AG Tom Miller publicly challenges Mitch Zeller at FDLI conference

[Oliver]

This is huge news. Tom Miller has been Attorney General of Iowa for 9 consecutive terms, was deeply involved in the MSA proceedings in the late nineties, and is now Chair of the Truth Initiative.

During his presentation at FDLI's tobacco conference, he took the stage during the luncheon to overturn almost all the received wisdom that's led to deeming, and challenged Mitch Zeller directly to make dramatic changes happen.

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[Marina2]

Wow... I hope this has a huge snowball effect! Finally, someone with a voice, a brain, and a conscience.

Thanks for the article, Oliver.

 

[MMW]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[The.Drifter]

Love his no-nonsense approach to it. He seems very focused on gathering the "truth" and actually saving lives. Hopefully he can bend Zeller's ear enough to do some good

 

[FringeChief68]

@Oliver
All journalists kicked out of Delhi nanny state conference!

 

[rothenbj]

Transparency at its finest brought to you by the UN.

 

[Hitmetwice]

The U.N.
Unaccountable. Nannies.
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

This is huge news. Tom Miller has been Attorney General of Iowa for 9 consecutive terms,

I don't understand the hype. Why would Zeller et al listen to some small-potatoes AG from Iowa?

Sounds like another "Ron Johnson" misfire to me.

 

[classwife]

Still...at least someone put their big boy britches on and spoke up !

We need to see many more doing that.

 

[sonicdsl]

Still...at least someone put their big boy britches on and spoke up !

We need to see many more doing that.

And as he is the head of one of the largest anti-smoking organizations (Truth Initiative), that has to carry at least a little bit of weight.

 

[frankqio]

We like smoking but we need keep health now

 

[Oliver]

I don't understand the hype. Why would Zeller et al listen to some small-potatoes AG from Iowa?

Sounds like another "Ron Johnson" misfire to me.

He's the Chair of the Truth Initiative, the US's largest antitobacco NGO, which was founded as a direct result of the Master Settlement Agreement.

The audience was the great and good food and drug lawyers of America.

There's just been an interesting election result..

Etc.

 

[Sibben]

It's a good start at least. Regarding the UN conference I can kind of see the rationale. As I understand it this has been the common practise before to keep the tobacco industry from running interference. It's not optimal of course.

 

[Xavier_Ninnis]

Good heavens! An AG pandering to neither the lowest common denominator with headline grabbing argle-bargle; nor to big Pharma/tobacco, by promising to promote legislation based on science that wouldn't pass muster with a half-bright junior-high student.
The man is either not interested in pursuing a political career, or possesses, of all things, integrity.
Seriously, it's sad that this kind of informed and honest concern for the public good seems so rare among those holding positions of public trust. Sad too, that I'm actually moved by this action– an action that should not be, and believe it or not, while far from being ubiquitous, was at one time not entirely exceptional.