Finally the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. I think everyone for their patience. We have a lot of votes on the senate floor. Reconvene this hearing. Of the extraordinary publichealth efforts that have driven down tobacco use and the enormous challenges that remain. The nation has made remarkable progress in the 50 years as the first Surgeon Generals report on smoking and health. That time does not carry has been cut by more than half. We have learned what works from smoke free workplace is to access to free Cessation Services from meaningful tobacco taxes to robust regulations to Media Campaigns led a wildly successful tips from a former smoker to commonsense marketing restrictions. We know what works. Yes, despite all these efforts and successes tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and the u. S. Let me repeat that. Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death in the u. S. Right now 16 million americans are
Because the one thing that im absolutely convinced of is that, yes, we confront a whole range of challenges from economic inequality and lack of opportunity to a criminal Justice System that too often is skewed in ways that are unproductive, to Climate Change to issues related to violence. All those problems are serious, theyre daunting but theyre not insoluble. President obamas event was with a group of college and high school students. In exchange with the only College Republican on stage, the former president talked about working across the aisle. Theres a lot of problems with our politics that begin at home. I think we blame politicses a lot for the failure of us of each of us to grasp each other. So you were a mentor when you were a new senator to ted lugger. Great guy. Ultimately lost his primary for that reason. Because he talked to me. Because people couldnt stand to see their member, you know, bridge a gap on a human level. Yeah. I think thats sad. Marco rubio said it well a c
Clinic demonstrations, podcasts, and TV shows: Hristio Boytchev reveals how an ambitious deal between a leading medical education provider and the tobacco industry collapsed this week
The medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International (PMI), The BMJ and The Examination have found. Medscape has acknowledged its “misjudgment” in a letter to complainants and says that it will not accept funding from any organisation affiliated with the tobacco industry in the future.
The move comes after a BMJ investigation revealed the PMI deal and widespread protests among doctors and academics in reaction to the partnership. Critics had said that the content tended to portray non-cigarette nicotine products as relatively harmless, therefore aligning with the commercial interests of PMI, which also sells e-cigarettes, nic
Medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International (PMI), The BMJ and The Examination have found.