Category: Risk Analysis

New York City Council Considers Pro-Cigarette Legislation

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I'll be visiting with members of the New York City Council today. They are now considering a bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in New York City. My arguments against the proposal are laid out in an op-ed ...
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Observers, Press Kicked Out of United Nations Tobacco Conference in Moscow

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Observer Jeff Stier of National Center for Public Policy Research Says Secretive Conference Has Now Endorsed Policies that Will Lead to More Tobacco Smoking Washington, D.C. - Credentialed media and members of the public were kicked out of the United ...
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Danhof Defeats Hartmann in Radio Rumble Over GM Foods

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Watch as Justin Danhof, director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project takes on and soundly defeats liberal talk radio host Thom Hartmann on the issue of labeling genetically modified foods. Justin cited settled science and the obvious intent of ...
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National Center 3, Food Police, 0; General Mills Investors Reject Proposal Demanding Company Remove GM Ingredients from Products

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Famous Food Brand Urged to Promote Benefits and Promises of GMOs National Center Marks Third Major Victory Against Anti-GMO Movement in 2014 Washington, D.C. / Minneapolis, MN - At today's annual meeting of General Mills shareholders, the company's investors heeded ...
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General Mills Shareholders Urged to Reject GMO Food Proposal

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National Center for Public Policy Research Warns Food-Giant Investors of Proposal's High Costs, Scare Tactics and Pseudoscience Food Companies Urged to Stand Up for the Promise of GMOs Washington, D.C. / Minneapolis, MN - The National Center for Public Policy ...
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Bloomberg Anti-Smoking Campaign Has Been a Failure for Years: New Government Numbers Prove It

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Government Should Embrace, Not Demonize, E-Cigarettes to Help Smokers Quit Washington, D.C. / New York, NY - New York City smoking rates have gone up among adults, again, according to newly-released government numbers. "This failure in public policy provides the ...
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Opponents of E-Cigarettes “Neo-Puritan” in Refusing Science and Logic

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Despite a being a “boon” to public health that has won the approval of many health experts as a means of “reduc[ing] the harm from smoking,” there are still “entrenched” nanny state activists acting in a “neo-puritan” fashion who refuse ...
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Scientific Sanctimony and Sacrilege

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In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Alice has an enchanting exchange over math abilities with the Red and White Queens.  After much consternation, Alice hopes to turn the tables on them with her own inquiry: “Can you do sums?”  ...
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Nanny State Sodium Suggestions Could Actually Harm People

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Consumer rejection of allegedly healthier French fries at Burger King and new medical findings that a low sodium diet may be as unhealthy as high sodium diet created what Sun News host Brian Lilley called a “bad week for food ...
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Raising Taxes on Certain Foods, Drinks Does Little to Fight Obesity

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In an op-ed in Saturday’s Houston Chronicle, I challenge the claims being used to justify a wave of soda taxes rolling across Latin America. I also explain how this could impact the potential for taxes in the United States. What ...
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