)
"In mid-1993, IND ASSIST had an opportunity to convince the
Legislature to increase the excise tax on cigarettes: The Governor
proposed an 18 cent increase and utilized ASSIST Coalition members to
rally the increase and serve as spokepersons at news conferences.
[D]espite our efforts the initiative failed. The chances of this being
introduced during the next session are very good, and ASSIST will be
right there to support and further the effort. Another bonus from this
initiative is the recognition ASSIST received from the Governor's
office. . ASSIST was represented in the Governor's news conference at
the Governor's residence. An aide to the Governor has attended the
[ASSIST] media advocacy committee meetings and has established strong
relationships with the State Coalition Chair, Media Advocacy Committee,
and Project Managers." (Indiana ASSIST Summary, est. 1995.)
"S.106, youth tobacco bill, which includes marketing uniformity, was vetoed by former Governor Evan Bayh on 3/19/96. The bill was enacted into law by an override vote of 26-24 in the Senate on 2/11 and 55-43 in the House on 2/13." (Philip Morris, Government Affairs Weekly Report, Feb. 14, 1997.)
Government Affairs Weekly Report, Feb. 14, 1997 / tobacco documentSen. Richard Lugar, Republican, is a
co-sponsor of S-625, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. Lugar
received $2,000 from Johnson & Johnson and
$2000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. In 1987, Lugar was a co-sponsor of the
Hatch Bill, S. 51, to prohibit smoking in public conveyances. (Tobacco
Institute Federal Relations Report, May 29, 1987.)
District 1, Peter Visclosky (D). Visclosky
received $5,000 from Eli Lilly &
Co. in 2006. "In late 1994, an IND ASSIST member 'met with
Congressman Peter Visclosky to discuss the $2 per pack tax increase
which would help fund health care ref'orm....' Rep. Visclosky had
'testified before the House Ways & Means [C]ommittee in support of
the tax.'" (Indiana ASSIST Summary, post-Apr. 26, 1995.)
District 3, Mark E. Souder (R). Souder received $3,000 from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006.
District 4, Steve Buyer (R). Buyer received $10,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $5,000 from Johnson & Johnson, and $4000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 6, Mike Pence (R). Pence received $5,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $1,000 from Johnson & Johnson, and $7000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 7, Julia
Carson, Democrat, is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. Carson
received $1,000 from Eli Lilly &
Co. in 2006. She has announced that she has terminal lung cancer
and won't seek re-election. (Indiana: Ill Congresswoman Won’t Run. AP.
Nov. 27, 2007.)
District 8, Brad Ellsworth, Democrat, is a
co-sponsor of HR-1108, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. He got
$1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 9, Baron Hill (D). Hill represents a tobacco farming district. He got $2500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
• Sidney Taurel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: also a member
of the board of Nazi-supporting IBM Corporation. • Sir Winfried
Bischoff,
Chairman, Citi Europe: Bischoff is a former chairman of
Nazi-supporting J. Henry Schroder & Co., and Citibank has a long history of supporting
health fascism - and of holding a seat on the board of Philip Morris. • J. Michael Cook, former Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte and Touche LLP: "He also has
served on the boards of AT&T Corp., Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds,
HCA – The Healthcare Co.,..." and "chairs the audit committees for
Comcast and International Flavors & Fragrances." • Martin S.
Feldstein, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, National
Bureau of Economic Research, and George
F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University; he received a
bachelor's degree from Harvard College, the very pustule of health
fascism, in 1961. • George M.C. Fisher, Former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Motorola, Inc. and Eastman Kodak Company; "Prior to
Motorola, he worked ten years in research and development at Bell Telephone Laboratories" and is also a past
member of the boards of AT&T and American Express Company and
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. • J. Erik Fyrwald, Group Vice
President, DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition: "Fyrwald earned a
bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University
of Delaware in 1981 and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced
Management Program in 1998." • Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D., Executive
V. P. for Academic Affairs and Provost , University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dean of Southwestern Medical School, and
Regental Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He
is the very pinnacle Big Pharma: his ancestors originated Goodman and
Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis
of Therapeutics, and subsequently merged to form Alfred Goodman
Gilman. He has received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1994); American Heart Association Basic Science Research Prize (1990);
American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (1995); Albert Lasker Basic
Medical Research Award (1989); election to the National Academy of
Sciences (1985); and The Gairdner Foundation International Award
(1984). • Karen N. Horn, Ph.D., Retired President, Private Client
Services and Managing Director, Marsh, Inc. "Her previous experience
includes senior managing director and head of international private
banking [money laundering], Bankers Trust
Company" [where the Cullmans of Philip Morris were longtime
directors.] • John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D., President and Chief Operating
Officer, Eli Lilly and Company: "In 2004, he was appointed to the
Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School and to the Health Policy
and Management Council of the Harvard School of Public Health," and is
a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at the Indiana University
School of Medicine. • Ellen R. Marram, President, The Barnegat Group
LLC.
From 1970 to l986, she held a series of marketing positions at
Nabisco/Standard Brands [owned by R.J. Reynolds],
Johnson & Johnson and Lever Brothers. From
1987 to 1988, Ms. Marram was President of Nabisco's Grocery Division.
From 1988 to 1993, Ms. Marram was President and CEO of the Nabisco
Biscuit Company, and was responsible for its low-fat snack products.
She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
and The New York Times Company, and on the board of The New York &
Presbyterian Hospital. • Franklyn G. Prendergast, M.D., Ph.D. Edmond
and Marion Guggenheim Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo
Medical School, Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized
Medicine, and Director Emeritus, Mayo Clinic Cancer. • Kathi P.
Seifert, retired executive vice president for Kimberly-Clark
Corporation.
In 1994, directors included Kenneth Lay of Enron,
and James W. Cozad, former
treasurer of Philip Morris. Schroder Bank,
long associated with the
Bush family, held a seat as well: Alva O. Way, director since 1980.
"Looking back further to 1992, Alexander Cockburn, in both the
Nation and the New Statesman, was one of the first to connect the dots
between the Bush family and Eli Lilly. After
George Herbert Walker Bush
left his CIA director post in 1977 and before becoming vice president
under Ronald Reagan in 1980, he was on Eli Lilly’s board of directors.
As vice president, Bush failed to disclose his Lilly stock and lobbied
hard on behalf of Big Pharma—especially Eli Lilly. For example, Bush
sought special tax breaks from the IRS for Lilly and other
pharmaceutical corporations that were manufacturing in Puerto Rico.
Cockburn also reported on Mitch Daniels, then a vice president at Eli
Lilly, who in 1991 co-chaired a fundraiser that collected $600,000 for
the Bush-Quayle campaign. This is the same Mitch Daniels who in 2001
became George W. Bush’s Director of Management and Budget. In June
2003, soon after Daniels departed from that job, he ran for governor of
Indiana (home to Eli Lilly headquarters). In a piece in the Washington
Post called “Delusional on the Deficit,” Senator Ernest Hollings wrote,
“When Daniels left two weeks ago to run for governor of Indiana, he
told the Post that the government is ‘fiscally in fine shape.’ Good
grief! During his 29-month tenure, he turned a so-called $5.6 trillion,
10-year budget surplus into a $4 trillion deficit—a mere $10 trillion
downswing in just two years. If this is good fiscal policy, thank
heavens Daniels is gone.” (Eli Lilly, Zyprexa, & the Bush Family.
By Bruce Levine. Zmag 2004 May;17(5).)
In 2006, Eli Lilly gave $314,350 to Republican and $117,500 to
Democratic House candidates, and $99,000 to Republican and $41,500 to
Democratic Senate candidates. (Eli Lilly & Co. PAC Contributions to
Federal Candidates, 2006 Cycle. The Center for Responsive Politics.)
Eli Lilly's tmost lucrative drug is Zyprexa, used for the treatment
of schizophrenia and other psychological disorders. Others are Gemzar,
a lung, breast and pancreatic cancer chemotherapy drug; Cymbalta,
anti-depressive; Humalog, an insulin analog; and Evista, prescribed for
the prevention of osteoporosis. (Eli Lilly and Company. Wikinvest,
accessed 11-04-07.)
Wellpoint (formerly WellPoint Health Networks Inc.) is the largest United States health insurer, and the company that operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans. It is based in Indianapolis. William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, Wolf's Head 1960, brother of former President George H.W. Bush, has been a director since 2004, and of its predecessor companies since 1989. Other directors include Sheila P. Burke, who was chief of staff to former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole from 1986 to 1996, who joined the board in 1997. She is on the board of trustees of the University of San Francisco and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and serves as a member of the board of the Kaiser Family Foundation, and a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); the Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid and Uninsured; the National Advisory Council at the Center for State Health Policy; and the Institute of Medicine. Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D., director since 2002, is a trustee of Johns Hopkins University and a member of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Susan B. Bayh, director since 2001, is the wife of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN. Donald W. Riegle Jr., director since 2001, was a U.S. Representative from 1967-75 and Senator from 1976-94. The company has about $16 billion in revenue. Its profits rose 7% in the last quarter of 2006, while the benefit expense — or medical loss — ratio rose to 82.9 percent, from 81 percent a year before. (Earnings Rise 7% at Health Insurer. AP. Jan. 24, 2008.) WellPoint created the Missouri Foundation for Health in January 2000 to receive assets accumulated by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri (BCBSMo) prior to its conversion from nonprofit to for-profit status. Today, MFH is the largest health care foundation in the state and is among the largest of its kind in the country. In 2004, MFH launched a $40 million, nine-year Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Initiative.
WellPoint 2006 DEF 14A / Securities and Exchange CommissionWoodrow Augustus Myers, a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, was Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of WellPoint Health Networks from Oct. 2000 to 2005. "Dr. Myers founded Myers Ventures LLC to facilitate his interests in international health, where he currently provides healthcare consulting and investments. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Myers served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of WellPoint Health Networks, managing WellPoint’s Healthcare Quality Assurance Division, which had responsibility for medical policy, clinical affairs and member advocacy. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Myers served as Director of Health Care Management at Ford Motor Company. Prior to that, Mr. Myers served as Corporate Medical Director for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Commissioner of Health for New York City and the state of Indiana and various positions at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and Stanford University Medical Center. Currently Mr. Myers serves on the board of directors of Stanford University Hospital, he is a Visiting Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine, a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Science and a Master of the American College of Physicians. He has received numerous medical and community service awards and has published extensively on medical issues important to public health. Mr. Myers received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School, a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science from Stanford University and is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar." (2006 Director bio, Form 8-K ThermoGenesis Corp.)
Thermogenesis 2006 Form 8-K / Securities and Exchange CommissionMyers was also an asssistant professor of medicine at the University
of California - San Francisco, the home of Stanton
Glantz. In 1884, he was the physician health advisor to the Senate
Committee on Labor and Human Resources with Sen. Ted Kennedy. He was on
President Reagan's AIDS commission in the mid-1980s. Indiana Governor
Bob Orr appointed him Health Commissioner in 1985, and he stayed a year
under Gov. Evan Bayh. In 1990, he became Health Commissioner of New
York City under Mayor David Dinkins. In 1991, he returned to Indiana as
corporate medical director for The Associated Group (insurance sales),
and clinical associated professor of medicine at Indiana University
Medical Center. In 1995, he testfied for the plaintiffs in Rogers v.
R.J. Reynolds. He had been on the board of trustees of Stanford
University for five years, and was on the boards of Accordia of Central
Indiana and Allied Corporation. He is an ex-smoker, and claimed that he
had "never seen a patient with primary lung cancer who did not have a
significant smoking history," and that his opinion was consistent with
the consensus of the medical and scientific community. Later he changed
his testimony. (Myers testimony, Rogers v. R.J. Reynolds, Feb. 8, 1995.)
As Health Commissioner of Indiana, Myers called for a ban on vending
machines. (State health officials call for 2 new laws to restrict
smoking. By Marc C. Allan. Indianapolis Star, Jan. 2, 1990.) He did the
same as Health Commissioner of New York City. Perpetual anti-smoker
Council member Peter F. Vallone sponsored such a bill. (Council to
consider ban on cigarette machine. By Leonard Buder. New York Times,
May 4, 1990.)
"Mayor David N. Dinkins, a former two-pack-a-day smoker who kicked
the habit 28 years ago, today announced a pro-health, public-private
partnership program to encourage young New Yorkers not to smoke. The
Mayor's eight-part campaign includes the banning of cigarette vending
machines in areas frequented by children and phasing out cigarette
advertising on city owned billboards, on taxis, at baseball stadiums,
and in the subways. The program also calls for the promotion of
smoke-free schools and the production of pro-health
counter-advertisements. The Mayor's agenda also allows greater
use of the city's pension fund investments to promote a pro health
campaign directly with tobacco companies... New York
City's pension funds hold almost a third of a billion dollars' worth of
stock in three 1arge tobacco companies. The Mayor's Office will be
working with the other trustees of the the New York City Employees
Retirement System (NYCERS) to begin a program of shareholder
resolutions designed to alter practices of these tobacco companies.
This approach will enable the City to combine pension fund policy with
public health policy. Finance Commissioner Carol O'Cleireacain, who
chairs the NYCERS and its proxy committee, will work with the other
trustees in this effort." (Mayor David N. Dinkins Announces New
Anti-Smoking Campaign Initiatives. Press Release, Oct. 11, 1990.)
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company sponsored a conference on "Cancer Prevention for Black
Americans: Risks and Reality." Charles
B. Arnold, medical director of MetLife and editor-in-chief of
the company's Statistical Bulletin, was chairman. Secretary of Health
and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan bashed smoking. New York City
Health Commissioner Dr. Woodrow A. Myers and Margaret A. Hamburg,
deputy commissioner for Policy Research, New York City Department of
Health, attended, along with Arnold's old friends from the American Health
Foundation, Gary M.
Williams and Ernst Wynder. (Black Americans'
soaring cancer rates can be lowered by by preventive medicine.
PRNewswire, Oct. 11, 1990.)
The American Health Foundation developed the anti-smoking program for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Indiana. (Review and evaluation of smoking cessation methods - the United States and Canada, 1978-1985. By Jerome L. Schwartz of the National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. US DHHS, April 1987.)
Schwartz 1987 / tobacco document.He was a member of the board of directors of Partnership for
Prevention in 1998. (The components of prevention. Testimony before the
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Mar. 12, 1998. By William
L. Roper, MD.)
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