How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
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Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/02/Does_Corporate_Funding_Corrupt_Science Robert Proctor, Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, explains ways in which the tobacco industry has manipulated science. Proctor argues that tobacco-friendly scientific research was "mounting a gigantic confusion campaign." ---- Some 65%... Read more
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- -: How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
March 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/02/Does_Corporate_Funding_Corrupt_Science Robert Proctor, Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, explains ways in which the tobacco industry has manipulated science. Proctor argues that tobacco-friendly scientific research was "mounti...
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- -: How Accountable are Smokers for Their Habit?
April 11, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=810 Medical historian and anti-smoking advocate Allan Brandt debates the level of personal responsibility smokers hold for their addiction to tobacco. ----- Allan Brandt researched "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persis...
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- -: Legalizing Marijuana: Costs vs Benefits
August 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/30/Marijuana_Economics Police chief Scott Kirkland debates marijuana advocates Eugene Schoenfeld and Richard Lee over the costs and benefits of legalization. Kirkland argues that the tax revenue it generates will be offset by the increased public health ...
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- -: Will Meat Go the Way of Cigarettes? - Jonathan Safran Foer
October 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/21/Eating_Animals_Jonathan_Safran_Foer 18 percent of college students today are vegetarian, and almost half want more vegetarian options at meals, cites Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer. Could this trend parallel the sharp decrease in smoking ...
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- -: President Obama on Kids Tobacco Legislation
June 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)The President gives brief remarks in the Rose Garden on the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and takes one question on the Iranian elections. (Public Domain)
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- -: New Warnings for Tobacco Products
June 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)ealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announce new graphic warning labels for tobacco products designed to encourage people to quit and young people to not acquire this dangerous habit. June 21, 2011.
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- -: President Obama's Great American Smokeout Message
November 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)President Obama marks the 36th annual Great American Smokeout Obama by urging smokers to put down cigarettes for good. More than 46 million Americans smoke, despite the fact tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable disease and premature death in the United States.
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