Federal tobacco control is at risk in the US Arendtm February 10, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged with regulating. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who was confirmed as health...
U.S. Campaign Contributions 2016 Arendtm October 24, 2016 Blog, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem. Almost 600,000 Americans die every year from tobacco related diseases. This death and disease is perpetrated by the tobacco industry, in exchange for profit...
Will Trans-Pacific trade deal go up in smoke over anti-tobacco proposal? Arendtm August 12, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Big Tobacco is pushing back against a strict anti-smoking provision in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and has enlisted the support of the most powerful Republican in the Senate to help quash i...
Eight Senators Appeal to Chamber of Commerce President Arendtm July 9, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News July 8, 2015 - Senators Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin, Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, and Jeffrey A. Merkley sent a letter to U.S. Chamber of Commerce President...
(RELEASE): BROWN, BLUMENTHAL AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE COLLEAGUES ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S GLOBAL LOBBYING FOR BIG TOBACCO Arendtm July 2, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News For Immediate Release: July 2, 2015 Contact: Meghan Dubyak / Rachel Petri 202-224-1175 BROWN, BLUMENTHAL AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE COLLEAGUES ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S GLOBAL L...
New Jersey Senate passes bill to raise age to buy tobacco products to 21 ash July 1, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey might become the first state in the nation to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to 21. The state Senate on Monday passed a bill that wo...
Electronic Cigarette Executives Get Schooled In Senate Hearing ash June 19, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News "I think we have seen this movie before," Senator Richard Blumenthal said. "It is called big nicotine comes to children near you and you are using the same kinds of tactics and promotions and ads that were used...
Political Contribution’s from Big Tobacco ash October 24, 2012 4 The tobacco industry has always been a major player in congressional campaigns, and it's important to see just how pervasive tobacco money is in politics. While awareness about the harms of tobacco use has incr...
