http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html Blowin’ Smoke on Everything Cigars - cigar reviews, news and commentary 7 days a week Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html/comment-page-1#comment-72396 Stogie News: Debunking The Junk Science Behind The Anti-Tobacco Movement Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:32:26 +0000 http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html#comment-72396 [...] Now if the tobacco industry was presenting study after study that concluded that we need fewer smoking bans and lower tobacco taxes, you can bet that reporters and politicians wouldn’t unquestioningly believe their claims. However, when the anti-tobacco industry has a study that agrees with their anti-tobacco agenda, the results are dutifully reported as scientific fact without so much as a second look. [...] [...] Now if the tobacco industry was presenting study after study that concluded that we need fewer smoking bans and lower tobacco taxes, you can bet that reporters and politicians wouldn’t unquestioningly believe their claims. However, when the anti-tobacco industry has a study that agrees with their anti-tobacco agenda, the results are dutifully reported as scientific fact without so much as a second look. [...]

]]> http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html/comment-page-1#comment-29354 dmj Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:17:31 +0000 http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html#comment-29354 It's all very similar to the argument that environmentalists make against studies showing that global warming is either not as bad as they say or that it is not manmade--they accuse the studies of being funded by "big oil." As if they had no agenda themselves and their motives as as pure as the wind-drive snow. I fear the next 4 or more years will be very expensive for anyone who smokes (cigars, pipes, or those "evil" cigarettes) as well as for all of us who would like to drive a bigger and safer vehicle. With the candidates running for office, I see no way that SCHIP isn't passed and enviros aren't pandered to. It's all very similar to the argument that environmentalists make against studies showing that global warming is either not as bad as they say or that it is not manmade–they accuse the studies of being funded by "big oil." As if they had no agenda themselves and their motives as as pure as the wind-drive snow. I fear the next 4 or more years will be very expensive for anyone who smokes (cigars, pipes, or those "evil" cigarettes) as well as for all of us who would like to drive a bigger and safer vehicle. With the candidates running for office, I see no way that SCHIP isn't passed and enviros aren't pandered to.

]]> http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html/comment-page-1#comment-29275 Jon N. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:13:25 +0000 http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html#comment-29275 Apropos of nothing, I just want to add that that mad scientist picture is hilarious. Apropos of nothing, I just want to add that that mad scientist picture is hilarious.

]]> http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html/comment-page-1#comment-29259 GeorgeH Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:33:46 +0000 http://www.stogieguys.com/2008/04/04032008-stogie-commentary-the-anti-smoking-bias.html#comment-29259 Patrick - I hope our friends in the cigar industry see and learn the absolute shameless behavior of the anti-tobacco lobby. SCHIP will be back in the new Congress and worse than before even if Republicans retain the White House. We need to hammer home to all Members that "small business"/"mom and pop" are the real losers if taxes destroy the cigar industry. Patrick – I hope our friends in the cigar industry see and learn the absolute shameless behavior of the anti-tobacco lobby. SCHIP will be back in the new Congress and worse than before even if Republicans retain the White House. We need to hammer home to all Members that "small business"/"mom and pop" are the real losers if taxes destroy the cigar industry.

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