I should have tagged @altcdc.altgov.info

I will be fine. But people will die and this critical work to end the tobacco use problem became harder and less efficent. The tobacco companies may have won today, but I trust that states, communities, nonprofits, researchers, and advocates will prevail and eliminate commercial tobacco use.

Cigarettes are the only consumer product that when used correctly kills the user. If you’re worried about chemicals in cereal and food, wait until you find out about the 7,000 chemicals in cigarettes, including at least 69 known to cause cancer.

Despite our progrsss, tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death. Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year. Tobacco companies know we were closing in on them and they used their influence to eliminate this highly effective and efficient work at CDC.

We ran the National Youth Tobacco Survey, which is how we know that current tobacco use among HS students has declined dramatically over the last decade to 10.1% (cigarette smoking is at 1.7%!).. and how we know e-cigarettes the most common product used by kids. It’s how we monitor trends.

We provided funding to every state health department to run evidence-based public health programs that help adults quit and prevent kids from starting. We know that these programs are highly effective — states with strong tobacco control programs have seen a $50 return on every program $ spent.

Tobacco companies know we were closing in on them and they used their influence to eliminate this important, effective, and efficient work at CDC. Our media campaign (which was on the air today) saved an estimated $7.3 billion in smoking-related healthcare costs in its initial 6 years.

CDC’s tobacco program wasn’t eliminated to save money. Federal employee salaries are only about 4% of the Federal budget. The Office on Smoking & Health was eliminated BECAUSE our work is highly efficient and cost effective. Make no mistake that tobacco companies won today.

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Thanks! Great idea to put that together @mhef.bsky.social !

Here they are at a frisbee tournament. The springer spaniel puppy was watching frisbee while the seasoned and wiser pointer carefully watched for nearby birds.

Shocked that he is employed by a medical school.

My dog had a great time on this hike yesterday

Been reading you since I was a intern in DC 20 years ago. You’ll get followers back. Twitter is secondary.

100% him

Seems like Jeffrey Clark is going to “go through some things.”

Looks like Jama says 5 and NEJM says 6, so maybe I was a little low.

Anything over 4 total tables/figures seems unnecessary.