Who said Tobacco (Stock) is Bad?

[zoiDman]

Ran across this Today...

Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts

It's Funny how someone can Head one of the Federal Governments most Anti-tobacco agencies, while checker her Stock Portfolio during lunch.

LOL

 

[Just Me]

Cognitive dissonance?

 

[bombastinator]

In any other administration it would be a major ethics investigation.

 

[zoiDman]

Cognitive dissonance?

Could be.

Or it could be just Good Old Fashion Greed.

 

[zoiDman]

In any other administration it would be a major ethics investigation.

Yeah... We need someone like a Margret Hamburg running the CDC.

 

[Beamslider]

Probably better known as insider trading. The same way Senator and Reps make money on stocks

 

[bombastinator]

This whole thread is pushing the no politics limit I think

 

[bombastinator]

Probably better known as insider trading. The same way Senator and Reps make money on stocks

Is there an insider trading exemption for political figures?

 

[zoiDman]

This whole thread is pushing the no politics limit I think

Then Unsubscribe. Because the Political Commentary seems to have Entered in Post #3.

 

[Beamslider]

Forbes says they are exempt from a lot of the insider trading rules


Insider Trading Rules That Don't Apply To Congress

 

[zoiDman]

Forbes says they are exempt from a lot of the insider trading rules


Insider Trading Rules That Don't Apply To Congress

Yeah... But Brenda Isn't a Member of Congress.

But what she is is one of the Most Influential People in shaping Tobacco and e-Cigarette Policies in the USA. And that is why I started this Thread.

 

[zoiDman]

From the "All's Well that End's Well" file...

CDC Director Resigns Because Of 'Complex' Financial Entanglements

 

[CarolT]

So what. I've been saying for decades that the tobacco companies are controlled by the anti-smokers, because they never fight back. This just proves me right, because those shares elect the directors who in turn choose the executives.

 

[zoiDman]

So what. I've been saying for decades that the tobacco companies are controlled by the anti-smokers, because they never fight back. This just proves me right, because those shares elect the directors who in turn choose the executives.

I guess it just comes down to do We want the People with the Power to Craft Policy and or Regulations about things like Tobacco Products or e-Cigarettes to be Financially Invested in the Companies who make Profits from Selling Tobacco Products or e-Cigarettes?

 

[CarolT]

Well, hell yes. Speaking as smokers or vapers that is! In theory it would be good, but in practice they've done a lousy job!

 

[Bill Godshall]

Yeah... We need someone like a Margret Hamburg running the CDC.

Not sure why you wrote that, but former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg's husband bought $342 Million of Lorillard stock when she was deciding whether or not to ban menthol cigarettes (after FDA's TPSAC recommended doing so). At the time, Lorillard owned and marketed Newport, the largest selling menthol cigarette in the US.
See page 16 in Larry Klayman's lawsuit below.
http://www.larryklayman.com/pdf/160119-Final Filed Levaquin Complaint .pdf

Unfortunately, Klayman's lawsuit was against J&J, and he lost it.
Levaquin RICO Lawsuit Dismissed By Judge In District Of Columbia - Lexis Legal News

 

[Kent C]

Not sure why you wrote that,

Pretty sure it was sarcasm, since I'm also pretty sure Zoidman knows that whole story....