The rest of the story is that by lying to thepublic, Senator Blumenthal has introduced politics into the debate anddemonstrated that Congress remains clearly in touch with political motives, notscience-based public health ones.

Unfortunately, the 2014 Surgeon General's report has left readers unaware of possible industry influences, as it has failed to disclose the pharmaceutical industry ties of many of its authors. And it is not difficult to estimate the extent to which pharmaceutical industry-generated research activities have influenced scientific thinking regarding the effects of smoking cessation drugs and nicotine's therapeutic (cessation) applications.

What is most disturbing to me about this story is that there is clearly no room for a difference in opinion in the tobacco control movement about certain dogmatic elements of the field. You can't express disagreement without facing personal attack, no matter how well you support your argument with scientific evidence. Like a religion, you can't challenge the gospel-like nature of movement's mantra without being viewed as a heretic.

According to an in the Philadelphia Inquirer: "The tax, anticipated to bring in $1.6 million per week, could raise $45 million this year and $83 million in the first full year. The Philadelphia School District has a $93 million budget deficit."

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