Category: Health

Unintended Consequence of World No Tobacco Day: Public Health Undermined

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Thursday, May 31st is the World Health Organization’s World No Tobacco Day. Sounds like a good thing. The world would be a better place if nobody used tobacco. Few would disagree that the goal is unrealistic. But what is the ...
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National Center Welcomes First Amendment Lawsuits Filed Against Contraception Mandate

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy issued the following statement concerning the forty-three Catholic dioceses and organizations across the country that have announced religious liberty lawsuits against the federal government challenging the Obama administration's contraception mandate. "When ...
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Merck Executives to be Questioned About Company Lobbying for Unpopular, Unconstitutional ObamaCare Legislation at Annual Shareholder Meeting Tuesday

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Bridgewater, NJ / Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research plans to question Merck executives over the company's lobbying for the ObamaCare legislation Tuesday, May 22 at the company's annual shareholder meeting. National Center General Counsel Justin ...
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Merck Triples-Down on Liberalism, Continues to Support ObamaCare Despite Unpopularity and Legal Uncertainty

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Merck CEO Tells National Center for Public Policy Research His Firm Has no Structures in Place to Prevent it from Lobbying for Unconstitutional Legislation; Declines to Commit to Any Free-Market Health Care Reforms Bridgewater, NJ / Washington, D.C. - Today, ...
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Yum! Brands, Owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, to Face Questioning by Irate Conservatives at Annual Shareholder Meeting Thursday

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National Center for Public Policy Research to Reveal Results of New Poll Showing Public Response to Yum! Boycotting a Conservative Group at Request of Far Left Conservative Group Had Supported Voter ID New Poll Shows Yum! Reputation in Jeopardy, Situation ...
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National Center for Public Policy Research Presents Poll to Yum! Brands Showing Negative Public Response to Its Rejection of Conservative Group Over Voter ID

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Owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell also Faced Negative Backlash for Lobbying for Food Stamp Use in Fast Food Restaurants Other Corporations Also Caved In to Anti-Voter Petition Circulated by Tiny Far-Left Group, Face Similar Backlash Louisville, KY ...
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Bake Sale Ban Repealed: Freedom (and Cupcake) Lovers Win Quick Victory

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Conservative activists -- let's expand that to include all people of good sense -- won a rare quick victory in the "bake sale ban" controversy, which began Tuesday and ended Thursday with the administration of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick backing ...
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Obesity forecast is overblown

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In an op-ed in today’s Newsday, David Almasi and I explain why the obesity forecast in the news this week is overblown, and how it was choreographed to justify more nanny-state regulations. We wrote, Take those grim claims about a ...
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Massachusetts Bans the Bake Sale!

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On August 1, the only food that can legally be sold in Massachusetts public schools is food that is prepared or distributed by the school.  That means the era of the bake sale is over in the Bay State.  As ...
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FDA Dietary Regs Go Beyond Science and the Law

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In a piece today for Breitbart’s Big Government, I criticize the Food and Drug Administration for distorting both law and science. The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be the scientific arbiter concerning the safety of dietary supplements. Instead, ...
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