Second Hand Information
A group calling itself Truth apparently gets a lot of free money to make anti-cigarette ads. (I'm not sure where they get the money, but I assume they don't earn it.)
Anyway, in the latest, they're outraged that the tobacco industry said ten years ago a glass or two of whole milk a day is worse for you than secondhand smoke.
I haven't done the research, but that claim sounds quite plausible. Does Truth have any evidence otherwise, or do they just think bluster is enough to win the day?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:15 AM
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The tobacco companies themselves fund the Truth campaign -- they do so as part of the big tobacco settlement from 10 years ago. The funds are administered by a commission called the American Legacy Foundation or Citizens to Protect the Truth or something really nobel sounding like that.
I'm not sure about the milk claim but in the past, the Truth campaign has exposed similar strategies tobacco companies once pursued. (My guess is that all their examples are culled from meeting records, memos, etc that must have been made public during the original lawsuit.)
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