"This website was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number
U58/CCU722795-01 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
(DHSS)." Its lies are copied from TobaccoScam, the anti-smoker website
at the University of
California - San Francisco, home of anti-smoking charlatan Stanton Glantz, who wrapped his bogus ETS-heart
disease study in an EPA wrapper to deceive the public that it had been
approved by the EPA - talk about a tobacco scam, he wrote the book!
"Are patrons at risk, along with restaurant and bar employees? It is
sometimes argued that while long term exposure to secondhand smoke
boosts the risk of cancer, short term exposure in a restaurant or a bar
does no real damage. This is false. Breathing secondhand smoke for just
twenty minutes has substantial, adverse effects on the heart, blood,
and blood vessels. That's why making restaurants and bars (as well as
workplaces) smokefree was associated with a 40% drop in hospital
admissions for heart attacks when Helena, Montana, implemented a
smokefree policy." (Secondhand Smoke: A Little is Dangerous Tobacco
Scam 11/17/2007.)
The truth: The Montana study
is garbage because they don't even know if patients were exposed to
secondhand smoke.
The truth: Heart disease
death rates have fallen steadily since 1961 to levels
below those of the year 1900. These declines began before there were
decreases in smoking, and long before smoking bans began to proliferate
in the 1980s. (In: Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Decline in
Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke -- United States, 1900-1999. MMWR
1999 Aug 6;48(30):649-656.)
The decline in death rates since
1970 has been as large among smokers as among non-smokers: "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." (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.) The Framingham death rates paralleled those in the
general US population. The equal decline in heart disease death rates
among men and women occurred despite non-equal rates of smoking and
quitting smoking.
For socioeconomic reasons, smokers and passive smokers are more
likely to have been exposed to infections that cause heart disease,
such
as cytomegalovirus. The anti-smokers' studies deliberately ignore the
role of infection, in order to falsely blame active smoking and
secondhand smoke for the excess. This is the reason that the
pretended effects of secondhand smoke that they trumpet so loudly are
so similar to the pretended
effects of active smoking.
Breathe Easy Missouri also lies that "Secondhand smoke also causes wheezing, asthma attacks and other respiratory symptoms, and burning eyes, nose and throat. These effects, if caused by any industrial pollutant, would warrant strong corrective action." (Secondhand Smoke: A Little is Dangerous Tobacco Scam 11/17/2007.) This is a lie, because death rates from asthma have more than doubled since the anti-smoking movement began - including among children, and their health care utilization for asthma continues to increase.
New Views About Asthma CausesAnd official OSHA policy contradicts the lie that "These effects, if
caused by any industrial pollutant, would warrant strong corrective
action": "Because the organic material in tobacco doesn't burn
completely, cigarette smoke contains more than 4,700 chemical
compounds. Although OSHA has no regulation that addresses tobacco smoke
as a whole, 29 CFR 1910.1000 Air contaminants, limits employee exposure
to several of the main chemical components found in tobacco smoke. In
normal situations, exposures would not exceed these permissible
exposure limits (PELs), and, as a matter of prosecutorial discretion,
OSHA will not apply the General Duty Clause to ETS." (02/24/2003 -
Reiteration of Existing OSHA Policy on Indoor Air Quality: Office
Temperature/Humidity and Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Standard Number:
1910.1000.)
"The Missouri Foundation for Health was created 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." The creation of the
foundation was ordered by the Missouri Supreme Court after the AG
accused BCBSMo of violating of Missouri laws governing conversion of
non-profits to for-profit status. BCBSMo's for-profit subsidiary,
RightChoice, merged with WellPoint Health Networks in 2001, making the
foundation's assets about $900 million. In 2004, MFH launched a $40
million, nine-year Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Initiative.
(History. Missouri Foundation for Health, accessed 1/28/08.) Former
President George H.W. Bush's younger brother, William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, was a
director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri and RightCHOICE Managed
Care, which merged into WellPoint, where he is now a director. The
fraudulent EPA report on secondhand smoke,
which was written by anti-smoking activists concealed behind illegal
pass-through contracts, was released during the Bush administration,
with Bush's 1992 campaign manager on the board of directors of the
crooked firm.
The MFH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative "met with
representatives from the Missouri Statewide Tobacco Steering Committee"
[presumably the same lot of gangsters from the ACS, AHA and ALA that
cause all the nation's problems] to develop its program. "Grantees are
large organizations with annual operating budgets that meet or exceed
$2 million. Four regional grants were awarded in 2004 and 2005 to
Randolph County Health Department, Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services, Curators of University of Missouri and American Lung
Association. Community grants are awarded to smaller community-based
agencies that implement models and activities designed in conjunction
with a regional grant recipient." (Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Initiative. Missouri Foundation for Health, accessed 1/28/08.)
The Center for Tobacco Policy Research at Saint Louis University
School of Public Health "was selected as the evaluator for the Missouri
Foundation for Health’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative" in
2005. Its goals are to increase the tax on tobacco products (ended
November 2006); implement smoke-free workplace programs; promote
school-based prevention programs; advocate
for tobacco policy change (new in 2007) [i.e., smoking bans];
and eliminate tobacco related disparities (new in 2007) [a euphemism
for picking on minorities]. Passive smoking study author Ross Brownson
is a member of the "CTPR Team." "Dr. Brownson is the Director of the
Prevention Research Center and Chair and Professor of Community Health
at Saint Louis University School of Public Health. He serves as
Co-Investigator of the Best Practices Project and the Economic Impact
Project. Dr. Brownson's research interests include chronic disease
epidemiology, tobacco use prevention, promotion of physical activity,
and evaluation of community-level interventions. His tobacco policy
research focuses on environmental tobacco smoke and he is a member of
the Guide to Community Preventive Services Task Force." (Center for
Tobacco Policy Research, accessed 1/28/08.)
HB1207, Prohibits the use of tobacco products in the State Capitol.
05/18/2007 - Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H). Hearing
not scheduled. Bill currently not on a calendar. (1-30-08)
HB1330 Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys
received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap.
01/10/2008 - Read Second Time (H). Hearing not scheduled. Bill
currently not on a calendar. (1-28-08)
HB1709 Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and
Enforcement Trust Fund to be used by the Department of Health and
Senior Services for a comprehensive tobacco control program. 01/22/2008
- Read Second Time (H). Hearing not scheduled. Bill currently not on a
calendar. (1-28-08)
HB1738 Requires tobacco paraphernalia to be kept behind the checkout
counter. 01/22/2008 - Read Second Time (H). Hearing not scheduled. Bill
currently not on a calendar. (1-30-08)
SB 843 - This act creates the "Youth Smoking Prevention Trust Fund,"
which shall be funded by moneys received under the Tobacco Master
Settlement Agreement. The Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention is
established in the Department of Health and Senior Services. The
Commission shall fund youth smoking prevention programs modeled after
evidence-based programs proven to reduce youth smoking. 1/14/2008 -
Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health
Committee. (1-28-08)
SB 946 - This act creates the tobacco use prevention, cessation and
enforcement fund. Beginning fiscal year 2009, payments received from
the strategic contribution fund will be deposited into the newly
created fund to be used for a comprehensive tobacco control program.
1/16/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public
Health Committee. (1-28-08)
He is the son of U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, and brother of Philip Morris lobbyist Andrew Blunt. Gov. Blunt has announced that he won't run for re-election. Good riddance - Blunt believes in health fascist Big Lies: "Smoking is one of the leading healthcare cost drivers. In Missouri, smoking takes thousands of lives and devastates families. We all pay the costs of smoking through increased insurance premiums, social welfare for smokers and most significantly through the loss of family and friends afflicted with cancer. The tobacco settlement funds have been misused in the past, and I propose that one million of those dollars be spent on smoking prevention and cessation this year." (2006 State of the State Address, Jan. 11, 2006.) The state got about $140 million per year of settlement money stolen from smokers in 2006. The various settlement slush funds (Healthy Families Trust Fund-Seniors and Catastrophic Prescription Drug Account; Healthy Families Trust Fund-Health Care Treatment and Access Account; Healthy Families Trust Fund- Tobacco Prevention, Education, and Cessation Account; Healthy Families Trust Fund-Life Sciences Research Account; and Healthy Families Trust Fund-Early Childhood Care and Education Account) were all transferred into the Healthy Families Trust Fund by executive order in June. Blunt also signed into law Senate Bill 567, which allowed employers to provide or contract for health insurance at a lower deductible level for employees who do not smoke or use tobacco products. (Blunt Signs Legislation Expanding Coverage for Cancer Patients. July 7, 2006.) Blunt received $1275 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
More millions for persecution: "Gov. Matt Blunt today announced he will recommend an unprecedented $11.6 million to help Missourians quit smoking and prevent young people from getting hooked on tobacco. Gov. Blunt is recommending a 50 fold increase to create the state’s first comprehensive smoking cessation initiative as part of his plan to improve Missourians’ health, enhance health care services for low-income Missourians and support ongoing access to care for the nearly 830,000 Missourians served by Mo HealthNet." (Gov. Blunt Recommends $11.6 Million to Help Missourians Quit Smoking. Press Release, Jan. 8, 2008.)
Vicious lies that smoking causes preterm births: "Unfortunately, the number of premature births continues to rise and has increased by more than 30 percent since 1981. In half the cases, the reason for premature birth is not known. Doctors do know that if a woman does not smoke, eats a good diet, takes folic acid, and gets proper pre-natal care, there is a better chance of the mother carrying the baby to term. The Surgeon General reported in 2006 that cigarette smoking increases the risk for infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)." (Gov. Blunt Recognizes Prematurity Awareness Day. Press Release, Nov. 13, 2007.) And this has occurred despite their persecution of smokers, despite higher rates of prenatal care, and despite folic acid. So, what's their solution? PERSECUTE SOME MORE! We're fed up with this crap, and we don't want these abusive charlatans, who victimize innocent women with undeserved guilt, running our health establishment!
"'Pregnancy and tobacco smoke is a dangerous combination,' Gov.
Blunt
said. 'If we can educate more women in Missouri about these dangers and
convince them to stop smoking, we can improve the health of thousands
of mothers and babies.'" "Women who are pregnant should avoid all
tobacco smoke – they shouldn't smoke themselves or breathe secondhand
smoke,” said Stan Cowan, manager of the health department’s Tobacco Use
Prevention Program." "According to the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, babies born to women who smoke are 1.5 to 3.5
times more likely to have a low birth weight than babies born to
nonsmoking mothers. Babies with a low birth weight are at higher risk
for serious health problems throughout their lives." (Gov. Blunt
Recognizes January as National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Press
Release, Jan. 9, 2008.) All of this is deliberate,
willful scientific fraud! The predominant
cause of preterm births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths is in fact
known - it is acute chorioamnionitis. But the anti-smokers deliberately
use defective studies that ignore this infection, in order to falsely
blame tobacco. And the fact that the rates of preterm birth have
steadily risen since 1981, despite intensive persecution of smokers,
PROVES that maternal smoking is not to blame.
H-1 - Brian Munzlinger, R.
H-2 - Rebecca Payne McClanahan, D. Member Appropriations - Health,
Mental Health and Social Services Committee. "Rep. McClanahan is a
Mental Health Nursing Consultant. She has spent over 30 years working
as a Nurse Educator at Truman State University in Kirksville. Rep.
McClanahan is the Immediate Past Vice-President of the Missouri Nurses
Association."
H-3 - James Whorton, D.
H-4 - Mike Thomson, R.
H-5 - Jim Guest, R. Member Health Care Policy Committee.
H-6 - Rachel L. Bringer, D.
H-7 - John Quinn, R.
H-8 - Tom Shively, D.
H-9 - Paul Quinn, D.
H-10 - Terry L Witte, D.
H-11 - Ed Schieffer, D. Co-sponsor of HB1738, Requires tobacco
paraphernalia to be kept behind the checkout counter.
H-12 - Doug Funderburk, R. "St. Charles County Council Chairman Doug
Funderburk said he was trying to get a proposed ban on a workshop
agenda this fall." (Debate Over Smoking in Restaurants in St. Charles
County. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sep. 2, 2004.) Co-sponsor of HB1709,
Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust
Fund to be used by the Department of Health and Senior Services for a
comprehensive tobacco control program.
H-13 - Robert F. Onder, R. "Rep. Onder has practiced medicine in St.
Charles County since 1995 and is also an Assistant Professor of
Clinical Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a small
businessman who founded Allergy and Asthma Consultants, PC and Midwest
Clinical Research, LLC." M.D. 1987 Washington University School of
Medicine, J.D. 1993 St. Louis University Law School. He has been
published in a medical journal: The ethics of placebo-controlled
trials: the case of asthma. RF Onder. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005
Jun;115(6):1228-1234.
H-14 - Joe M. Smith, R. In 2000 Smith would use tobacco settlement
funds for every proposed purpose (Expand health sciences research at
Missouri state universities; expand health care treatment for smoking
related illnesses; provide prescription drug benefits for the elderly;
expand smoking cessation and prevention programs; create an emergency
budget reserve fund; provide tax refunds to Missouri residents; assist
farmers in making the transition from growing tobacco to growing
different crops; improve public school buildingsFund preschool for
children of low-income families). (Missouri State Legislative Election
2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-15 - Sally Faith, R.
H-16 -
H-17 - Vicki Schneider, R. Past member Cancer Society.
H-18 -
H-19 - Cynthia Davis, R. Vice-Chairman, Health Care Policy
Committee. Sponsor of HB1207, Prohibits the use of tobacco products in
the State Capitol.
H-20 - Danielle Moore, R.
H-21 - Steve Hobbs, R.
H-22 - Therese Sander, R. Sander's website spews ant-smoking crap:
"In recognition of the almost 10,000 Missouri lives lost each year to
tobacco use, the state’s top health official encourages smokers to call
the Missouri Tobacco Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The Quitline
offers free tobacco cessation counseling to help Missourians kick the
tobacco habit. 'Peter Jennings’ death is
tragic and certainly has raised the nation’s awareness,' said Julia M.
Eckstein, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services, 'yet death from tobacco use happens every day right here in
Missouri. I hope all my fellow Missourians will take the
opportunity to encourage our loved ones who smoke to take advantage of
resources like our Missouri Tobacco Quitline.' 'There is no such thing
as a safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke,” said Janet Wilson,
manager of the Tobacco Use Prevention Program for the state health
department. “Whether it’s light cigarettes or secondhand smoke
from someone close to you, tobacco smoke is a proven cancer-causing
agent.' blah blah blah blah (Missourians mourn lives lost to tobacco
use. State Representative Therese Sander.
http://www.theresesander.com/?sectionid=7&parentid=1§iontree=7&itemid=16.)
H-23 - Robert "Jeff" Harris, D. Harris received $325 from Pfizer in
2005-2006. In 2002, Harris wanted to greatly increase the cigarette
tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2002 National Political
Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-24 - Edward Robb, R.
H-25 - Judy Baker, D-Columbia. Member - Appropriations, Health,
Mental Health
and Social Services, and Health Care Policy Committees. "Elected to the
House in 2004, Rep. Baker is a Adjunct Professor of Managerial
Economics at Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri and a Healthcare
Consultant and a Managing Partner at Cura Advantage, a healthcare
consulting firm." President of Healthy Missourians caucus. Advisory
Board Member for the Center for Health Transformation.
H-26 - Joe Aull, D-Marshall.
H-27 - H. Edward Wildberger, D. Minority Caucus Chairman. In 2006,
Wildberger wanted to greatly increase the cigarette tax. (Missouri
State Legislative Election 2006 National Political Awareness Test.
Project Vote Smart.)
H-28 - Robert Schaaf, R. MD St. Louis University School of Medicine
1983. Chairman of the Board of the Missouri Doctors Mutual Insurance
Company (MoDocs), which he helped form in 2004 to provide medical
liability insurance to Missouri doctors; board member Missouri State
Medical Foundation. In 2005, he sponsored a bill to allow employers to
provide or contract for health insurance at reduced rates for employees
who do not use tobacco products. Schaaf received $325 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-29 - Martin T. Rucker, D.
H-30 - Jason Brown, R-Platte City. In 2005, he sponsored legislation
to require entities that sell or distribute tobacco products or rolling
papers to obtain a license from the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control within the Department of Public Safety; and to give juvenile
court jurisdiction in cases involving children under the age of 17 who
violate possession or use of tobacco product laws.
H-31 - Trent Skaggs, D-North Kansas City. "Rep. Skaggs is a partner
in Hospital
Management Consulting, LLC, which he helped start in 2000."
H-32 - Jason Grill, D-Parkville.
H-33 - Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone.
H-34 - Timothy Flook, R-Liberty. "Rep. Flook received a Bachelor of
Arts
degree in History and Philosophy from William Jewell College in 1989.
While at William Jewell, Flook was also an Honors Scholar studying at
St. Peter’s College of Oxford University."
H-35 - Doug Ervin, R-Kearney.
H-36 - Bob Nance, R-Excelsior Springs. Co-sponsor of HB1709, Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust Fund to be used by the Department of Health and Senior Services for a comprehensive tobacco control program.
H-37 - Mike Talboy, D-Kansas City.
H-38 - Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City.
H-39 - Beth Low, D. "Elected to the House in 2004, Rep. Low
previously
worked as Community Organizer and Program Director for the Missouri
Progressive Vote Coalition." In 2006, Low wanted to "slightly increase"
the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2006 National
Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-40 - John P. Burnett, D. Burnett received $150 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-41 - Shalonn "KiKi" Curls, D. Member Appropriations - Health,
Mental
Health and Social Services Committee.
H-42 - Leonard Hughes, D.
H-43 - Craig C. Bland, D. Member Health Care Policy Committee;
Special
Committee on Health Insurance. Sponsor of HB1835, Requires the State
Board of Education to establish a coordinated health program to prevent
student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes.
01/24/2008 - Introduced and Read First Time (H). Hearing not scheduled.
House Bills for Second Reading.
H-44 - Jenee' M. Lowe, D. In 2000, Lowe wanted to "slightly
increase" the cigarette tax, and use tobacco settlement funds to expand
health sciences research at Missouri state universities; expand health
care treatment for smoking related illnesses; expand smoking cessation
and prevention programs; and assist farmers in making the transition
from growing tobacco to growing different crops. (Missouri State
Legislative Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project
Vote Smart.)
H-45 - Jason R. Holsman, D. Sponsor of HB1738, Requires tobacco paraphernalia to be kept behind the checkout counter.
H-46 - Kate Meiners, D-Kansas City. Meiners received $300 from
Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-47 - Jeff Grisamore, R. Member Appropriations - Health, Mental
Health and Social Services Committee. Grisamore received $200 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-48 - Will Kraus, R-Raytown.
H-49 - Terry Young, D.
H-50 - Michael R. Brown, D.
H-51 - Ray Salva, D-Sugar Creek.
H-52 - Paul LeVota, D-Independence. Minority Floor Leader.
H-53 - Curt Dougherty, D.
H-54 - Gary Dusenberg, R.
H-55 - Bryan Pratt, R. Speaker Pro Tem.
H-56 - Brian Yates, R.
H-57 - Talibdin El-Amin, D-St. Louis.
H-58 - Rodney R. Hubbard, D-St. Louis.
H-59 - Jeanette Mott Oxford, D-St. Louis. Grassroots Coordinator for
the
American Lung Association 2001-04. In 2003, she was Grassroots
Coordinator for the Missouri Partnership on Smoking or Health, gloating
in triumph over the smoking ban in all buildings owned by the City of
St. Louis. (Lessons Learned in Municipal Buildings Campaign. By
Jeanette Mott Oxford. Missouri Tobacco Use Prevention Program Update,
July/August 2003.) Re Amendment 3 on the Nov. 7, 2006
ballot, which would have raised the cigarette tax from 17 to 97 cents
per pack, Oxford spouted the usual stale cant: "I am likely to vote yes
on this bill because raising tobacco taxes reduces smoking. Higher
tobacco taxes have been proven to be an effective part of a
comprehensive tobacco use prevention program. However, higher tobacco
taxes are also regressive tax policy, and I hesitate to vote for any
policy that has a disproportionate negative income on families with low
incomes. Given that tobacco companies target low income citizens to
recruit them as smokers while they are young, I believe we must take
appropriate steps to fight back. Right now tobacco companies spend more
than half a million dollars PER DAY in MO to recruit new smokers, while
the state spends little more than half a million A YEAR to fight back.
Comprehensive tobacco use prevention strategies are needed to counter
the efforts of the tobacco industry. Having seen too many friends and
relatives die of tobacco-related illness, I am anxious to see Missouri
cut smoking rates. Families with low incomes especially need help in
getting free of an addiction that robs their families of so much."
In 2006, she wanted to greatly increase the cigarette tax. (Missouri
State Legislative Election 2006 National Political Awareness Test.
Project Vote Smart.) Co-sponsor of HB1709, Creates the Tobacco Use
Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust Fund to be used by the
Department of Health and Senior Services for a comprehensive tobacco
control program; HB1738, Requires tobacco paraphernalia to be kept
behind
the
checkout counter.
Jeanette Mott Oxford oozes the phony self-righteousness of the
scapegoating persecutor, who lies and twists and distorts everything.
She manipulates peoples' feelings with an anecdote about someone who
died of emphysema. It's clear she believes that smoking causes
emphysema, period. And that no further research is needed, because she
know everything she will ever need to know. She wants to stop all
smoking, and this is her pretext. she and her ilk are the
minde-paralyzing pestilence of the health establishment, and it's
because of THEM that there has been virtually no research on the role
of chronic infection in emphysema. They don't want to know anything -
except that smoking is to blame. "But as time went by," she gibbers,
"it became clear that the tobacco industry had deliberately lied to the
public while selling a product that causes death when used as
directed." [In fact, it is the anti-smoking vermin who have
systematically committed scientific fraud for six decades, in order to
falsely blame smoking for diseases caused by infection - and the
tobacco companies let them, because the very first thing the
anti-smokers had done was to take them over.] "Nicotine levels were
manipulated to promote addiction, and corporate documents, once secret,
proved that tobacco companies researched, targeted, and marketed to
children." [The cigarette companies developed tobacco mixes with a
higher ratio of nicotine to tar, in order to pander to the
anti-smokers' health claims that tar caused lung cancer, and this is
how the spin-doctoring anti-smoker filth purposely distorted and
misconstrued it. In fact, this lie contradicts another of their
favorite lies that smokers "precisely titrate" the amount of nicotine
they receive, which if true would make it impossible for anyone to slip
any extra nicotine, besides being unnecessary in the first place
because the filkth claim that smokers are all "addicted anyway. But
that's how it always goes with chronic psychopathic liars - they tell
so many lies that their lies end up contradicting each other.] "The
weight of this evidence led to the historic 1998 tobacco settlement
agreement ($206 billion over 25 years) between 46 states and the
industry." [Another stinking lie. The (anti-smoker controlled) tobacco
companies settled because it looked as if they were winning, and they
even insisted on settling for more money than the anti-smokers were
demanding. It was nothing but a show trial designed to manipulate the
public to accept a vast shovel-out of smokers' money into the pockets
of their enemies and persecutors. And her pile of misrepresentations is
rationalized in the supposed name of "tobacco's victims," namely the
smokers who have been the victims for six decades of a systematic
campaign of lies, defamation and persecution, courtesy of depraved
parasites like Jeanette Mott Oxford. (It's Time to Keep the Promise to
Missouri's Tobacco Victims. By Jeanette Mott Oxford. Missouri Forum,
March 5, 2003.)
H-60 - Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis.
H-61 - Connie "LaJoyce" Johnson, D. Minority Whip. "In addition to
her
legislative duties, Rep. Johnson is an attorney, employed at the Law
Firm of Armstrong Teasdale, LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. She works
primarily in the litigation practice group. She is also an adjunct
professor at the St. Louis University School of Public Health."
H-62 - Dennis Wood, R-Kimberling City.
H-63 - Robin Wright-Jones, D.
H-64 - Rachel Storch, D-St. Louis. She is the daughter of Dr.
Gregory Storch. (Special News. From the Top, Washington University
Department of Neurology Newsletter, 2007 May;11(11):6.)
H-65 -
H-66 - Michael Vogt, D.
H-67 - Michael Daus, D-Jefferson City.
H-68 - David Sater, R. Member Appropriations - Health, Mental Health
and Social Services, and Health Care Policy Committees. Pharmacist, has
served as President of the American Cancer Society. Sater "argues that
if taxpayers pay the bills, they should be able to mandate that
Medicaid recipients take courses to improve their health." (Healthy
Habits Could Improve Medicaid's Bottom Line. By Brent Martin.
Missourinet, Nov. 15, 2005.) Sater received $200 from Pfizer
in 2005-2006. In 2006, Sater wanted to "slightly increase" the
cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2006 National
Political
Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.) Sponsor of HB1330,
Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by
the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap; and HB1709,
Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust
Fund to be used by the Department of Health and Senior Services for a
comprehensive tobacco control program.
H-69 - Regina Walsh, D. Minority Caucus Vice-Chair.
H-70 - John L. Bowman, D. Bowman received $300 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-71 - Esther Haywood, D. In 2004, Haywood wanted to greatly
increase the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2004
National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.) Haywood
received $300 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-72 - Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D.
H-73 - Margaret Donnelly, D. Member Appropriations - Health, Mental
Health and Social Services Committee.
H-74 - Tony George, D.
H-75 - Bruce Darrough, D.
H-76 - Michael Spreng, D. Spreng received $150 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-77 - Michael George Corcoran, D.
H-78 - Clint Zweifel, D-Florissant. Zweifel received $150 from
Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-79 - Albert Joseph Liese, D.
H-80 - Theodore Hoskins, D-St. Louis County.
H-81 - Juanita Head Walton, D. In 2000, Walton would use tobacco settlement funds to expand health care treatment for smoking related illnesses, provide prescription drug benefits for the elderly, expand smoking cessation and prevention programs, assist farmers in making the transition from growing tobacco to growing different crops. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-82 - Sam Page, D. "Rep. Page is a practicing physician who is
board
certified in anesthesiology and pain management. He was appointed in
2000, by the late Gov. Mel Carnahan to the Missouri Senior Rx Program."
BA chemistry University of Missouri-Kansas City, MD University of
Missouri-Kansas City School. In 2000, Page wanted to "slightly
increase" the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2004
National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.) Page received
$300 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-83 - Jake Zimmerman, D.
H-84 - Allen Icet, R. Icet received $325 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-85 - Jim Lembke, R. Lembke received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-86 - Jane Cunningham, R. "Rep. Cunningham is married to Gary
Cunningham, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, a Presidential appointee." In 2000,
Cunningham wanted to use tobacco settlement funds to provide tax
refunds to Missouri residents and "Other." (Missouri State Legislative
Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
Cunningham
received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-87 - Scott Muschany, R.
H-88 - Neal C. St. Onge, R. St. Onge received $125 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-89 - Timothy W. Jones, R. "He is the nephew of current State
Representative Kenny Jones."
H-90 - Sam Komo, D. Member Health Care Policy Committee.
H-91 - Kathlyn Fares, R. Fares received $300 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-92 - Dr. Charles R. Portwood, R. Chiropractor. 2003 American
Cancer
Society’s Statesman of the Year. Portwood received $450 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-93 - Dwight Scharnhorst, R.
H-94 - Rick Stream, R.
H-95 - Jim Avery, R
H-96 - Patricia M. Yaeger, D.
H-97 - Walt Bivins, R
H-98 - Brian D. Nieves, R. Majority Whip.
H-99 - Mike Sutherland, R.
H-100 - Sue Schoemehl, D.
H-101 - Tim Meadows, D.
H-102 - Jeff Roorda, D.
H-103 - Ron Casey, D.
H-104 - Joe Fallert, D.
H-105 - Michael Frame, D.
H-106 - Steven Tilley, R. Majority Floor Leader. Tilley received
$325 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-107 - Brad Robinson, D. In 2004, Robinson wanted to greatly
increase the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2004
National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-108 - Thomas Villa, D.
H-109 - Kevin Threlkeld, R. Rep. Threlkeld is a primary care
physician, MD University of Missouri-Kansas City. Threlkeld received
$100 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-110 - Belinda Harris, D.
H-111 - Charles Schlottach, R.
H-112 - Tom Loehner, R. In 2004, Loehner wanted to "slightly
increase" the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2004
National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
H-113 - Mark J. Bruns, R.
H-114 - Bill Deeken, R.
H-115 - Rodney Schad, R. Member Health Care Policy Committee.
H-116 - Tom Self, R.
H-117 - Kenneth Jones, R.
H-118 - Stanley Cox, R.
H-119 - Larry Wilson, R.
H-120 - Shannon Cooper, R. Cooper received $325 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-121 - David Pearce, R. American Cancer Society Relay for Life,
treasurer. Pearce received $100 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-122 - Michael McGhee, R.
H-123 - Brian Baker, R.
H-124 - Luke Scavuzzo,
H-125 - Barney Joe Fisher, R.
H-126 - Edgar G. H. Emery, R.
H-127 - Steve Hunter, R. Hunter received $325 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-128 - Bryan P. Stevenson, R. Member Appropriations - Health,
Mental
Health and Social Services Committee.
H-129 - Ron Richard, R. Richard received $325 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-130 - Kevin Wilson, R.
H-131 - Marilyn Ruestman, R. Majority Caucus Secretary.
H-132 - Don Ruzicka, R.
H-133 - Michael Parson, R.
H-134 - Jim Viebrock, R.
H-135 - Charles Denison, R. Denison received $450 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-136 - B.J. Marsh, R.
H-137 - Charlie Norr, D.
H-138 - Sara Lampe, D. Minority Caucus Secretary. In 2004, Lampe
wanted to slightly decrease the cigarette tax. (Missouri State
Legislative Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test. Project
Vote Smart.)
H-139 - Shane Schoeller, R.
H-140 - Bob Dixon, R. Majority Caucus Chairman.
H-141 - Jay Wasson, R.
H-142 - Raymond 'Ray' Weter, R. Member Appropriations - Health, Mental Health and Social Services Committee. "Representative Weter completed his education at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kansas City in Respiratory Therapy. He became Director of Respiratory Therapy in Joplin, Missouri. In 1976, Representative Weter furthered his education in Clinical Cardiovascular Perfusion. He eventually became the Director of the Perfusion Team in two of the state’s foremost open heart surgery programs."
H-143 - Maynard Wallace, R. Co-sponsor of HB1330, Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap.
H-144 - Van Kelly, R.
H-145 - Mike Cunningham, R.
H-146 - Darrell Pollock, R. Pollock received $150 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-147 - Don Wells, R.
H-148 - David Day, R.
H-149 - Bob May, R.
H-150 - Jason Smith, R.
H-151 - Ward Franz, R. Franz received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-152 - J. C. Kuessner, D. Assistant Minority Floor Leader.
H-153 - Mike Dethrow, R.
H-154 - Gayle Kingery, R.
H-155 - Robert Wayne Cooper, R. Member, Appropriations- Health,
Mental
Health and Social Services Committee; Chair, Health Care Policy
Committee. "Rep. Cooper is a physician [University of Kentucky College
of Medicine 1975]. He has been in general practice since 1987 and
worked in emergency medicine as an ER physician from 1980-86 in Lake of
the Ozarks. He served as chief of staff for Lake Regional Hospital from
1991-93." Also a missionary. In 2002, Cooper wanted to greatly increase
the cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2002 National
Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.) Cooper received $550
from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
H-156 - Rod Jetton, R. In 2000, Jetton wanted to slightly decrease
the cigarette tax, and wanted to use tobacco settlement funds to
provide prescription drug benefits for the elderly and tax refunds to
Missouri residents. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2000 National
Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.) Jetton received $325
from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
H-157 - Scott A. Lipke, R.
H-158 -
H-159 - Billy Pat Wright, R.
H-160 - Ellen Brandom, R.
H-161 - Steve Hodges, D.
H-162 - Terry Swinger, D. Member Health Care Policy Committee.
H-163 - Tom Todd, D.
1 - Harry Kennedy, D. Member Health and Mental Health Committee.
2 - Scott Rupp, R. Rupp received $400 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
3 - Kevin Engler, R. Majority Caucus Whip.
4 - Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis. Member Seniors, Families and Public
Health
Committee and Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and
Health.
5 - Maida Coleman, D. In 2000, Coleman wanted to "slightly increase"
the cigarette tax, and use tobacco settlement funds to expand health
sciences research at Missouri state universities; expand health care
treatment for smoking related illnesses; provide prescription drug
benefits for the elderly; assist farmers in making the transition from
growing tobacco to growing different crops; and fund preschool for
children of low-income families. (Missouri State Legislative Election
2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
6 - Carl Vogel, R.
7 - John Loudon, R.
8 - Matt Bartle, R. Member Governor's Advisory Council on Physical
Fitness and Health. Bartle received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
9 - Yvonne Wilson, D. Member Seniors, Families and Public Health
Committee. Sponsor of SB843, Creates a trust fund and commission for
youth smoking prevention. She sponsored a similar bill in 2007, which
passed the committee. In 2002, Wilson wanted to greatly increase the
cigarette tax. (Missouri State Legislative Election 2002 National
Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
10 - Jolie Justus, D. Member Seniors, Families and Public Health
Committee. "Senator Justus is also the Director of Pro Bono Services
for the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP."
11 - Victor Callahan, D. CAllahan received $450 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
12 - Brad Lager, R. Lager received $250 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
13 - Timothy P. Green, D. Green received $100 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
14 - Rita Heard Days , D. Member Missouri Area Health Education
Centers
Council. In 2002, Days wanted to greatly increase the cigarette tax.
(Missouri State Legislative Election 2002 National Political Awareness
Test. Project Vote Smart.)
15 - Michael Gibbons, R. President Pro Tem. Member Health and Mental
Health Committee. Gibbons received $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
16 - Frank Barnitz, D. Minority Caucus Chairman. In 2004, Barnitz
wanted to "slightly increase" the cigarette tax. (Missouri State
Legislative Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test. Project
Vote Smart.)
17 - Luann Ridgeway, R, Majority Caucus Chair. "Following graduation from undergraduate college, Luann received a scholarship to study at Oxford University, Oxford, England. She returned to the United States to attend law school [University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School in 1981]." In 2000, Ridgeway wanted to use tobacco settlement funds to expand health care treatment for smoking related illnesses; create an emergency budget reserve fund; provide tax refunds to Missouri residents; assist farmers in making the transition from growing tobacco to growing different crops; and "Other." (Missouri State Legislative Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
18 - Wes Shoemyer, D. Member Health and Mental Health Committee.
Sponsor of SJR 35, Allows counties and St. Louis City to adopt
regulations affecting public health and welfare that are more
restrictive than state law. 1/16/2008 - Second Read and Referred S
Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee.
19 - Chuck Graham, D. Assistant Minority Floor Leader. Graham
received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
20 - Dan Clemens, R.
21 - Bill Stouffer, R. Member Seniors, Families and Public Health
Committee.
22 - Ryan McKenna, D. McKenna is a co-sponsor of SB 946, the Tobacco
Use Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive
tobacco control program. He is a third-generation legislator.
23 - Tom Dempsey, R. Dempsey is a sponsor of SB 946, Tobacco Use
Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive
tobacco control program. In 2000, Dempsey wanted to slightly decrease
the cigarette tax, and use tobacco settlement funds to provide tax
refunds to Missouri residents. (Missouri State Legislative Election
2000 National Political Awareness Test. Project Vote Smart.)
24 - Joan Bray, D.
25 - Rob Mayer, R.
26 - John Griesheimer, R.
27 - Jason Crowell, R. Crowell received $300 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
28 - Delbert Scott, R Scott received $300 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
29 - Jack Goodman, R. Assistant Majority Floor Leader. Member
Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee. "Senator Goodman served
as Chairman of the 7th U.S. Congressional District Republican Committee
and is presently on the Government Relations Committee of the American
Lung Association of Missouri." Goodman received $250 from Pfizer in
2005-2006.
30 - Norma Champion, R. Chair, Seniors, Families and Public Health.
Champion received $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
31 - Chris Koster, D. Koster received $450 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
32 - Gary Nodler, R
33 - Chuck Purgason, R. Chair Health and Mental Health Committee.
34 - Charlie Shields, R. Majority Floor Leader. Vice Chair Health and Mental Health Committee. Shields received $500 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
1 - William
"Lacy" Clay Jr., D. Clay received $4000 from Pfizer in
2005-2006, and $1000 from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006.
2 - Todd
Akin, R. Akin received $2000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006, $1000
from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006.
3 - Russ Carnahan, D, is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
4 - Ike
Skelton, D. Skelton received $4000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006.
6 - Samuel
B. Graves, R. Graves received $8000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006,
and $2000 from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006.
7 - Roy
Blunt, R. Father of anti-smoker Gov. Matt Blunt. Blunt received
$10,000 from
Pfizer in 2005-2006, and $10,000 from
Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006. In
1998, Blunt sponsored legislation "to prod states to revoke [drivers]
licenses for two months for teens caught buying or smoking tobacco....
states failing to pass such measures could lose 40 percent of the
federal funds they use to fight substance abuse under the bill" (Bill
would take keys awayn from teen smokers. By Libby Quaid. AP, June 25,
1998.)
Philip Morris rewarded Blunt with a fundraiser. As of June 19, 2000,
the ROYB Fund had $18,000. (Steve Parrish Cordially invites you to a
luncheon Honoring Congressman Roy Blunt (R-MO) Chief Deputy Whip. June
19, 2000.)
"Guys: Roy Blunt's having breakfast next Wed., Jul. 26 to benefit
his own reelection account -- minimum 1k to attend. We budgeted 4k for
Blunt and have given him $1750 (all of it in 1999). We did give 3k to
his leadership pac." (Email from John H. Fish to Murray W. Jones and
Donald D. Foreman, of R.J. Reynolds, July 21, 2000.)
An
Anti-Smoker Big Lie: "Only hours after Rep. Roy Blunt was named
to the House’s third-highest leadership job in November, he surprised
his fellow top Republicans by trying to quietly insert a provision
benefiting Philip Morris USA into the 475-page bill creating a
Department of Homeland Security, according to several people familiar
with the effort... The new majority whip, who has close personal and
political ties to the company, instructed congressional aides to add
the tobacco provision to the bill—then within hours of a final House
vote—even though no one else in leadership supported it or knew he was
trying to squeeze it in." (Sleeping With Cancer. From the Truth Caucus.
Jan. 13, 2006. http://www.smartwhitehouse.org/?m=200601)
The rest of the story, not mentioned by the anti-smoker spin-meisters:
"The
provision would have made it harder to sell tobacco products over the
Internet and would have cracked down on the sale of contraband
cigarettes, two practices that cut into Philip Morris's profits... In
an interview last week, Blunt said he pushed for the tobacco provision
after talking with John F. Scruggs, vice president of government
affairs for Altria Group Inc., Philip Morris's parent company. 'It's
good policy,' Blunt said. Philip Morris has contributed more than
$150,000 to political committees affiliated with Blunt since 2001,
according to Federal Election Commission records." (GOP whip slipped
Philip Morris favor into bill, sources say. By Jim VandeHei. Washington
Post, June 11, 2003.) Whoopie, what a HUGE outrage against public
morality.
"Mr. Blunt, the GOP powerhouse from Strafford in southwest Missouri,
is
the party's whip and a close ally of Majority Leader Tom DeLay of
Texas. Last fall, without telling Mr. DeLay or Speaker Dennis Hastert,
Mr. Blunt tried to sneak an amendment at the last minute into the bill
creating the Department of Homeland Security. The amendment would have
made it harder to sell cigarettes on the Internet, and would have
cracked down on black market tobacco products. The problem wasn't so
much the substance of the amendment, which might reduce underage
smoking. Rather it was the way Mr. Blunt tried to sneak it past the
House. Mr. Hastert removed the provision as soon as he learned about
it. But, according to The Washington Post, House leaders have tried to
keep Mr. Blunt's actions secret for fear of being accused of using
homeland security to benefit big tobacco companies. Apparently Mr.
Blunt has no such qualms. 'It's a serious homeland security issue,' he
said this week, applying the all-purpose Osama bin Laden defense. Mr.
Blunt maintains that contraband tobacco helps fund terrorist
organizations. There also are questions about Mr. Blunt's close
connections to Philip Morris. After splitting in 2002 with Roseann
Blunt, his wife of 35 years, Mr. Blunt began dating Abigail Perlman,
the former finance director for the National Republican Congressional
Committee. She is now director of governmental affairs for Philip
Morris Management Corp., the company's lobbying arm. And Mr. Blunt's
younger son, Andrew Blunt, a recent graduate of the University of
Missouri Law School, is a lobbyist for Philip Morris in Jefferson City.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Blunt told the Post-Dispatch's Philip Dine that
Ms. Perlman is not Mr. Blunt's contact on tobacco issues, and insisted
that Mr. Blunt and his state-lobbyist son do not discuss federal
issues. In April, The Wall Street Journal disclosed that Roy Blunt had
secretly tried to amend the Iraq war appropriations bill in a way that
would benefit United Parcel Service, Inc., another Missouri lobbying
client of Andrew Blunt." (Editorial. Big Tobacco's Sweetheart. St.
Louis Dispatch,
June 13, 2003.) In October, he married Abigail Perlman, head of
government affairs for Altria Corp. (Rep. Blunt Plans to Wed Tobacco
Lobbyist Washington Post, Sep. 11, 2003.)
Meanwhile, Philip Morris has been
controlled by the anti-smokers for decades! The stepson of the head of
the American Cancer Society, who was the most powerful health lobbyist
in history, was on its board of directors for twenty years! This is why
PM has always let the anti-smokers get away with their scientific
fraud, and purposely threw the Minnesota lawsuit. And look at
Wisconsin's corrupt Cancer
Society dictatorship, where the fundraising machine that has
controlled the governors of both parties for at least the last twenty
years is literally interlocked with Philip Morris and the Cancer
Society!
8 - Jo Ann Emerson, R, is a co-sponsor of HR-1108, the Kennedy-Cornyn/Waxman bill for FDA regulation of tobacco.
9 - Kenny
Hulshof, R. Hulshof received $10,000 from Pfizer in 2005-2006,
$4000 from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2006, and $2000 from Johnson &
Johnson in 2008.
C. Charles "Charlie" Stokes was appointed Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Health in 1988 by Gov. John Ashcroft. Future passive smoking author Ross Brownson, Ph.D. was named director of the newly-created Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in August of 1988. The Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology and Control he formerly headed was turned into the Bureau of Smoking, Tobacco and Cancer within the Division. (Missouri Department of Health 1989 Annual Report.)
Missouri Department of Health 1989 Annual Report / tobacco documentThe CDC Foundation - created to
circumvent Congressional funding and oversight: "The National
Foundation for CDC began in February when C. Charles Stokes was hired
as its executive director. The foundation has received a $1 million
gift from the Robert W.
Woodruff Foundation and a $500,000 grant from the CDC." T. Marshall
Hahn, retired CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp., was chairman of the
foundation's board. (New foundation to support CDC on many fronts. By
Maria Saporta. Atlanta Constitution, Jun. 28, 1995.) "Created by
Congress, the CDC Foundation is a private,
not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) achieve its vision of "Healthy People in a
Healthy World, Through Prevention". (Who We Are, CDC Foundation 1997.)
Rogers was on the Board of Directors of the CDC Foundation from at
least 2000. (CDC Foundation 2001 Annual Report.) "When the American
Legacy Foundation was established in 1998, it identified as one of its
key goals 'to reduce youth tobacco use.' Before Legacy could design
media campaigns and education programs targeting youths, however, the
new organization had to gather information about teen smoking habits.
But it was faced with a dilemma: no comprehensive youth tobacco
surveillance system existed to collect these important data. Determined
not to let this become a setback, the Legacy Foundation began talking
with CDC to see if the groups could work together to quickly complete a
school based survey. Researchers at CDC were also interested in data on
youth smoking and tobacco knowledge but could not gather this
information easily because the agency had no appropriated funding for a
national survey. Looking for potential solutions, the groups approached
the CDC Foundation for help. Because of the Foundation’s unique
independent, non-profit status, it was able to serve as the coordinator
of the project, working with government scientists to provide technical
support and hiring an outside contractor, Macro International, Inc., to
conduct the survey. The Legacy Foundation provided the funding. With
the CDC Foundation’s swift implementation of the project, The National
Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) was completed within several months, and
data were collected, analyzed and reported by the end of the year - in
time for Legacy to launch its planned media campaign in early 2000."
(CDC Foundation Helps Get the Word Out About Tobacco. CDC Foundation
2000 Annual Report.) "The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) was
conducted September-October 1999 by the American Legacy Foundation in
collaboration with the CDC Foundation and with technical assistance
from the CDC.... Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Programs
States can use the NYTS and their YTS data to develop, monitor, and
evaluate the elements of their comprehensive tobacco control programs
as defined in the CDC`s Best Practices For Comprehensive Tobacco
Control Programs. Best Practices provides states with recommended
strategies and funding levels for effective programs to prevent and
reduce tobacco use, eliminate the public`s exposure to secondhand
smoke, and identify and eliminate disparities related to tobacco use
and its effects among different population groups." (CDC: Facts About
-- Youth Tobacco Surveillance United States, 1998- 1999 National Youth
Tobacco Survey (NYTS). M2 Presswire, Oct. 13, 2000.)
Stokes and the CDC Foundation had a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for $49,595 from Jul 2006 - Dec 2007 for:
Nonprofit administration of potential tobacco settlement funding for smoking cessation / RWJFStokes is still President and CEO of the foundation. "Charles Stokes
was named the first executive director of the CDC Foundation in
February 1995. Before then, he worked at the Missouri Department of
Health for 22 years, including 12 years as deputy director. Mr. Stokes
chaired the American Public Health Association’s expert panel that
developed “Healthy Communities 2000,” a set of model standards being
used by state and local health departments throughout the United
States. He has also served as president of the Missouri Public Health
Association and the Missouri Institute of Public Administration."
(Stokes bio, CDC Foundation, accessed 2/16/2008.) The foundation is one
of the five "partner organizations" of billionaire Michael Bloomberg's $125 million "Bloomberg
Philanthropies" which spread anti-smoking to Third World countries
which have so far escaped the lunacy.
James R. Davis was the Project Director of Missouri ASSIST. "The
Executive Committee is comprised of four representatives from the
Department of Health, four from the American Cancer Society, and one
from the American Heart Association. The American Lung Association
(ALA) of Eastern Missouri and the American Lung Association of Western
Missouri will also be represented. However, ALA will have just one
vote." "During the 1992 legislative session, a law limiting smoking in
all public buildings and restricting the sale of tobacco to minors was
finally enacted. Missouri was the 46th state to enact clean indoor air
legislation and the 49th state to restrict the sale of tobacco products
to minors. Specifically, the law makes it illegal to smoke in public
places (including work places) except in a designated smoking area, and
illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. On
August 28, 1992, public places were designated nonsmoking unless the
proprietor or person in charge designated a smoking area. The
proprietor is not required to have a smoking area, but can designate up
to 30% of the premises for smoking. The state law does not pre-empt
stronger ordinances. This long-awaited action sets the stage for
smoking cessation and education endeavors at various community levels.
It will encourage worksites to promote cessation and policy. efforts,
and it will begin to establish a norm of posi~ivity for peers of
children who do not purchase or use tobacco. A brief description of the
passage of this legislation will provide a clear picture of the policy
environment and resources in Missouri. The Missouri Coali,ion on
Smoking and Health, an organization made up of voluntary health
organizations (including the .-kmerican Cancer Society., American Heart
Association, and .american Lung .Association), the Missouri State
Medical Association, nursing organizations, Missouri Extension
Homemakers, and approximately 20 other tobacco-control advocacy.
organizations, hired one of Missouri's top lobbyists. This lobb.vist
was able to work closely with other health lobbyists in suggesting
strategies that would help the Coalition to attain passage of the
legislation. The lobbyist also maintained frequent communication with
key legislators. Passage of the legislation included negotiations with
the tobacco industry. The lobbyist was able to work with the industry
and come up with trade-offs that left the clean indoor air bill
acceptable to the Coalition as well as to the governor's office." [p
44.]
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