ACS report urges states to ban vaping, tax OTP same as cigarettes, fund more ANTZ programs and NRT

[Bill Godshall]

Last week, Big Pharma financed American Cancer Society (which has lied about and lobbied to ban e-cigs since 2009) issued a report that:
- repeats disproved fear mongering lies about e-cigs,
- falsely claims cancers caused by cigarette smoking are caused by “tobacco use”,
- promotes unwarranted and hateful vaping bans,
- claims far less hazardous smokeless tobacco, dissolvables, cigars and OTP should be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes (but didn't mention e-cigs although ACS is lobbying to tax e-cigs at that same rate),
- criticizes States for not banning smoking in workplaces (even though ACS lobbyists won't support smoking ban legislation unless it also bans vaping), and
- criticizes States for not spending more public funds on counterproductive anti tobacco and vaping propaganda, less-than-safe Chantix, ineffective gums/patches/lozenges, and less-than-effective tobacco cessation counseling.

http://www.acscan.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HDYMU-2015.pdf#page=10

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[nicnik]

- repeats disproved fear mongering lies about e-cigs,
- falsely claims cancers caused by cigarette smoking are caused by “tobacco use”,
- promotes unwarranted and hateful vaping bans,
- claims far less hazardous smokeless tobacco, dissolvables, cigars and OTP should be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes (but didn't mention e-cigs although ACS is lobbying to tax e-cigs at that same rate),
- criticizes States for not banning smoking in workplaces (even though ACS lobbyists won't support smoking ban legislation unless it also bans vaping), and
- criticizes States for not spending more public funds on counterproductive anti tobacco and vaping propaganda, less-than-safe Chantix, ineffective gums/patches/lozenges, and less-than-effective tobacco cessation counseling.

-shoots itself in the foot medium term, and in the head longer term, all for the love of money, earned or not.

 

[DC2]

Color me shocked.