Democrats failed to send HB 4163, the proposed state workplace
smoking ban, to the anti-smoker-controlled Health Policy Committee. It
went to the Government Operations and Reform Committee instead, which
is chaired by Sen. Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, where it
is likely to die. Even if it got through this committee: "If all 17
Senate Democrats voted for it, along with Republican Sens. George and
Kahn, a 19-19 tie could be broken by Democratic Lt. Gov. John Cherry.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has said she would sign a smoking ban. It's
unclear if Senate Democrats are fully united behind the bill,
though,..." (Senate snuffs out smoking ban. AP. Dec. 12, 2007.) She got
$8000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. Attorney General Mike Cox got $3600,
and Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land got $1000.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, which
hopes to make money from its
quit-smoking drug Chantix, was one of the supporters of "Make MI Air
Smokefree." Look at the lies this unscrupulous organization tells
(accessed Jan.
14, 2008):
They lie that "Secondhand smoke causes between 35,000 and 62,000
deaths
from heart disease every year." Their reference for this is Steenland,
K. (1992). Passive Smoking and the Risk of Heart Disease. Journal of
the American Medical Association 267(1): 94-99. This claim was based on
nothing but a paper by infamous anti-smokers Stanton
A. Glantz and William Parmley, who in 1991 had fraudulently wrapped
their manuscript in an EPA wrapper to misrepresent that it had been
approved by the EPA (whose report hadn't even been released at that
time).
In fact: The decline in heart disease death rates since 1970 has
been as large among smokers as among non-smokers. (Temporal trends in
coronary heart disease mortality and sudden cardiac death from 1950 to
1999: the Framingham Heart Study. CS Fox, JC Evans, MG Larson, WB
Kannel, D Levy. Circulation 2004 Aug 3;110(5):522-527). "Nonsudden CHD
death decreased by 64% (95% CI 50% to 74%, Ptrend<0.001), and SCD
rates decreased by 49% (95% CI 28% to 64%, Ptrend<0.001). These
trends were seen in men and women, in subjects with and without a prior
history of CHD, and in smokers and nonsmokers." The decline in
cigarette smoking has been much greater in middle-aged men than in
middle-aged women, which is not at all in accord with the equivalence
in the decline in mortality for the sexes. The decline in death rates
in the Framingham study paralleled those in the U.S. as a whole.
Levy /
Circulation 2004 full article
Smokers and passive smokers for socioeconomic reasons are more likely to have been exposed to cytomegalovirus, a large known infectious cause of heart disease.
CMV & other infections cause heart diseaseThey lie that "12,000 otherwise healthy nonsmokers will die of some
form of cancer, 3,000 specifically to lung cancer, because of their
exposure to secondhand smoke." Their reference is U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) (1992). Respiratory Health Effects of Passive
Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders. Washington, D.C.: EPA. And,
they claim that "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen, a substance which
is known to cause human cancer." In fact, the EPA report didn't study
any form of cancer except lung cancer. And every one of their studies
is fraudulent, because they're based on nothing but lifestyle
questionnaires. They ignored the evidence implicating human
papillomavirus as a far greater cause of lung cancer than they pretend
for secondhand smoke, and, because passive smokers are more likely to
have been exposed to HPV, their defective studies falsely blame tobacco
smoke for lung cancers actually caused by HPV.
This report wasn't even written by the real EPA scientists, who were
against calling secondhand smoke a human carcinogen. The key chapters
were written by anti-smoking activists, who used illegal pass-through
contracts to conceal their role. And, on the board of directors of the
crooked company that handled the pass-throughs sat Fred Malek, the 1992
campaign director for President George H.W. Bush, during whose
administration the report was released, as well as a big shot Democrat.
They claim that "Studies show secondhand smoke may be a major factor
in the development of asthma in children under five," and "Secondhand
smoke is a serious trigger of asthma and can cause or worsen
respiratory conditions. Studies have shown that children with asthma
who are exposed to secondhand smoke require more asthma medicines, have
more emergency room visits and lower lung function." In fact, in 2003,
EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman boasted that "This report
marks the progress we have made as a nation to reduce environmental
risks faced by childen," including "Implementing the Smoke-Free
Home Pledge campaign, designed to protect millions of children from the
risks of tobacco smoke at home." But you have to go all the way down to
pdf page 73 to learn that "Between 1980 and 1995, the percentage of
children with asthma doubled, from 3.6 percent in 1980 to 7.5 percent
in 1995." [And death rates from asthma during this period nearly
tripled. The death rates are a more solid indicator than diagnoses of
asthma because, unlike doctor visits, death is not optional.] The graph on
pdf page 65 boasts of declines in cotinine levels during this same
period. ("America's Children and the Environment. Measures of
Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses," Second Edition, US EPA,
Feb. 2003.) Furthermore, not even the author of the EPA ETS report
chapters on asthma, Dr. Fernando Martinez of the University of Arizona,
believes in the garbage that he wrote any more. Quote: "Like most
people, I assumed tobacco smoke and pollution were the problem -- this
was the politically correct way to think. But these factors turned out
not to play a major role. In high-pollution areas, in low-pollution
areas, among all ethnic groups, there was asthma. Clearly, something
else was involved." (Does Civilization Cause Asthma? By Ellen Ruppel
Shell. The Atlantic Monthly, 2000 May;285(5):90-100, page 94.)
They lie that 1,340 to 2,390 adults, children, and babies die each
year from others' smoking (secondhand smoke and pregnancy smoking).
Their preganancy smoking claim is based, as usual, on deliberately
defective studies that falsely blame perinatal illnesses caused by
chorioamnionitis on maternal smoking and passive smoke.
Their lies about "$3.4 billion—Annual health care costs in Michigan
directly caused by smoking," "$1.1 billion—Portion covered by the state
Medicaid program," "$637—Per household resident's state and federal tax
burden from smoking-caused government expenditures," and "$3.80
billion—Smoking-caused productivity losses in Michigan" are most likely
based on the Centers for Disease Control's deliberately fraudulent
SAMMEC computer program, which pretends that costs paid by smokers were
paid by non-smokers, that diseases caused by infection were caused by
smoking, and that non-smokers' costs
don't exist at all!
HB 4087 (Hammon) Last Action: 01/24/2007 - printed bill filed
01/24/2007.
HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. It was
read a second time on Dec. 5, 2007, and passed 56 to 46. 12/11/2007
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Reform. It is
expected to have no chance in the Senate.
HB 4389 (Young) Last Action: 09/25/2007 - notice given to discharge
committee.
HB 4470 (LaJoy) Last Action: 03/20/2007 - printed bill filed 03/16/2007.
HB 4470 tobacco tax increase / Michigan LegislatureHB 4971 (Bieda) Last Action: 06/26/2007 - printed bill filed
06/22/2007.
HB 4972 (Bieda) would require a $600 fee in addition to licensing fee. Last Action: 06/26/2007 - printed bill filed 06/22/2007.
HB 4972 permits for establishments that allow smoking / Michigan LegislatureHB 5074 (Hammon) Last Action: 08/08/2007 - printed bill filed 08/02/2007.
HB 5074 to ban smoking in dormitories / Michigan LegislatureHB 5635 (Byrum) to make smoking, inhaling, chewing, or even "the
placing of a tobacco product within a person's mouth" of a
tobacco product on school property a misdemeanor with a $50 fine. Last
Action: 01/22/2008 - printed bill filed 01/18/2008.
(Original Content Same As Senate Bill 1141)
Sponsor: Gary McDowell. Last Action: 02/27/2008 - printed bill filed
02/27/2008.
House District 001 Edward Gaffney, R-Grosse Pointe. Member of Health Policy Committee. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 002 LaMar Lemmons Jr., D-Detroit. Senior Health,
Security,
and Retirement Committee. Lemmons was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB
4163 (2007),
the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 003 Bettie Cook Scott, D-Detroit, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 004 Coleman Young II, D-Detroit. Young was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban; and the primary sponsor of HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette
tax increase.
House District 005 Bert Johnson, D-Highland Park. Johnson was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban.
House District 006 Marsha Cheeks, D-Detroit. Cheeks was a co-sponsor
of HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban, but
voted against it.
House District 007 Virgil Smith, D-Detroit. Virgil Smith was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban; and HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase.
House District 008 George Cushingberry Jr., D-Detroit. Cushingberry
was a co-sponsor of HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase.
House District 009 Shanelle Jackson, D-Detroit. Jackson was a
co-sponsor of HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking
ban.
House District 010 Gabe Leland, D-Detroit. Leland was a co-sponsor
of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace
smoking ban.
House District 011 Morris Hood III, D-Detroit and Dearborn, voted
for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He
got $150 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 012 Steve Tobocman, D-Detroit, voted for HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $450 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 013 Barbara Farrah, D-Southgate, voted against HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She got $150
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 014 Ed Clemente, D-Detroit. Had Fellowship at John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. On HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban, Clemente did not
vote on the grounds of possible conflict of interest. He got $500 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 015 Gino Polidori, D-Dearborn, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 016 Bob Constan, D-Dearborn Heights. Senior Health, Security, and Retirement Committee. Constan was a co-sponsor of HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and .voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 017 Andy Dillon, D-Redford Twp. Was an Aide
to
anti-smoker Democratic U.S.
Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey. Dillon voted for HB 4163 (2007),
the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $325 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
House District 018 Richard LeBlanc, D-Westland, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 019 John Pastor, R-Livonia, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 020 Marc Corriveau, D-Northville. Member of Health Policy Committee. Corriveau voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 021 Philip LaJoy, R-Belleville. LaJoy was the primary
sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and voted
for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He
got $175 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 022 Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D-Taylor. Senior Health,
Security,
and Retirement Committee. Hopgood was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB
4163 (2007),
the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 023 Kathleen Law, D-Gibraltar. Research scientist, retired in 1988. Law introduced House Concurrent Resolution 37, "asking Congress to support the National Cancer Institute's plan to eliminate suffering and death from cancer by the year 2015." (Law: Congress Must Support National Cancer Institute. June 27, 2006.) She voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 024 Jack Brandenburg, R-Harrison Township, voted for
HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 025 Steve Bieda, D-Warren. Bieda was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban; and primary sponsor of HB 4971 (2007), a proposed $600 permit to allow restaurant smoking, and HB 4972 (2007), a $600 permit for a liquor licensee to allow smoking. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 026 Marie Donigan, D-Royal Oak. Health Policy
Committee. Donigan was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007),
the proposed
statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 027 Andy Meisner, D-Ferndale. Meisner was a
co-sponsor of HB 4087 and HB 5074, to ban smoking in dormitories. He
voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
"He downplayed concerns that Michigan restaurant and bar owners would
lose business if the ban took effect. 'It's just the opposite', he
said. 'The legislation would put Michigan in the vanguard of cultural
change on attitudes toward smoking, something it needs to help shed its
smokestack reputation,' Meisner said." (House panel OKs ban on smoking
in casinos, bars, but bill has ways to go, Detroit Free Press, July 25,
2007.)
House District 028 Lisa Wojno, D-Warren. Health Policy Committee. BS in nursing from Oakland University. "Rep. Wojno previously worked at Beaumont Health Care System as a registered nurse in a variety of capacities, serving in oncology, the surgical intensive care unit, labor and delivery, and insurance authorization... In 2004, Rep. Wojno was chosen as Senator John F. Kerry's representative and spokesperson at the Michigan Presidential Health Care Forum in Lansing." She voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 029 Tim Melton, D-Pontiac. Melton was a co-sponsor of HB 4087 and HB 5074 (2007), to ban smoking in dormitories, and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 030 Tory Rocca, R-Sterling Heights, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 031 Fred Miller, D-Mount Clemens, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 032 Daniel Acciavatti, R-Chesterfield, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 033 Kim Meltzer, R-Clinton Twp., voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 034 Brenda Clack, D-Flint. Vice Chair of Senior
Health,
Retirement and Security. "Clack was one of four state lawmakers who
introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to ban smoking in workplaces,
restaurants and bars statewide [HB 4163 (2007)]. She cited skyrocketing
health care
costs from smoking-related illnesses [a Hitler Big
Lie] and concern for the well-being of people exposed to smoking as
reasons... Genesee County has had smoke-free workplaces since a ban
took effect in February 2004, and Clack said she thought about the
local ban when considering the proposed statewide legislation. 'I've
appreciated
the fact that we have had smoke-free work environments,' she said,
citing counties such as Ingham, Washtenaw and others that have imposed
similar bans. 'If we can do it, why not the entire state of Michigan?'
Clack also stressed that those who smoke are not the only ones harmed
by the habit. 'Parents need to take a look at this,' she said.
'(Secondhand smoke is) is really detrimental.' [another
filthy Big Lie!]. Clack was invited to co-sponsor the legislation
by State Rep. Barb Vander Veen, R-Allendale and the Campaign for
Smokefree Air, a coalition led by the American Cancer Society, the
American Heart Association and the American Lung Association." (Press
Release. Clack backs bills to expand smoke ban. Include workplace,
bars, restaurants. Apr. 20, 2005.) She voted for HB 4163 (2007), the
proposed statewide workplace smoking ban, and was a co-sponsor of HB
4087 and
HB 5074 (2007), to ban smoking in dormitories; and HB 4389 (2007), a
proposed cigarette tax increase.
House District 035 Paul Condino, D-Southfield. Condino was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban; and a co-sponsor of HB 4971 (2007), a proposed $600 permit to allow restaurant smoking, and HB 4972 (2007), a $600 permit for a liquor licensee to allow smoking. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 036 Brian Palmer, R-Romeo. Palmer was a co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 037 Aldo Vagnozzi, D-Farmington/Farmington Hills.
Vagnozzi was a co-sponsor of HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking ban; and HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax
increase.
House District 038 Craig DeRoche, R-Novi, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 039 David Law, R-Commerce Township. Law was a
co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and
voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
He got $1050 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 040 Chuck Moss, R-Birmingham, voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 041 Marty Knollenberg, R-Troy, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 042 Frank Accavitti Jr., D-Eastpointe. Accavitti was
a co-sponsor of HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace
smoking ban.
House District 043 Fran Amos, R-Waterford.
House District 044 John Stakoe, R-Highland Township, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 045 John Garfield, R-Rochester Hills, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 046 Jim Marleau, R-Lake Orion. Marleau was a co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 047 Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township. Republican vice
chair of
the House Insurance Committee for the 2007-08 legislative session, and
member of House Health Policy Committee. Hune was a co-sponsor of HB
4470 (2007),
a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the
proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $150 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
House District 048 Richard Hammel, D-Mt. Morris Twp. Hammel was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban. Hammel was a co-sponsor of HB 4087 and HB 5074 (2007), to ban
smoking in dormitories.
House District 049 Lee Gonzales, D-Flint Township. Gonzales
completed the
Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University. "'I am pleased to welcome representatives from
Wayne State, the Harvard School of Public Health, Monsanto and other
organizations who can advance the discussion of this urgent health
issue,' Gonzales said. 'We must build on the momentum around the rest
of the country and make Michigan a leader in protecting our residents'
health and well-being. Eliminating trans fats is truly a matter of life
and death.'" [sic sic sic] He claims that "Trans fat is linked to
obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiac disease and other potentially fatal
ailments." (Gonzales To Give Keynote Speech at National Trans Fat
Symposium. Press Release, May 14, 2007.) Gonzales was a co-sponsor of
and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking
ban.
House District 050 Ted Hammon, D-Mt. Morris Twp. Health Policy Committee. Hammon was the primary sponsor of HB 4087 and HB 5074 (2007), to ban smoking in dormitories; and HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 051 David Robertson, R-Grand Blanc, voted against HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $300
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 052 Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She got $350 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 053 Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor. Senior Health, Security, and Retirement Committee. Warren was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban; and a co-sponsor of HB 4971 (2007), a proposed $600 permit to allow restaurant smoking, and HB 4972 (2007), a $600 permit for a liquor licensee to allow smoking. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 054 Alma Smith, D-Salem. Alma Smith was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 055 Kathy Angerer, D-Dundee. Member of Health Policy
Committee. Angerer voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking ban. She got $150 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 056 Kate Ebli, D-Monroe. Ebli joined State Sen. Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw), State Sen. Gilda Jacobs (D-Huntington Woods) and State Rep. Ed Gaffney (R-Grosse Pointe Farms) in a press conference promoting the American Heart Association's "National Heart Month." (Ebli Hosts Go Red at the Capitol. Press Release, Feb. 22, 2007.) Ebli voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 057 Dudley Spade, D-Tipton, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 058 Bruce Caswell, R-Pittsford, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 059 Rick Shaffer, R-. Has been an administrator at
Hope
Nursing Home in Lawton, Dosca Manor in Three Rivers, Borgess Nursing
Home in Kalamazoo, and Heartland Health Care in Three Rivers. Most
recently, he was director of Three Rivers Area Hospital Homecare and
Hospice. "Shaffer is a member of the Health Care Association of
Michigan, the Michigan Home Health Care Association, the Michigan
Hospice Association, and the St. Joseph County Human Services
Commission. He sits on the board of directors of the
Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph County Community Health Agency. He is also
a member of the St. Joseph Economic Development Corporation, the St.
Joseph Valley Community Federal Credit Union board of directors, the
Three Rivers Rotary Club, and the Seventh Day Adventist Church in
Centreville." Shaffer glorified the ACS's lobbyist, Linda Burkett, as
"Michigan Lead Legislative Ambassador for the American Cancer Society,
responsible for leading statewide ambassador leadership teams to
maximize the ACS's legislative impact in local, state and federal
campaigns." (Rick Shaffer Legislator bio) (Local Resident A
Michigan Leader in Fight Against Cancer. Press Release, Jun. 25, 2007.)
House District 060 Robert Jones, D-Kalamazoo. Health Policy, Senior
Health, Security, and Retirement, and Tax Policy Committees. Jones was
chemical production supervisor at Pharmacia and Upjohn for 28
years, and a former mayor of Kalamazoo. He was a co-sponsor of HB
4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and voted for HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 061 Jacob Hoogendyk, R-Kalamazoo, voted against HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $150
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 062 Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $200 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 063 Lorence Wenke, R-Richland. Member of Tax Policy
Committee. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking ban. He got $350 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 064 Martin Griffin, D-Jackson, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 065 Mike Simpson, D-Liberty Township. Member of
Health Policy
and
Insurance Committees. Simpson voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed
statewide workplace smoking ban. Simpson is a true believer in
anti-smoker health lies, who banned smoking in the restaurant he owns,
Poppa's Place. Now he wants to outlaw smoking everywhere, in order to
stifle free competition. He got $125 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 066 Chris Ward, R-Brighton. Member of Health Policy Committee. Ward voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 067 Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga. Health Policy Committee,
voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
She is the primary sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use
on school property.
House District 068 Joan Bauer, D-Lansing. Bauer was a co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban; and HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 069 Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing. Meadows was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban. Meadows introduced
legislation to protect Michigan's workers from being forced to attend
meetings where the employer lectures on religious or political issues.
"Meadows' plan, The Worker Freedom Act, makes it unlawful for an
employer to require its employees to attend or participate in meetings
where the employer lectures on religion or politics or labor
organizing. It also prohibits employees from being penalized, fired or
otherwise reprimanded for refusing to attend such meetings." (Meadows'
Plan Beefs Up Protections for Workers. Press Release, Mar. 1, 2007.)
House District 070 Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan.
House District 071 Rick Jones, R-Oneida Township, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 072 Glenn Steil Jr., R-Cascade, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 073 Tom Pearce, R-Rockford. Pearce helped found the North Kent Chapter of the American Heart Association. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 074 David Agema, R-Grandville, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 075 Robert Dean, D-Grand Rapids, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 076 Michael Sak, D-Grand Rapids. Sak sponsored
so-called
fire-safe cigarette legislation. Sak was a co-sponsor of HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban, but voted against
it.
House District 077 Kevin Green, R-Wyoming. Member of Health Policy
and Senior
Health, Security, and Retirement Committees. He voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $150 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 078 Neal Nitz, R-Baroda. Niz was a co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 079 John Proos, R-St. Joseph, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 080 Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton. She has served on
the
State of Michigan Board of Medicine and Intercare Community Health
Network and on the Van Buren Community Mental Health Board. She voted
for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She
got $150 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 081 Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township, voted against
HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got
$500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 082 John Stahl, R-North Branch. Member of Senior Health, Security, and Retirement Committee. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 083 John Espinoza, D-Croswell, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 084 Terry Brown, D-Pigeon. Brown was a co-sponsor of
HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and voted for HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 085 Richard Ball, R-Bennington Twp. Health Policy and Senior Health, Security, and Retirement Committees. Ball voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 086 Dave Hildenbrand, R-Lowell, voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $550 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 087 Brian Calley, R-Portland. Health Policy and Tax Policy Committees, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 088 Fulton Sheen, R-Plainwell. Member of Senior Health, Security, and Retirement and Tax Policy. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. "Rep. Sheen, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement: “Mr. Speaker and members of the House: I am opposed to House Bill 4163. Smoking is clearly unhealthy and many times creates a variety of health problems for those who smoke. Secondhand smoke is also unhealthy and irritating to those who don’t smoke. However, the fact remains that it is a legal substance which is bought and sold in every grocery store, gas station, and convenience store in America. Telling restaurant and business owners what they can and cannot do at their place of business is an infringement on their personal property rights. Smokers and non-smokers alike know which restaurants allow smoking and which don’t, and they use this knowledge to determine which establishments to frequent. Government needs to stay out of the market place and people’s lives, so they can make their own choices.”
House District 089 Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, voted against HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 090 Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $150 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 091 Mary Valentine, D-Norton Shores. Member of Health Policy Committee. She voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. She is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 092 Doug Bennett, D-Muskegon. Bennett was a co-sponsor of HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 093 Paul Opsommer, R-Dewitt, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 094 Kenneth Horn, R-Frankenmuth, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 095 Andy Coulouris, D-Saginaw. Member of Health Policy Committee. Coulouris voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 096 Jeff Mayes, D-Bay City, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 097 Tim Moore, R-Farwell, voted against HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $500 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 098 John Moolenaar, R-Midland. Moolenaar graduated from Hope College, and received his master's in public administration from Harvard University. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 099 Bill Caul, R-Mt. Pleasant, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 100 Goeff Hansen, R-Hart. Hansen was a co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 101 David Palsrok, R-Manistee, voted for HB 4163
(2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $200 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 102 Darwin Booher, R-Evart, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 103 Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch. Sheltrown was a
co-sponsor of and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide
workplace smoking
ban.
House District 104 Howard Walker, R-Traverse City, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 105 Kevin Elsenheimer, R-Bellaire, voted against HB
4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He got $350
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
House District 106 Matthew Gillard, D-Alpena, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 107 Gary McDowell, D-Rudyard, voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 108 Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba. Casperson was a co-sponsor of HB 4470 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase. He voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
House District 109 Steven Lindberg, D-Marquette. Lindberg was a co-sponsor of HB 4389 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase, and voted for HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban. He is a co-sponsor of HB 5635 (2008), $50 fine for tobacco use on school property.
House District 110 Michael Lahti, D-Hancock, voted against HB 4163 (2007), the proposed statewide workplace smoking ban.
Public Act 100 (SB 1) MEDICAID INCENTIVES (George)
Requests a federal waiver for incentives for Medicaid recipients.Passed
by roll call Yeas 38, Nays 0, Excused 0, Not Voting 0. Signed: October
1, 2007; Effective: October 1, 2007. "Sec. 105b. (1) The department of
community health shall create incentives for individual medical
assistance recipients who practice specified positive health behaviors.
The incentives described in this subsection may include, but are not
limited to, expanded benefits and incentives relating to premiums,
co-pays, or benefits. The positive health behaviors described in this
subsection may include, but are not limited to, participation in health
risk assessments and health screenings, compliance with medical
treatment, attendance at scheduled medical appointments, participation
in smoking cessation treatment, exercise, prenatal visits,
immunizations, and attendance at recommended educational health
programs." The rationalization for peddling this snake oil to the most
vulnerable members of the public is to supposedly save health costs,
which won't happen and for which the health fascists will never be held
accountable.
SB 0109 (Basham) Last Action: 01/30/2007 referred to Committee on
Economic Development.
SB 110 (George) Last Action: 01/30/2007 referred to Committee on
Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
SB 278 MI-HEART (George) Creates Michigan Helping Ensure Affordable
and Reliable Treatment Act. Introduced and referred to Health Policy
Committee (02/27/07). Reported with Substitute S-2 (5/3/07).
SB 328 (Basham) Last Action: 10/03/2007 referred to Committee on
Finance.
SB 472 (Anderson) Last Action: 05/03/2007 referred to committee on
judiciary.
SB 481 (McManus) Last Action: 05/08/2007 referred to Committee on
Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
SB 514 (Allen) Last Action: 05/17/2007 referred to Committee on
Finance.
SB 882 (George) The act would prohibit even "unclassified acquirers"
from being in control or possession of even an individual package of
cigarettes which do not have a stamp, to be punished by the tax due
plus 500% of the tax. Last Action: 11/06/2007 referred to Committee on
Commerce and Tourism.
They want to spend $5,724,500 for 14 new full-time positions for
smoking prevention programs, and $610,000 for tobacco tax collection
and enforcement. This is in addition to $15,188,500 for 12 full-time
positions in "cancer prevention and control program," most presumably
founded on health fascist scientific fraud; $5,683,200 for 22.7
full-time positions for "chronic disease prevention," do; and $812,500
for 6.5 full-time positions for "health education, promotion, and
research programs," do; also, $700,000 for "physical fitness, nutrition, and
health," out of a gross appropriation of $37,368,800 for "chronic
disease and injury prevention and health promotion of which $21,309,500
comes from the federal government. In addition, it contains the
following outrageous section: "Sec. 1637. (1) All adult Medicaid
recipients shall be offered the opportunity to sign a Medicaid personal
responsibility agreement. 2)
The personal responsibility agreement shall include at minimum the following provisions: (a)
That the recipient shall not smoke.... (c) That the recipient shall
exercise regularly." Deborah Cherry is the primary sponsor. Last
Action: 02/28/2008 referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Senators / Michigan Senate
Senate District 1 Hansen Clarke, D-Detroit. Clarke was a co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, and workplaces; SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle; and of SB 472, to ban smoking in dormitories.
Senate District 2 Martha G. Scott, D-Highland Park, founded the M.G.
Scott Foundation in 2003. It sponsors so-called "Health Fairs" on
women's health, along with Adult Well-Being Services, Henry Ford Macomb
Hospitals, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Great Lakes Health Plan,
OmniCare Health Plan, Spectrum Human Services Inc, McDonald's, SEMCA,
and Total Health Care Inc. (M.G. Scott Foundation Sponsors Free Health
Fair. Scott Press Release, Aug. 16, 2007.) Scott babbled, "It is my
hope that this health fair will inspire and encourage people to take
charge of their lives by improving their diet and exercising
regularly," Sen. Scott said. "It’s imperative that each of us takes
responsibility for our own well being and makes a serious commitment to
lead a healthier lifestyle." (Scott Sponsors Free Health Fair. Scott
Press Release, Sep. 1, 2004.) And it's all a stinking lie! The US
government spent $625 million on the Women’s Health Initiative
pandering to deluded health fascists, and their magic diets
had no effect on heart disease, breast cancer or osteoporosis. But
these people never let the facts get in their way, because their real
goal is to shove their religious BS down everyone's throats. Scott was
a co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, and
workplaces, SB 110 (2007), to ban workplace smoking; and of SB 463
(2007), to ban employment discrimination
based on lifestyle.
Senate District 3 Irma Clark-Coleman, D-Detroit. Clark-Coleman was a
co-sponsor of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on
lifestyle, and of SB 472, to ban smoking in dormitories.
Senate District 4 Samuel Buzz Thomas, III, D-Detroit. Thomas was a
co-sponsor of SB 328 (2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase.
Senate District 5 Tupac A. Hunter, D-Detroit. He got $300 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 6 Glenn S. Anderson, D-Westland. Anderson was a
co-sponsor [who claimed to be the
lead sponsor] of a package of bills to ensure that workers are
protected from unfair treatment by an employer as a result of that
employee’s off-duty conduct or beliefs, including employment decisions
based upon smoking, drinking, or eating habits [SB 463 (2007)]. "A
high-profile
incident in Lansing not long ago highlights the need for such
legislation. WEYCO, a Lansing-based employee benefits company, fired
four workers last year because they smoked on their own time and either
refused or were unable to quit smoking while not on the job. This
problem is not just limited to Michigan." Senate Democratic Leader Mark
Schauer (D-Battle Creek) was a co-sponsor. (Senate Dems Fight for
Worker Rights, Privacy. Press Release, Apr. 24, 2007.) Anderson was the
primary sponsor of SB 472, to ban smoking in dormitories.
Senate District 7 Bruce Patterson, R-Canton. Chairman, Health Policy
Committee. Patterson was a co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban smoking
in bars, restaurants, and workplaces; and SB 110 (2007), to ban
workplace smoking.
Senate District 8 Raymond E. Basham, D-Taylor. Basham has introduced
smoking ban legislation every term he's been in office. (Lawmakers
debating statewide smoking ban in bars, restaurants. By Kathleen Gray,
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer, June 12, 2007.) Basham crowed over
the House Commerce Committee's passage of HB 4163 (2007), which would
ban
smoking in bars, restaurants, and workplaces. Gibbered Basham: "I am
pleased to be able to share some progress on this issue with the
Michigan families who believe a dinner out shouldn’t include the risk
of asthma, emphysema or cancer, or the
workers who don’t think
secondhand smoke exposure should be part of their job description.
Today is a very special day, but it’s a bit bittersweet, as I wish this
good news could be coming from our body as well.... The push to ban
smoking in Michigan workplaces has been spearheaded in the House by
Representative Brenda Clack and Representative Richard Ball, and was
well-received by Committee Chair Representative Andy Meisner and the
House Commerce Committee. Senator Basham has companion legislation in
the Senate, SB 109, but his smoking ban bills have been sentenced to
the same fate every Senate session year he has served, languishing in
committee under the thumb of partisan leadership." (Sen. Basham
Celebrates House Commerce Committee’s Passage of Bill to Ban Smoking in
Michigan Workplaces; Illinois Signs Similar Bill Into Law Today. Press
Release, Jul. 24, 2007.) Basham was the primary sponsor of SB 328
(2007), a proposed cigarette tax increase; and SB 109 (2007),
smoke-free workplace and public restaurants; and a co-sponsor of SB 110
(2007), to ban workplace smoking; SB 463
(2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle, and of SB
472, to ban smoking in dormitories.
Senate District 9 Dennis Olshove, D-Warren. Olshove was a co-sponsor
of SB 472, to ban smoking in dormitories.
Senate District 10 Michael Switalski, D-Roseville, helped raise more
than $10,900 for the American Cancer Society. (Switalski-Notte Striders
Stride for American Cancer Society. Press Release, May 27, 2004.)
Switalski was a co-sponsor of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment
discrimination based on lifestyle.
Senate District 11 Alan Sanborn. "The cost of health insurance is
skyrocketing and a large portion of the increased cost can be directly
related to our unhealthy behaviors," said Sanborn, R-Richmond, a member
of the Senate Committee on Health Policy. "Simply eating better,
getting more exercise and quitting bad habits can go a long way to
helping make health insurance more affordable." (Sen. Sanborn announces
MI HEART health care plan. Press Release, Feb. 20, 2007.) All nothing
but a stinking pile of lies! Sanborn was a co-sponsor of SB 514 (2007),
to give a special property tax exemption to restaurants that ban
smoking. He got $200 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 12 Michael Bishop, R-Rochester, Senate Majority
leader. "Earlier this year, [Sen. Tom] George and Senate Majority
Leader Mike Bishop introduced the Michigan Helping Ensure Affordable
and Reliable Treatment (MI HEART) proposal, a comprehensive plan that
will help give all Michigan residents the opportunity to obtain
affordable, basic health coverage and will establish incentives that
encourage people to lead healthier lives." (Sen. George's letter
published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Press
Release, May 16, 2007.)
Senate District 13 John Pappageorge, R-Troy. The health fascist cretin babbles that "We need to do everything possible to encourage Michigan residents to adopt a healthier way of life. The added benefit is that living healthy will actually help lower the cost of health care also... Our health care plan emphasizes healthy behaviors and the need to adopt healthy lifestyles. We must change our health culture to help lower our rising health care costs." (Senator Pappageorge announces MI HEART health care plan. Press Release, Feb. 21, 2007.) He is a co-sponsor of SB 882 (2007), to penalize possession of untaxed cigarettes.
Senate District 14 Gilda Z. Jacobs, D-Huntington Woods. Member of
Health Policy Committee. Jacobs was a sponsor of a package of bills to
ensure that workers are protected from unfair treatment by an employer
as a result of that employee’s off-duty conduct or beliefs, including
employment decisions based upon smoking, drinking, or eating habits. "A
high-profile incident in Lansing not long ago highlights the need for
such legislation. WEYCO, a Lansing-based employee benefits company,
fired four workers last year because they smoked on their own time and
either refused or were unable to quit smoking while not on the job.
This problem is not just limited to Michigan." (Sen. Jacobs Fights for
Worker Rights, Privacy. Press Release, Apr. 24, 2007.) Jacobs was a
co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, and
workplaces; SB 110 (2007), to ban workplace smoking; SB 463 (2007), to
ban employment discrimination based on
lifestyle; SB 472 (2007), to ban smoking in dormitories; and SB 481
(2007), to
ban smoking on beaches. She got $200 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 15 Nancy Cassis, R-Novi.
Senate District 16 Cameron Brown, R-Fawn River Twp. He got $150 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 17 Randy Richardville, R-Rochester. The stupid moron
babbles, "The fact remains that Michigan is unhealthy and because of
that we have high health care costs. MI HEART addresses unhealthy
behaviors while also addressing the increase in health care expenses."
This is a perfect display of total incompetence. People with simplistic
beliefs like that are incapable of seeing through any of the multiple
acts of fraud and deceit committed by the health fascist vermin -
including their one-sided bookkeeping of creating phony "smoking costs"
by pretending that non-smokers' costs don't exist at all, such as used
in their favorite source of their lies, the SAMMEC.
(Sen. Richardville joins colleagues to announce MI HEART health care
plan. Press Release, Feb. 20, 2007.) Richardville was a co-sponsor of
SB 514 (2007), to give a special property tax exemption to restaurants
that ban smoking. HE got $1200 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 18 Liz Brater, D-Ann Arbor. Brater was a co-sponsor
of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle;
and of SB 481 (2007), to ban smoking on beaches.
Senate District 19 Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek. Schauer was a
co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, and
workplaces; SB 110 (2007), to ban workplace smoking; SB 328 (2007), a
proposed cigarette tax increase; SB 463
(2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle; and of SB
472, to ban smoking in dormitories. He got $200 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
Senate District 20 Thomas M. George, M.D. University of
Michigan Medical School in 1982, Anesthesiologist. "A letter from
Senate
Health Policy Committee Chairman Tom George regarding legalizing
incentive-based health plans was published last week in the prestigious
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, May 9, 2007-Vol.
297, No. 18).... In the letter, George responds to a JAMA commentary on
law as a tool to facilitate healthier lifestyles, written by Dr. Lawrence Gostin of the O'Neill
Institute for National and Global Health Law at the Georgetown
University Law Center." George claims that "Actions such as tobacco
avoidance, exercising, undergoing a health screening, receiving
vaccinations, participating in diabetes education, filling
prescriptions, and showing up for appointments are all behaviors that
may lower rising health care costs. Insurance carriers should be
allowed to share these savings with their clients." [These things
actually don't save money; that's why corporate health fascists always
run to the legislature for special tax breaks for tyrannizing their
workers - see the Wisconsin
Workplace Wellness bill. The claims about smoking costs are based
on fraudulent statistics such as the CDC's SAMMEC,
which pretends that costs paid by smokers were paid by nonsmokers, and
that nonsmokers' costs don't exist, and blames tobacco for diseases
actually caused by infection.] "Earlier this year, George and Senate
Majority Leader Mike Bishop introduced the Michigan Helping Ensure
Affordable and Reliable Treatment (MI HEART) proposal, a comprehensive
plan that will help give all Michigan residents the opportunity to
obtain affordable, basic health coverage and will establish incentives
that encourage people to lead healthier lives." (Sen. George's letter
published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Press
Release, May 16, 2007.) George was the primary sponsor of S-1 (2007),
the Medicaid Incentives bill; SB 110, to ban workplace smoking; and SB
882 (2007), to penalize possession of untaxed cigarettes; and a
co-sponsor of SB 109 (2007), to ban
smoking in bars, restaurants, and workplaces; and SB 481 (2007), to ban
smoking on beaches. He got $2000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 21 Ron Jelinek, R-Three Oaks. He is a co-sponsor of SB 882 (2007), to penalize possession of untaxed cigarettes.
Senate District 22 Valde Garcia, R-Howell. Garcia was a co-sponsor
of SB 481 (2007), to ban smoking on beaches; and of SB 514 (2007), to
give a special property tax exemption to restaurants that ban smoking.
Senate District 23 Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing. Whitmer was a
co-sponsor of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on
lifestyle. She got $175 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 24 Patricia L. Birkholz, R-Saugatuck Township.
Birkholz was a co-sponsor of SB 481 (2007), to ban smoking on beaches.
She got $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 25 Judson Gilbert II, R-Algonac.
Senate District 26 Deborah Cherry, D-Burton, Chairman of the Greater
Flint Health Coalition and a member of the Michigan Fitness Foundation.
"She is a gubernatorial appointee to the Michigan Medicaid Long Term
Care Task Force, created to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
long term care, the White House Conference on Aging, which is formed
every ten years and is responsible for setting the tone for the states
senior issues and an appointee to the Michigan Task Force on Cervical
Cancer Awareness, which she served as Chairperson." (Deborah Cherry
Legislator bio.) She got $175 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
Senate District 27 John Gleason, D-Flushing. Gleason was a co-sponsor of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle; SB 472 (2007), to ban smoking in dormitories; SB 481 (2007), to ban smoking on beaches; and SB 882 (2007), to penalize possession of untaxed cigarettes.
Senate District 28 Mark C. Jansen, R-Gaines Township. Jansen was
appointed to the Midwestern Legislative Conference Health and Human
Services Committee. (Sen. Jansen to work with other Midwestern leaders
on health policy. Press Release, July 13, 2007.)
Senate District 29 Bill Hardiman, R-Kentwood. Hardiman co-hosted a
so-called "Minority Health Summit" with Sen. Hansen Clarke and Rep.
Brenda Clack. He employs dishonest, Orwellian phraseology such as
"workshops that will empower people to make lifestyle changes," as if
people were being prevented somehow, to describe brainwashing them with
health fascist charlatinism. "The summit is free and open to the public
due to the assistance of GlaxoSmith Kline Healthy Communities, the
Michigan Association of Chiropractors, Michigan Primary Care
Association, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, and Johnson
& Johnson among others." (Senator Hardiman to Co-Host Minority
Health Summit. Press Release, Sep. 13, 2007.)
Senate District 30 Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland. He got $250 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 31 Jim Barcia, D-Bay City. Associate President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, and Democratic Whip. Barcia was a co-sponsor of
SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on lifestyle; and
of SB 514 (2007), to give a special property tax exemption to
restaurants that ban smoking.
Senate District 32 Roger Kahn MD, R-Saginaw Township. Cardiologist. He got $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006. He was a co-sponsor of SB 110 (2007), to ban workplace smoking.
Senate District 33 Alan Cropsey, R-DeWitt.
Senate District 34 Gerald VanWoerkom, R-Norton Shores.
Senate District 35 Michelle McManus, R-Lake Leelanau. McManus claims
that "Simply taking a 30 minute walk during lunch will help reduce
illness, injury and rising health care costs associated with a
sedentary lifestyle." (Sen. McManus walks to Lansing and back in BCBS
Walk at Work State Government Challenge. Press Release, June 28, 2007.)
This lying piece of filth gibbered that "The environmental impact
of used cigarette butts is very damaging. Not only will we rid beaches
of those unsightly butts, but we will help protect our water from the
toxic chemicals that they contain. Plus it is a logical step in
protecting the public, specifically children, from unwanted and
unhealthy tobacco smoke." (McManus bill [SB 481] would ban smoking on
public
beaches. Press Release, May 04, 2007.) Cigarette butts are nothing but
cellulose - the same as ordinary leaves! Furthermore, humans consume
ten times more so-called "toxic chemicals," such as benzo[a]pyrene, in ordinary
foods, particularly from green, leafy vegetables. And obviously, this
mentally retarded sack of crap believes that there aren't any "toxic
chemicals" in ordinary vegetation.
Senate District 36 Tony Stamas, R-Midland. He got $1000 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
Senate District 37 Jason Allen, R-Traverse City. Health Policy Committee, Senate majority whip. Allen introduced a bill [SB514 (2007)] to allow local governments to give special tax breaks for banning smoking, via property tax exemptions for restaurants that voluntarily prohibit smoking within their businesses. And the bloodsucking parasite calls it "a win-win situation," when the anti-smokers get special favors! He pretends that "There's been a long, ongoing dialogue about this, and people continue to grapple with the balance between public health and personal freedom, as well as the extent of a business owner's private property rights." This is a lie, because there has been no genuine "dialogue" whatsoever, only an exclusive anti-smoker monologue, which consists of purposely falsely framing the issue as "freedom versus public health," while censoring the real issue of ANTI-SMOKER CORRUPTION AND SCIENTIFIC FRAUD! (Sen. Allen's smoke-free incentive bill encourages healthy choices while preserving personal freedom. Press Release, May 17, 2007.) In 2000 and 2004, Allen was the Northern Michigan Chair for George W. Bush - whose business crony, Fred W. Malek, was on the board of directors of the corrupt EPA contractor that handled the illegal pass-through contracts which were used to conceal the fact that the phony "EPA" report on ETS was actually written by hand-picked anti-smoking activists, not by the EPA! He is a co-sponsor of SB 882 (2007), to penalize possession of untaxed cigarettes.
Senate District 38 Michael Prusi, D-Ishpeming. Prusi was the primary
sponsor of SB 463 (2007), to ban employment discrimination based on
lifestyle.
Sen. Carl Levin (D) is a co-sponsor of S-625, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow (D) is a
co-sponsor of S-625, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. She got
$1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 1, Rep. Bart Stupak (D) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
District 3, Vernon J. Ehlers (R). He got $2000
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 4, Dave
Camp (R). Camp received $1,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $2,000 from
Johnson & Johnson, and $5000 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
District 5, Dale Kildee (D) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
District 6, Frederick Upton (R) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. He received $5,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $3,000 from Johnson & Johnson, and $4500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 7, Timothy Walberg (R)
District 8, Mike Rogers (R). Rogers received $5,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $4,500 from Johnson & Johnson, and $10,000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 9, Joseph Knollenberg (R)
District 10, Candice Miller (R) is a
co-sponsor of HR-1108, the
Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman
bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. She got
$1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 11, Thaddeus McCotter (R). Sniveling
weeny Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), who smokes one to
two packs of cigarettes a day, whined that "Behind every smoker is one
who wishes they never started. The problem in this town is if you drop
one vice, you'll get a worse one." [You don't
speak for me! And, how does that exempt you cowards from repudiating
the anti-smokers' scientific fraud?] (The Last Gasp of
a Smoke-Filled Room? By Lyndsey Layton. Washington Post, December 8,
2006.) He got $1000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
District 12, Sander
Levin (D). He got $5000 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006.
District 13, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. She received $3,000 from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006.
District 14, John Conyers Jr. (D) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
District 15, John Dingell (D) is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco. He received $5,000 from Eli Lilly & Co., $3,500 from Johnson & Johnson, and $10,000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
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