Federal Tobacco Program Under Fire

[2coils]

Interesting, I didn't see this posted anywhere yet. http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/federal-tobacco-program-under-fire
Here is Part 2 http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/cdcs-controversial-tobacco-spending

 

[sonicdsl]

Interesting, I didn't see this posted anywhere yet. http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/federal-tobacco-program-under-fire
Here is Part 2 http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/cdcs-controversial-tobacco-spending

I heard tell of this sort of activity for awhile, but hadn't seen this yet. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Fiamma]

There was a thread here about this some time back. I think it was Mr Godshall, and I believe there were excerpts of some of the funding statements, ie what the CDC funds would be used for, and it was for lobbying non Federal governments and health departments. There have been so many attacks on us as a group that I have lost track of when it was or a possible thread title.

.. edit. Found it


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ry-sebelius-over-use-cdc-grants-lobbying.html

 

[2coils]

There was a thread here about this some time back. I think it was Mr Godshall, and I believe there were excerpts of some of the funding statements, ie what the CDC funds would be used for, and it was for lobbying non Federal governments and health departments. There have been so many attacks on us as a group that I have lost track of when it was or a possible thread title.

.. edit. Found it


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ry-sebelius-over-use-cdc-grants-lobbying.html

Thanks for posting! The story I posted was seven months after Mr Godshall's post. During this time I guess this has stalled? I wonder If these allegations are being looked into further or if this is a dead issue.
EDIT: I guess as noted in the other post, just calling out the misuse of the funds may at least get it to stop. Maybe thats all that can really be done.

 

[Fiamma]

I have not seen anything in print that leads me to think Sibelius has replied to Congress as required by them in writing. They sent two demands for information. The first one was ignored, prompting the second. Since then, in print, total silence.

 

[Vocalek]

This might be the source of the moneys that were promised to colleges an universities that agreed to adopt a "tobacco free campus" rule.

How the heck do you fight something like that?

 

[Bill Godshall]

I sent all that information to Melissa Vonder Haar and Mitch Morrison back in August (when I posted it on ECF), and I did an phone interview with Melissa several months ago about the CDC funding state and local health departments to illegally lobby to ban e-cigarette sales and use, to ban sales and use of dissolvables, and outdoor tobacco use bans (including e-cigs) at parks, other goverment property and on property of healthcare facilities.

Don't know why I wasn't quoted in her articles, but I'm very pleased she followed up on our interview and wrote these articles.

I also submitted testimony to the Philly Board of Health informing them that their proposal to require signs at tobacco stores clearly violated the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. But I wasn't aware (until now) that the Philly Health Dept had received a grant from CDC to promote that unlawful regulation.