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Anheuser Busch "Smart Drinking" Initiative is a Complete Farce
Last December, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced its commitment of more than $1 billion over ten years to promote "Smart Drinking," whose major purported purpose is to "reduce the harmful use of alcohol" by reducing "binge drinking, underage drinking and drink-driving." The company claims that this represents "Doing Right, While Doing Well." A major goal is to reduce the "harmful use of alcohol" by at least 10% in six cities within 10 years.The Rest of the StoryThe truth is that this initiative is essential a huge scam designed to promote alcohol use, to divert attention away from the alcohol industry's culpability...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 3, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Research Forum Claiming that Moderate Drinking Improves Health is Deliberately Hiding Its Conflicts of Interest with Big Alcohol
An organization calling itself the "International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research" (ISFAR) has published on its web site a scathing review of a recent meta-analysis which concluded that moderate alcohol consumption does not reduce mortality as previously thought. The review contains statements from 14 members of ISFAR, and every one of the 14 blasts the study, with the review concluding that the study "markedly distorts the accumulated scientific evidence on alcohol and CVD [cardiovascular disease]."The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research claims to be committed to providing a "balanced" analysis regardi...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Throwback Thursday: April 28th, 1986 (30 Years Ago): Anti-Tobacco Groups Blast Cigarette Companies for Not Supporting Development of a Safer Cigarette
April 28, 1986 (AP, New York): Today, a coalition of anti-smoking organizations, heath agencies, and researchers are attacking the nation's cigarette companies for failing to support the development of much safer cigarettes. Health officials complained that for many years, cigarette companies have had the technology to produce a much safer cigarette, but have failed to show any support for even the idea of manufacturing a safer product.Also today, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Brown & Williamson and Liggett, alleging that each of these companies could easily have prod...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - April 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Royal College of Physicians Report Recommends Widespread Promotion of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation
This report lays to rest almost all of the concerns over these products, and concludes that, with sensible regulation, electronic cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the UK. Smokers should be reassured that these products can help them quit all tobacco use forever." The ultimate recommendation of the report is that electronic cigarettes should be promoted "as widely as possible" as an alternative to smoking.The Rest of the StoryThis is an outstanding report with a meticulous and...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - April 27, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Simultaneously Published Studies Demonstrate Severe Bias in E-Cigarette Research
This study highlights widespread environmental influences promoting e-cigarette use through a variety of platforms, and that these influences increase the odds that a young person might also be using e-cigarettes."Study #2: "These findings suggest that comprehensive tobacco prevention and control strategies, including efforts to reduce youth exposure to advertising, are critical to prevent all forms of tobacco use among US youth, including e-cigarettes."The Rest of the StoryThere is a glaring limitation in both studies which render them unable to conclude, as they do, that e-cigarette marketing is likely influencing you...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - April 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs