Category: Health

Indiana State Assembly Committee Discusses Tobacco Harm Reduction, Including My Testimony

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The Indiana General Assembly’s Health Finance Commission met today to discuss tobacco harm reduction strategies to reduce smoking-attributable death and disease. My written testimony, below, was submitted and entered into the record. It was also cited at the hearing by ...
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Bloomberg Bans Big Beverages

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Congratulations to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg! With today’s vote by the city’s Board of Health, sugary drinks above 16 ounces are now banned in the businesses that the Board can regulate (fast-food restaurants, movie theaters, arenas, etc.). In ...
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Jeff Stier: Bloomberg Soda Ban Cog in Larger Anti-Choice Campaign

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In a discussion with host Larry Kudlow about the new ban on the sale of large sugary drinks in New York City that was part of the 9/13/12 edition of CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” National Center Risk Analysis Division director ...
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Jeff Stier Discusses Mayor Bloomberg’s Failure to Lead in the Fight Against West Nile Virus in NYC

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On the September 12, 2012 edition of “Good Day New York” on Fox5-New York, National Center Risk Analysis Division director Jeff Stier says the Bloomberg Administration’s response to the threat of West Nile virus is “too little, too late… We ...
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PB&J, RIP

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It was supposed to be, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, “a great day for kids throughout our country.”  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the signing of the “Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act” on December 13, 2010 — ...
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City To Mosquitoes: Don’t Drop Dead

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In an op-ed in today’s New York Post, I explain why Mayor Bloomberg and his nanny-state health commissioner are putting New Yorkers at risk by failing to stand up to environmental activists who oppose the responsible use of low-concentration pesticides ...
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Debate on Organics is Over: The National Center was Right!

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Consider the National Center ahead of the curve… by more than 12 years! Two landmark reports were issued this week that cast doubt on the health and safety benefits used to cheerlead for organic foods over conventional foods and the ...
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National Center Commentary Helps Obama Official Win “Nanny of the Month”

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Plaudits go to the National Center’s Jeff Stier — director of our Risk Analysis Division — for his assist in getting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the “Nanny of the Month” award from Reason TV. The Sebelius award ...
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New Visions Commentary: EPA Regulations Take Peoples’ Breath Away, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

Primatene Mist is an over-the-counter (OTC) inhaler that has been used safely for over 50 years by millions of people coping with asthma. It was the only non-prescription inhaler available to the public before it was banned for sale by ...
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Government Watchdog Calls For Congressional Oversight Hearings To Investigate Illegal Federal Lobbying Grants

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Hundreds of Millions of Dollars In Federal Slush Funds Being Handed Out to Activists to Lobby Local Governments Washington, D.C./ New York, NY - The National Center for Public Policy Research today is calling on Congress to investigate Obama Administration ...
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