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Big Tobacco joins breast cancer industry to launch new pink ribbon cigarettes (parody) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: (NewsTarget parody) big tobacco has joined forces with the breast cancer industry in the launch of its newest product aimed at raising money for breast cancer research: "Pink ribbon" SlimSmokes cigarettes for women. For every pack of cigarettes sold, the manufacturer pledges to donate two cents to breast cancer research. "We aim to raise money to help find a cure for breast cancer," said Yin Hailing, spokesperson for Phillip Porous, the maker of pink ribbon SlimSmokes cigarettes. "Because the longer our best customers live, the more they can smoke!

Big Tobacco and Big Pharma: same tactics, different chemicals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There was a big tobacco settlement a few years ago where the states got involved, and I think there is just such a lawsuit coming against the pharmaceutical companies. I think the pharmaceutical companies have dug their own grave. They have over-hyped, over-promoted, over-prescribed, over-pushed, and over-advertised all these prescription drugs. As a result, they now have over 40 percent of the population taking drugs.

With big tobacco we saw the suppression of studies that said nicotine was addictive, or of studies linking the inhalation of tobacco smoke to lung cancer. In the pharmaceutical industry, we see even worse distortions of clinical studies. We see studies that are designed to minimize the appearance of negative risks associated with these drugs, such as heart attacks, stroke, mental disorders, suicide attempts, and violent behavior. Even after studies are completed, the results are highly distorted as well. Drug companies pick and choose which studies they want to publish.

That is, of course, another similarity between big tobacco and Big Pharma: they both use direct-to-consumer advertising to create demand for their products. For many years, tobacco companies sponsored sporting events; in fact, they still attempt to sponsor many sporting events. In the pharmaceutical industry, we see heavy magazine and television advertising, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent lobbying doctors, buying them gifts, trips (to Hawaii, believe it or not), air tickets, and stays in luxurious resorts.

Just say no to prescription drugs For the rest of us, we can cause the vanishing of both big tobacco and Big Pharma by simply not purchasing their products. We can go somewhere else, we can do something different. We can use homeopathic remedies or acupuncture to treat our acute systems. We can use nutritional healing and lifestyle changes to prevent chronic disease so that we don't become a patient in the first place.

Big Pharma = big-time poverty Getting back to the main point of this, which is big tobacco and Big Pharma, we were talking about why people work for these organizations when these organizations are actually doing such evil, or engaging in the creation of such pain and suffering, and even death. Here in the United States, we're also talking about economic poverty created by both of these companies. Tobacco companies make people poor, because they hook them on a product that's expensive to buy; and they have to keep buying it, because they're addicted to it.

Doctors, American Medical Association hawked cigarettes as healthy for consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Both the AMA and individual doctors sided with big tobacco for decades after the deleterious effects of smoking were proven. Medical historians have tracked this relationship in great detail, examining internal documents from tobacco companies and their legal counsel and public relations advisers. The overarching theme of big tobacco's efforts was to keep alive the appearance of a "debate" or "controversy" of the health effects of cigarette smoking. The first research to make a statistical correlation between cancer and smoking was published in 1930 in Cologne, Germany. In 1938, Dr.

Big Tobacco racketeering charges mirror pharmaceutical industry crimes Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

But what's most intriguing about this effort to prosecute big tobacco for racketeering is that the racketeering charges almost perfectly describe the behavior of Big Pharma (drug companies) today.

Justice Department is going after big tobacco, then Big Pharma should be next in line for federal prosecution. Their crimes are almost identical. Without a doubt, tobacco companies have no place in a civilized society. Their products kill people, and they are deceptively created and marketed in a way that ignores public safety in order to generate profits. But prescription drugs are no different. They are deceptively created and marketed to virtually the entire population, even while they are harming the very people they claim to be helping.

The new rules of imperialism: Economic warfare, consumer products and disease exports Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The huge push of big tobacco into Asia, for example, is the result of support by "world trade" proponents who threatened to impose trade sanctions against Asian nations if they tried to ban cigarette advertising. Today, more than a third of Chinese men are addicted to cigarettes, generating billions in annual profits for big tobacco companies who are right now producing more Chinese casualties than any war in China's long history.

Big Tobacco racketeering charges mirror pharmaceutical industry crimes Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is a crime against humanity, and just like the crimes committed by big tobacco, the Big Pharma racketeering crimes will not be tolerated forever.

Study "Disproving" Mercury-Autism Link Published in Journal with Financial Ties to Vaccine Manufacturers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If all that sounds familiar, it's because drug companies are playing the same game with science today that big tobacco played decades ago: Influence the science, bury the bad news and propagandize the good news. It's the oldest play in the spin book, and Big Pharma has patterned it perfectly from big tobacco. You see, the relevant question in this discussion is not simply whether mercury-containing vaccines cause autism. The question at hand is whether we can even trust the "science" being conducted on this subject.

Big Tobacco racketeering charges mirror pharmaceutical industry crimes Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And it's the same marketing strategy as Big Tobacco: if you mess up these kids' brains at a young enough age, you'll have a customer for life! And one of the fastest ways to create a psychotic adult is to dose a child with Ritalin and SSRI drugs for as long as possible. That's exactly what's going on today, and the drug companies continue to push for the heavy use of mind-altering drugs in our nation's youth. Suppressed evidence to keep documents out of the public realm and litigation: The drug companies have done this on numerous occasions.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

I think collectively food and obesity are going to be the next big tobacco," asserts John Banzhaf III, who pioneered lawsuits against the tobacco industry and led the fight to remove cigarette advertising from TV. "But it's going to happen more quickly, with a time compression," adds Banzhaf, a professor of legal activism at George Washington University Law School. Tobacco litigation pioneer Richard Daynard also is optimistic that such Big Food lawsuits could succeed.

Insiders are now struck by the similarities between what once faced big tobacco and what now faces Big Sugar. "Saying that all these heavily sweetened drinks or foods cannot harm you is the moral equivalent of the tobacco industry claiming for decades that their products had no causal relationship to heart disease or cancer," laments one knowledgeable source, who desired anonymity for fear of reprisal in the workplace. It's Not Nice to Fool Consumers: The Legal Volleys Begin Not surprisingly, while I was writing this book, experts told me about a dozen legal volleys (i.e.

Disease-promoting ingredients in everyday foods and groceries are far more dangerous than terrorists Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's quite similar to the situation with big tobacco. Cigarette companies weren't trying to kill people, they were just trying to make a buck. It was the side effect of their product that caused lung cancer, emphysema and cardiovascular disease. Frankly, that was an unintended side effect. big tobacco would have much preferred to eliminate the toxic side effects of their products as long as they could preserve the addictive quality of nicotine.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Lawyers Shift Focus from big tobacco to Big Food." New York Times, April 9, 2004. http://query.nytimes.eom/gst/f ullpage.html?sec=health8cres= 9805E6DF1238F93AA35757C0A9629C8B63. CHAPTER 8: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: SUGAR, SEX, AND POLITICS Adams, Mike. "The Food Industry Denies Links Between Foods, Nutrition, and Health: Bad Science Meets Aggressive Marketing." August 7, 2004. http://newstarget.com/001693.html. Altria Group. "About Altria: Overview." Altria Group is the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris International, Philip Morris USA, and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.

Then, there's the addiction argument, fueled by the fact that compelling new evidence has been pouring in (as I'll discuss in chapter 9) suggesting that, like big tobacco, manufacturers of processed, sweet desserts and fast foods may be making their foods just too darn "palatable"—a word that to most people means "I just can't get enough of it." In fact, new research indicates that some formulations from food companies may interfere with our satiety signals so that, as a result, we eat more than we want or need.

CHAPTER 7: IS "BIG SUGAR" THE NEXT "BIG TOBACCO"? "American Morning: Cereal Lawsuit," aired on CNN on March 30, 2005, 07:30 ET. http:// transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0503/30/ltm.03.html. Applebee's Restaurant. "Applebee's Launches New Weight Watchers Menu in 1,600 Restaurants." Press release, May 17, 2004. http://www.applebees.com/MediaPressRelease.aspx?id=6. Arizona Daily Star. "Smucker's Misleads Its Spread, Suit Claims." http://www.dailystar.com/daily star/relatedarticles/31286.php. BanTransFats.com. "Plaintiffs' Press Release on Settlement of McDonald's Trans Fat Litigation.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

But NASCAR officials quickly found other major sponsors to fill the space left by big tobacco. In 2004 race fans saw the No. 6 Viagra Ford go up against the No. 18 Wellbutrin Chevrolet. In other words, it was prescription-enhanced sex competing against prescription-enhanced happiness. Parents could now clothe their children in No. 6 Viagra leather jackets. They could give them toy race cars, in either the Viagra or Wellbutrin models. There were Viagra beach towels and posters and even a fuzzy Viagra teddy bear. The drug companies also copied some of RJR's direct marketing techniques.

The Secret History of the War on Cancer Devra Davis See book keywords and concepts

Other, larger industries, following Big Tobacco's lead, continue to use a combination of deceptive advertising, sophisticated scientific spin and strongarm politics, and have been even more successful: they remain mostly unscathed to this day.8 Scientists who tackled industrial causes of cancer often found themselves facing subtle and sometimes not so subtle warnings. Those who resisted pressure to back off often found their funding cut.9 In some cases, scientific research was stopped in its tracks, and many careers, like Hueper's, were derailed.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

We'll cover the big tobacco comparisons soon, in the next chapter.) "Self-regulation by corporations has clearly failed. Corporations should not be the guardians of public health," adds Linn, associate director of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Let's look now at some shocking marketing statistics: The food industry spends at least $15 billion a year targeting children, according to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC).

Eli Lilly knew Prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If all this sounds familiar, it is: big tobacco used the same stonewalling efforts in its ongoing denials that cigarettes were harmful to health (or even addictive, if you can believe that). Today, Big Pharma looks a whole lot like Big Tobacco: corporate greed, massive cover-ups, and hundreds of thousands of people dying each year from the use of their products. One more thing: there are still tens of thousands of brainwashed physicians willing to prescribe all these dangerous drugs to you. And if the brainwashing wasn't enough, the kickbacks certainly are.

Why health freedom will ultimately overcome Big Pharma mischief and FDA corruption (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

What you're witnessing today with Codex, the FDA, drug companies and legislators around the world is simply the last desperate wave of convulsions from an industry that will soon follow in the footsteps of big tobacco to a well-deserved fall from power. Remember: for decades, doctors and the American Medical Association actually promoted tobacco as good for your health. Times change. And changes sweep through society faster now than ever before. Things are trending in a positive direction on issues like natural health, sustainable living and organics.

The new rules of imperialism: Economic warfare, consumer products and disease exports Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Today, more than a third of Chinese men are addicted to cigarettes, generating billions in annual profits for big tobacco companies who are right now producing more Chinese casualties than any war in China's long history. Western medicine is also invading the continents around the world, bringing its expensive, heartless and corporate-controlled system of medicine to nations who were actually far healthier, happier and more financially solvent before America showed up with all its patented chemicals.

Doctors, American Medical Association hawked cigarettes as healthy for consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The overarching theme of big tobacco's efforts was to keep alive the appearance of a "debate" or "controversy" of the health effects of cigarette smoking. The first research to make a statistical correlation between cancer and smoking was published in 1930 in Cologne, Germany. In 1938, Dr. Raymond Pearl of Johns Hopkins University reported that smokers do not live as long as non-smokers. The tobacco industry dismissed these early findings as anecdotal -- but at the same time recruited doctors to endorse cigarettes.

Big Medicine is the modern version of big tobacco, and over the last several decades, the American Medical Association has proudly supported both cigarettes and pharmaceuticals. In my opinion, the AMA is indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans -- not just from pushing cigarettes but also for continuing to push dangerous pharmaceuticals while discrediting nearly everything in natural medicine or alternative medicine.

Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary Dangers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

A decade after the scientific evidence was irrefutable, of course, but then again, the AMA was making money off big tobacco by running tobacco ads in JAMA...) What is "processed meat" exactly? A woman asked me this question at a recent live event where I was warning the audience about the dangers of chemicals found in popular grocery products. Frankly, I was surprised to hear the question. But I've since learned that many people really don't know the difference between processed meat and non-processed meat ("fresh" meat).

It's no surprise, of course: big tobacco insisted that cigarettes aren't really bad for your health and that nicotine isn't addictive, either. No industry is really willing to admit that its products are hazardous to human health, and the processed meat industry is no exception. To protect yourself from these dangerous processed food products, here are the action steps to take: 1) Check the ingredients of all processed meat products in your refrigerator and pantry. Throw out any products containing sodium nitrite or MSG (monosodium glutamate).

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