Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Jan 27th, 2006 at 9:26 am by Susie
Maybe I should move to California:
SACRAMENTO, Cailfornia (AP) — California became the first state to declare secondhand smoke a toxic air pollutant Thursday, putting tobacco fumes in the same category as diesel exhaust, arsenic and benzene because of its link to breast cancer.
The unanimous decision by the state Air Resources Board relied on a September report that found a sharply increased risk of breast cancer in young women exposed to secondhand smoke. It also links drifting smoke to premature births, asthma and heart disease, as well as other cancers and numerous health problems in children.
“If people are serious about breast cancer, they have to deal with secondhand smoke. That’s what this is all about,” said Dr. Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.
“This is a seminal, international document,” Glantz said. “It’s impossible to underestimate what a big deal this is.”
well, you may not like the housing prices…
timely:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/FoxNews.com_columnist_was_on_big_tobacco_0126.html
FoxNews.com columnist was on big tobacco payroll
A FoxNews.com columnist who repeatedly attacked scientists for linking smoking to disease was on the payroll of big tobacco, according to The New Republic.
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Excerpts from the New Republic’s piece follow:
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On March 9, 2001, he wrote a column for the website headlined “secondhand smokescreen.” The piece attacked a study by researcher Stephen Hecht, who found that women living with smokers had higher levels of chemicals associated with risk of lung cancer. “If spin were science, Hecht would win a Nobel Prize,” Milloy wrote. For good measure, he heaped scorn on a 1993 Environmental Protection Agency report that also linked health risks and secondhand smoke. Later that spring, he authored another smoking-related piece for FoxNews.com.
…You might chalk it up to Milloy’s contrarian nature. Or to his libertarian tendencies. Except, all the while, he was on the payroll of big tobacco. According to Lisa Gonzalez, manager of external communications for Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, Milloy was under contract there through the end of last year. “In 2000 and 2001, some of the work he did was to monitor studies, and then we would distribute this information within to our different companies,” Gonzalez said. Although she couldn’t comment on fees paid to Milloy, a January 2001 Philip Morris budget report lists Milloy as a consultant and shows that he was budgeted for $92,500 in fees and expenses in both 2000 and 2001. Asked about Milloy’s tobacco ties, Paul Schur, director of media relations for Fox News, said, “Fox News is unaware of Milloy’s connection with Philip Morris. Any affiliation he had should have been disclosed.” Milloy could not be reached for comment.
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Read the full, registration-restricted article here: https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20060206&s=thacker020606
Come on out!
But be sure and stay in Northern CA along the coast.