Is it time to wake up the press?
A recent article by Carl Phillips triggered my delighted memory of a broadcast personality’s reaction to A Billion Lives after the New Zealand Premiere. Broadcast personality Polly Gillespie had this … Continue reading
When someone says “for the children” ……
…..What does it really mean? Tobacco Control personnel and organizations, including loud sub-arms of the American Lung Association and … Continue reading
Kingmaking 101
I spent this evening at a dinner party of kingmakers, people who are putting the candidates they agree with on the map, one by one. Which means they are putting … Continue reading
Publish Junk or Perish
A very important article about why scientific prominence and junk science are converging (maybe that should be past tense???) due to the way NIH steers acadaemia: http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/nih-funding-stifles-tobacco-harm.html Quotes from the … Continue reading
Tomatoes and other veggies have 3X the nic exposure as passive vaping
If you eat a nice salad with a tomato in it, or a nice serving of chicken parmesean, or a child’s order of fries, you get THREE TIMES the blood … Continue reading
Educating non-vapers
I’ll add more when I can, but here’s a starter group: Video Presentation from Prof. David Sweanor with slides (for screen capture IMO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cy3fWsJEo I screenshotted 2 I like: https://grrattitude.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php?item=141 … Continue reading
WHAP! Oct 13-18, 2014
Apprentice: Register to vote or remind someone vape-friendly to vote Intermediate: Read my WHO blog for this week, which has links to more information and better blogger than I am. … Continue reading
WHO needs to be de-funded, not defended.
I had thought that the WHO’s tobacco division was a sideshow, but it appears the clowns have taken over the circus: From http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2014/10/cop-6-mission-to-moscow.html While the WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, … Continue reading
WHAP week Oct 5-12 — ANTZ running for House/Senate
I decided to look up the statuses of House members and Senators who have repeatedly made headlines as major ANTZ. The Apprentice and Master quests for the week will be … Continue reading
Gratitude. Grr! Attitude! 