tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post802878176284048694..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: That plain packaging studyChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-2285954610922056692013-07-29T18:06:35.283+01:002013-07-29T18:06:35.283+01:00The reason why tobacco companies strongly oppose t...The reason why tobacco companies strongly oppose the idea are obvious, but not in the way you think. Even Simon Chapman once accidentally told the truth about this...<br /><br />http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/prohibitionist-accidentally-tells-truth.html<br /><br /><br />Any industry would oppose having their intellectual property destroyed and I would be right behind them.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-20540180050958578902013-07-28T09:18:07.504+01:002013-07-28T09:18:07.504+01:00"The desperate rush of anti-smoking campaigne..."The desperate rush of anti-smoking campaigners to 'prove' the policy works before the real data surfaces suggests that they know it hasn't"<br /><br />One could as easily say that the desperate rush of tobacco companies to prevent these initiatives suggests that they know they would work. <br /><br />CricketIsLikeFishManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17366116835043390306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-64820267528089489442013-07-24T12:02:00.837+01:002013-07-24T12:02:00.837+01:00This reminds me of the panic to rush out Stockwell...This reminds me of the panic to rush out Stockwell's analysis of Canadian (not) minimum pricing (absence of) effect on alcohol problems earlier this year. Here we have a study of what is basically irrelevant information masquerading as showing plain packaging 'works'. It shows what suckers Govt and politicians are for confirmation bias. If people like Stockwell and Chapman really believe these studies mean anything like they say they do then they are suckers too. On the other hand, if they realise the work is basically irrelevant crap and use it to play to Govt stupidity they pose a serious problem for the rest of us, in that they pull the policy strings without ever being submitted to public scrutiny/approval.Vovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823050600809389492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-52812631155035769432013-07-24T05:18:50.364+01:002013-07-24T05:18:50.364+01:00Somebody didn't like this )
http://imgur.com/...Somebody didn't like this )<br /><br />http://imgur.com/i5tQLNQAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605251091163628730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-34454477171222572262013-07-23T14:45:53.674+01:002013-07-23T14:45:53.674+01:00One thing is puzzling me, and it's in regard t...One thing is puzzling me, and it's in regard to this:<br /><br />`<i>According to the survey, 57.1% of those smoking from branded packs were "seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months",</i>`<br /><br />Where on earth did they find a cohort where 57% of the subjects 'seriously'[1] wanted to quit to begin with? That seems abnormally high to me. <br /><br />Anyone any idea of the 'normal' percentage of smokers who 'seriously'[1] want to quit and if it bears any resemblance to the subjects selected for this piece of research?<br /><br /><br /><br />[1] As opposed to including the 'I supposed I would want to quit if I could be bothered' which seem to appear in the high 60-70% the CDC in the States seem to quote.PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-74627347056592224602013-07-23T14:37:22.268+01:002013-07-23T14:37:22.268+01:00I tried to leave a comment on the BMJ tobacco cont...I tried to leave a comment on the BMJ tobacco control blog - pointing out that the study contained no data on health outcomes nor smoking initiation (which plain packs were supposed to be about) yet they still headlined their piece 'Australian study shows cigarette plain packaging works'. Then a comment about EBM and 'public health' 'advocacy'.<br />Stone me - it didn't get past moderation.Vovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823050600809389492noreply@blogger.com