The following article in it's entirety can be
found here:
I have a concern about the upcoming acquisition of
Pfizer by Johnson and Johnson Company.
How the drug
industry uses non-profits to push its interests (Read)
October 12, 2006
Surrogates for Their Agenda
The article states:
...the pharmaceutical industry has mounted a sophisticated grassroots
campaign to build support for its position on key issues that affect its bottom
line. The industry has funded various groups to champion its positions,
sponsored studies tilted to the industry and hired public relations firms to
spearhead campaigns to soften up public opinion and government
policies....
I've linked to this story in prior posts but I think it is important to
make this story a post of its own. If you click on the title above you can read
the entire story. And true enough it is a story that needs to be told, but at
Clearing the Air the real story that The Center for Public Integrity is missing
is HOW THE DRUG INDUSTRY USES NON-PROFITS TO PUSH ITS SMOKING BAN AGENDA....TO
PROP UP PHARMACEUTICAL NICOTINE (smoking cessation) PRODUCT SALES.
Here are a sample of grants directly from Johnson & Johnson Company's
political arm, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), (see links above for
Nicoderm rationale to implement smoking bans) so you can see the type of
non-profits that the drug industry funds; and the activist goals and
agenda:
ReadAnd when Clearing the Air informs lawmakers and you
the general public, that the health "hazard" claims these activists' are making
reqarding secondhand smoke are nothing more than exaggerations and lies; here
are the facts and science we base that claim on:
Read and
Read.
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From email sent to AALF - Smoker's Rights list
2/5/2006
SMOKER'S BOYCOTT INFO ~ www.aalf.ws/smokingmad/
Hello, here are some GREAT RESOURCES to use to
FIGHT SMOKING BANS in your area. Also, please share with ALL your friends
via emails, webpages, AND PRINT IT OUT to share with all your local friends who
are NOT ONLINE, Plus mail it to out of state friends and relatives. If we
want to TAKE BACK our FREEDOM in the USA, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE up
against.
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Why is a pharmaceutical company funding smoking bans all
around the country?
You guessed it, it's all about the money they'll
make in return.....selling nicotine patches.
THERE IS MORE -
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Just looking out for your health....
.....well, more importantly their bottom
line.
OSHA PROVES ETS 152 TIMES SAFER than OSHA's
STANDARDS