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After decades fighting Big Tobacco, Cliff Douglas now leads a foundation funded by his former adversaries

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/13/cliff-douglas-tobacco-control-philip-morris-international-funding/?utm_campaign=rss

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🧵 is everywhere, especially because of right-wing politicians.

But all of the tactics at use in the internet age have a history, one that begins with and continues straight through to .

Can learning the history provide hope for the present? I think so.

This thread is a summary of my latest "Theory of Change" episode, a discussion with Salon climate change writer, Matthew Rozsa:

https://plus.flux.community/p/todays-disinformation-economy-was

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When the natural gas industry used the playbook from Big Tobacco

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1981166

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Utilities Have Been Lying to us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/utilities-lying-gas-stoves-health-risks/
They took a page out of Big Tobacco’s playbook, a new investigation confirms.

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Like a stopped clock, is right very so often, and on his plans for the progressive banning of , I think he is right.... but as I've said before, I assume he ran the idea past his chums in first & they confirmed they think their future is in !

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If is considering a progressive ban on the purchase of & thereby moving towards making illegal, one can only presume that his chums lobbying for the industry now feel that their employers () have a handle on alternative income streams - perhaps?

But, one thing is for sure Rushi would not have floated such a proposal without first checking with his advisors (who in turn would have checked with the lobbyists & those they represent!)

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Big Tobacco has abused Black lives for far too long. The FDA can help by ending the scourge of menthol.

https://thegrio.com/2023/09/22/big-tobacco-has-abused-black-lives-for-far-too-long-the-fda-can-help-by-ending-the-scourge-of-menthol/

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