Handing tobacco regulation over to the FDA is an epic mistake, argues Patrick Basham in this timely, groundbreaking book. It is tantamount to giving the keys of the regulatory store to the niation's largest cigarette manufacturer, Philip Morris. The legislation's been cooked up out of public sight by Philip Morris, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Rep. Henry Waxman, and anti-tobacco lobbyists. Philip Morris outwitted this coalition of useful idiots at every turn. Philip Morris was ruthlessly successful in pursuing its interests, but the Useful Idiot Coalition consistently failed to further its own. Basham meticulously details how FDA regulation of tobacco serves Philip Morris corporate interest, not the public interest.
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Patrick Basham has taught tobacco regulation and other health policy courses at the Johns Hopkins University. He is founding director of the Democracy Institute, a politically independent think tank based in London and Washington DC. Basham previously served as a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he is currently an adjunct scholar. Prior to joining Cato, he served as founding director of the Social Affairs Center at the Fraser Institute, where he led the Institute s tobacco regulation research. He has written, lectured, and commentated extensively about regulation of the tobacco, food, and gambling industries, and is coauthor of the UK bestseller, Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Crusade, published by London s Social Affairs Unit. He wrote his Cambridge University doctorate on American politics. His articles have appeared in the British Medical Journal, the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, New York Post, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph, and The Independent. He is a political analyst on radio and TV, including the BBC, CNBC, Sky News, CTV News (Canada), and ABC Radio (Australia). Basham has presented his research before respective domestic and foreign government commissions and committees. He advises and lectures to corporations, political parties, interest groups, private organizations, and political candidates in North America, Western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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A Trick,
This review is from: Butt Out! How Philip Morris Burned Ted Kennedy, the FDA & the Anti-Tobacco Movement (Paperback)
Basham pretends that he is concerned about the public interest and opposed to the tobacco industry, but that is a ploy.
He used to work for the Cato Institute, whicgh gets funding from the tobacco industry and claims smoking is beneficial to health. He has ties to the Fraser Institute, a far right-wing organization in Canada which has falsely claimed secondhand smoke is not harmful. Recently he has been campaigning to prevent schools from giving children anti-smoking education.
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