Who Benefits From The Tobacco Wars?
UTHOR: Just Some Poor Scmuck DATE: 1/23/2003 08:09:00 PM —– BODY: Grand Forks Herald | 01/21/2003 | NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE: Tobacco ban gets lit up in House Belter told the House that committee members were frustrated last week with the testimony from anti-tobacco groups that testified against the tobacco ban, including the North Dakota Medical Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, North Dakota Public Health Association and North Dakota Nurses Association. There’s no evidence banning tobacco would prevent and reduce tobacco use because no such approach has been implemented, the groups argued. The ban also could take away certain funding forthese groups for tobacco control programs.Easy to understand when you realize that the goal is not to reduce “tobacco deaths” but to continue funding for these groups. The mere thought of marauding hordes of “activists” wandering the streets in search of cash is just too frightening.
