In the series of articles that compose this small book, Joseph Bast uses common sense, real science, and the (almost) lost art of critical thinking to refute and debunk the outlandish claims and comments made by anti-smoking fundamentalists and those who have found great profits in fueling the hysteria.
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About the Author
Joseph Bast is president and CEO of The Heartland Institute, a 22-year-old national nonprofit research center located in Chicago, Illinois. According to a recent telephone survey, among state elected officials The Heartland Institute is among the nation s best-known and most highly regarded think tanks. Bast is the coauthor of ten books, including Rebuilding America's Schools (1990), Why We Spend Too Much on Health Care (1992) Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism (1994) and Education & Capitalism (2003). His writing has appeared in the Phi Delta Kappan, Economics of Education Review, Wall Street Journal, Investor s Business Daily, The Cato Journal, USA Today, and many of the country s largest-circulation newspapers. Bast is publisher of five monthly newspapers with a combined circulation of nearly 200,000 copies. Those publications are titled School Reform News, Environment & Climate News, Health Care News, Budget & Tax News, and IT&T News. Bast has been recognized for his contributions to public policy research and debate, including being named one of The 88 to Watch in 1988 by the Chicago Tribune; recipient of the 1994 Roe Award from the State Policy Network; commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Paul E. Patton on June 19, 1996; corecipient of the 1996 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award; recipient of the 1998 Eagle Award from Eagle Forum, and recipient of the 2004 Champion of Liberty award from the Libertarian National Committee. He was elected a member of the Philadelphia Society in 2002. Prior to being hired as The Heartland Institute s first employee in 1984, Bast was coeditor of the bimonthly magazine Nomos, and studied economics as an undergraduate at The University of Chicago. He and his wife of 25 years, Diane, reside in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why Defend Smokers?,
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This review is from: Please Don't Poop in My Salad (Paperback)
Joseph L. Bast answers this question in "Please Don't Poop in My Salad". This entertaining and well organized book contains more than a dozen of his best essays. Each complete "coffee-break-length" article is memorable and supplies much thoughtful information through critical observations, objective reasoning and well documented examination of our society's Tobacco Control Crusades.
I had been very impressed with Joe Bast's editorials on the Heartland Institute's website prior to the publication of this book. He creates such a logical and often humorous perspective on smoking issues, allowing the reader to stand back a bit to objectively understand the bigger picture surrounding the currently volatile tobacco usage debate. Yet, he also reminds the reader of the real threat to the very foundations of our country's governmental and philosophical framework, should we continue to loose our constitutional rights. Through his articles, he explores every facet of the negative claims made by tobacco control crusaders. He calmly and rationally examines their carefully marketed and psychologically targeted reasoning by exposing the real history, economics, motivation and benefits for those promoting the movement to create a new age of tobacco prohibition. This examination also helps us to visualize the long range effects upon our life styles if these efforts should ever become successful. All readers should be able to share enjoyable hours of thoughtful discussions, based upon the contents of this unique book. So, read and re-read the essays, then share this book with others--smokers and non-smokers alike! Garnet Dawn Illinois Smokers Rights
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Introduction to exposing the junk behind the anti-smoking war,
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This is a great overview of what's wrong with the anti-smoking movement. It is also a great starting point for anybody that's clueless as to the manipulation and lies being fed to society about smoking and its true dangers. I do wish that Mr. Bast had cited sources in every essay to make independent research easier. For anyone who doesn't already know, you can find plenty of resources backing Mr. Bast's essays on www.forces.org. Mr. Bast writes very calmly and doesn't hide the ball (He tells you that he occasionally smokes and that Phillip Morris contributes a little money to the Heartland Institute). Anti-smoking fanatics hide the ball plenty and wouldn't dare release information that contradicts their cause. Oh yeah, and the guy who gave the book 1 star? He probably supports the anti-smoking movement and doesn't even own the book!
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This is the BEST book I have ever read. It is highly informative,
This review is from: Please Don't Poop in My Salad (Kindle Edition)
I love this book. There is no reason you should not like this book.. You wont be let down. BUY BUY BUY
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