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News ReleasesOntario Public Health Association Supports a Renewed Ontario Government Commitment to Tobacco Control2010-10-20 Ontario Public Health Association Ontario Public Health Association supports new tobacco control recommendations as outlined in, "Building on Our Gains, Taking Action Now: Ontario’s Tobacco Control Strategy for 2011-2016", which was r... The Lung Association welcomes fines levied against tobacco industry2008-08-01 Canadian Lung Association The $1.15 billion in fines levied against the tobacco industry by the federal and provincial governments is good news. It underscores the need to hold the tobacco industry to account for the tactics t... Sources Select ResourcesFollow the Money, Part 5 - The Tobacco Papers RevisitedGutstein; Donald Article 2014 Michael Walker, former executive director of the Fraser Institute, long denied that institute directors — the people who fund the institute’s work — can tell researchers what to do.
According to thi... Follow the Money, Part 6 - Obesity: A new role for second-hand-smoke-causes-cancer deniersGutstein; Donald Article 2014 The tobacco industry has shifted its doubt-manufacturing operations to countries like Russia, Indonesia and China, where the incidence of smoking — and cancer — continues to rise. But other industries... From Slavery to Debt-Bondage: Big Tobacco's Addiction to Cheap Labor McGill, Abby Article 2015 ILRF International Labor Rights Forum Cigarette manufacturers and leaf buyers perpetuate a global system of inequity that bolsters corporate profits at the expense of those who labor at the bottom of the tobacco supply chain. It is long p... How to Promote a Just Transition and Break out of the jobs vs. environment trapA Superfund for Workers Brecher, Jeremy Article 2015 Dollars & Sense A strategy has been emerging to protect workers and communities whose livelihoods may be threatened by climate protection policies. Protecting those who lose their jobs due to necessary environmental ... Indonesia's Smoking EpidemicAn old problem getting younger Hodal, Kate Article 2012 The Guardian Cigarettes are a rite of passage for boys in Indonesia, where 70% of the adult male population smokes. Activists and health care professionals are advocating for age restrictions on tobacco products a... Science and its enemiesIntroduction to the April 23, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2016 Connexions Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Sources BookshelfMerchants of DoubtHow a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M. Book 2010 Investigative reportage on how private interests and lobbies in America use hired gun scientists to spread doubt and misinformation. The media's binary understanding of balanced repoting has given the... |
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