Lots of detailed explanations exist. Some very highly technical, we shall try to include the most readily understood to commence this entry

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement General Commentary and Background]

[https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/smoke-what-happened-tobacco-master-settlement-agreement-money Up in Smoke]

[https://gsthr.org/report/2020/burning-issues/chapter-5 GSTHR]

=[https://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2019/05/vaping-lost-tobacco-revenue.html lost tobacco revenue]=

2020-12-29T01:39:06Z

Alan Beard:

Allen Carr 'Easyway' enjoys many devoted supporters as a method to Quit Smoking unaided, Quitting 'Cold -Turkey' is the gold standard for some hard-liners in Tobacco Control, thus Easyway would satisfy that clique.

The claim is that 'Easyway has helped 50 million Smokers Worldwide [https://www.allencarr.com/ cease Smoking]

'Easyway' has just announced a partnership with WHO:- Allen Carr's Easyway Partners With the World Health Organisation for a Global Year-long Campaign to Support More Than 100 Million People as They 'Commit to Quit' Smoking https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/allen-carr-s-easyway-partners-with-the-world-health-organisation-for-a-global-year-long-campaign-to-support-more-than-100-million-people-as-they-commit-to-quit-smoking-806429693.html?fbclid=IwAR3Kb9gvi7NUroMGE7CEN9fdjT1xA52LAQOK9YsQklsBF5FhXzEmnym5QL0

It should be noted that an RCT exists, [[ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/014556131709600701|Randomized, Controlled Trial Using Best-Selling Smoking-Cessation Book]] that did not find that 'Easyway' was particularly, if at all effective

A RCT exists that is altogether more [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/28/4/414.full.pdf positive]

Another very recent 2020 entry [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14897 Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: a randomized controlled trial] is also positive.

A much older appraisal of 'Easyway' exists, produced by Dr.Jonathan Foulds is shown

In general, we would summarise that Allen Carr Easyway is another quitting method that enjoys a good measure of popularity, however, where it fits in this perceptive summary from Dr. Foulds ''Generally speaking, a 1-year quit rate above 10% is not bad, 20% is very good, and 25% is awesome'' is debatable, wild unsubstantiated claims of 80% success rates are simply not achieved.

Allen Carr

2020-12-29T00:47:51Z

Alan Beard:

Allen Carr

2020-12-29T00:30:58Z

Alan Beard:

Allen Carr 'Easyway' enjoys many devoted supporters as a method to Quit Smoking unaided, 'Cold -Turkey' is the gold standard for some hard-liners in Tobacco Control thus Easyway would satisfy that clique.

The claim is that 'Easyway has helped 50 million Smokers Worldwide [https://www.allencarr.com/ cease Smoking]

'Easyway' has just announced a partnership with WHO:- Allen Carr's Easyway Partners With the World Health Organisation for a Global Year-long Campaign to Support More Than 100 Million People as They 'Commit to Quit' Smoking https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/allen-carr-s-easyway-partners-with-the-world-health-organisation-for-a-global-year-long-campaign-to-support-more-than-100-million-people-as-they-commit-to-quit-smoking-806429693.html?fbclid=IwAR3Kb9gvi7NUroMGE7CEN9fdjT1xA52LAQOK9YsQklsBF5FhXzEmnym5QL0

It should be noted that an RCT exists, [[ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/014556131709600701|Randomized, Controlled Trial Using Best-Selling Smoking-Cessation Book]] that did not find that 'Easyway' was particularly, if at all effective

A RCT exists that is altogether more [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/28/4/414.full.pdf positive]

A much older appraisal of 'Easyway' exists, produced by Dr.Jonathan Foulds is shown

In general, we would summarise that Allen Carr Easyway is another quit method that enjoys a good measure of popularity, however, where it fits in this perceptive summary ''Generally speaking, a 1 year quit rate above 10% is not bad, 20% is very good, and 25% is awesome'' is debatable, wild unsubstantiated claims of 80% success rates are simply not achieved.

2020-12-27T16:36:32Z

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Tom Friedman

2020-12-27T15:24:20Z

Alan Beard:

Over a lengthy period of time in roles such as

===New York City Health Commissioner, 2002 to 2009===


===CDC Director, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, 2009–2017===


Friedman has had a major impact on combustible tobacco Smoking policy along with opposition to Safer Nicotine Products, heavily influenced throughout, by his former employer the Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg with whom Friedman shares the same vision of a nicotine-free future.

In its excellent [https://casaa.org/education/vaping/historical-timeline-of-electronic-cigarettes/ History of Vaping] Casaa uncovered this

''U.S. Inspector General's office issued an "Early Alert" letter to Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding whether the CDC was illegally using federal funds tied to wellness programs to encourage local communities to adopt a bevy of tobacco restrictions. (Original letter extracted from a file found on the CauseOfAction.org site, the full file which can be downloaded here.)'' see the letter [https://www.casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/6-29-12-letter-from-HHS-Office-Inspector-General-to-CDC.pdf here] This is just the tip of a very large iceberg, where CDC routinely advances negative propaganda towards all nicotine products, invariably with greater emphasis on the safer nicotine variety, rather than on the vastly more harmful combustible variant.

Tom Friedman

2020-12-27T15:22:53Z

Alan Beard:

Over a lengthy period of time in roles such as

===New York City Health Commissioner, 2002 to 2009===


===CDC Director, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, 2009–2017===


Friedman has had a major impact on combustible tobacco Smoking policy along with opposition to Safer Nicotine Products, heavily influenced throughout, by his former employer the Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg with whom Friedman shares the same vision of a nicotine-free future.

In its excellent [https://casaa.org/education/vaping/historical-timeline-of-electronic-cigarettes/ History of Vaping] Casaa uncovered this

''U.S. Inspector General's office issued an "Early Alert" letter to Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding whether the CDC was illegally using federal funds tied to wellness programs to encourage local communities to adopt a bevy of tobacco restrictions. (Original letter extracted from a file found on the CauseOfAction.org site, the full file which can be downloaded here.)'' see the letter [https://www.casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/6-29-12-letter-from-HHS-Office-Inspector-General-to-CDC.pdf here] This is just the tip of a very large iceberg, where CDC routinely advances negative propaganda towards all nicotine products, invariably with greater emphasis on the safer nicotine variety,rather than on the vastly more harmful combustible variety.

Tom Friedman

2020-12-27T15:21:27Z

Alan Beard:

Over a lengthy period of time in roles such as

===New York City Health Commissioner, 2002 to 2009===


===CDC Director, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, 2009–2017===


Friedman has had a major impact on combustible tobacco Smoking policy along with opposition to Safer Nicotine Products, heavily influenced throughout, by his former employer the Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg with whom Friedman shares the same vision of a nicotine-free future.

In its excellent [https://casaa.org/education/vaping/historical-timeline-of-electronic-cigarettes/ History of Vaping] Casaa uncovered this

''U.S. Inspector General's office issued an "Early Alert" letter to Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding whether the CDC was illegally using federal funds tied to wellness programs to encourage local communities to adopt a bevy of tobacco restrictions. (Original letter extracted from a file found on the CauseOfAction.org site, the full file which can be downloaded here.)'' see the letter [https://www.casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/6-29-12-letter-from-HHS-Office-Inspector-General-to-CDC.pdf here] This is just the tip of a very large iceberg where CDC routinely advances negative propaganda towards all nicotine products, invariably with greater emphasis on the safer nicotine variety than on the vastly more harmful combustible variety

Tom Friedman

2020-12-27T14:46:33Z

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Michael Bloomberg

2020-12-26T06:39:49Z

Alan Beard: /* More Information */

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg], ex-Mayor of New York, has devoted much of his time and fortune to anti-smoking campaigns. In September 2019, his philanthropic arm made a $160 million [https://www.bloomberg.org/press/releases/bloomberg-philanthropies-launches-new-160-million-program-end-youth-e-cigarette-epidemic/ three-year commitment] to anti-vaping campaigns with goals including enacting bans of all flavored e-cigarettes. While this endeavour is led by [[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]], his funding and influence are not confined to the United States.

==More Information==

[https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]

===[https://www.facebook.com/groups/notimpressedmrb We're not impressed Mr. B]===
*Collection on Facebook about M. Bloomberg. The majority of the posts have something to do with nicotine.

=== [https://reason.com/2019/09/11/michael-bloombergs-anti-vaping-crusade-is-objectively-pro-tobacco/ Michael Bloombergs anti-vaping crusade is objectively pro tobacco]===
*The billionaire busybody is pushing bans on flavored e-cigarettes that offer a harm-reducing alternative to smoking.

Talk:Institute for Global Tobacco Control

2020-12-25T11:20:19Z

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I cannot seem to be able to edit my original to include these 2 links

1 =<a href="https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/">https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/</a>

2 =https://twitter.com/IGTC_Hopkins/status/1342425057319120897?s=20

Institute for Global Tobacco Control

2020-12-25T11:13:30Z

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This is yet another organisation funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which proudly claim to have trained over 2000 professionals since 2007

Details here and here

Current Impactful Studies

2020-12-23T18:05:37Z

Alan Beard:

Tom Miller

2020-12-19T09:28:51Z

Alan Beard:

=Is a serving US. politician, currently as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Miller_(politician) Iowa Attorney General]=

He was actively involved in the establishment of the Master Settlement Agreement and has been a fierce and determined critic of the Tobacco Industry over many years.

In parallel, he has written extensively on the need for a Harm Reduction Approach, a recent offering demonstrates this
[https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305688#.X85dJ5Xe2Vg.twitter Home American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) June 2020The Harm-Reduction Quandary of Reducing Adult Smoking While Dissuading Youth Initiation]

Other recent examples of his pragmatic approach are contained in this [https://admin.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/Gottlieb_letter_122017_C8BCE0EC903B8.pdf letter to the then head of the FDA Scott Gottlieb]

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