| name | Campaign for "Tobacco-Free" Kids |
|---|---|
| url | archive:201908:tobaccofreekids.org |
| class | lobby corp |
| category | disinformation TC |
| funding | $60,935,614, RJWF/TMSA/TFAF/etc. |
| association | TI, Bloomberg |
| fronts | PAVe, TakeAPartNow, INWAT, ... |
| bloomberg ties | ample |
| motivation | TMSA preservation/expansion |
| science aversion | 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 |
| public discourse | 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧 |
Indistinguishable from satire.
But this is a serious corporate lobbying organization, symptomatic of the US healthcare system. It doesn't come anywhere close to Big Oil or BigT they're projecting to topple. Later funded/born out of T-MSA, CTFK devolved out of COSH a coop from ACS/ALA/AMA/AHA In their pledge to fight tobacco use, they resorted to swaths of half-truths (intentional), thereby abdicating all credibility. Their scoping constraint conveniences misalignment with population health considerations.
Which has prolonged (unintenionally) the demise of overall prevalence, or regulatory activity; but still brought it down to one of the lowliest levels worldwide. Which is why you might charitably say: their strategy worked out apt in US context / on American teenagers. And would make a rational explanation for their science-proofed fretting over e-cigarettes - which, quick reminder: accelerated smoking decline. But from their assumed tunnel view, might well threaten all scare-based accomplishments.
We don't live in a disjoint world however. And their activities had repercussions (=EC) on the smoking prevalence elsewhere (EVALI). And neither the most charitable interpretation allows ignoring their poisoning of public, scientific and regulatory discourse. Particular during a pandemic and trust in public health at an all-time low. (Doesn't occur in a void.)
The litany
- EVALI🟥:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201029232121/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2019_08_23_e-cigarettes
- Interesting turn of phrase "lung illnesses", unclear if historic habit or obfuscatory term
- flavour-fallacy (been working on this since 2012, see FDA/CDC/Brian co-release 2016, also do claim-vs-reality.odt from doctored screenshots)
- t-i equiv
- redefine tobacco as nicotine addiction
- Opposing 18+ restrictions (2018)
- …
See also:
quick score
Again, unreliable text detection still (regex-only, completely missing gateway claims, excessive false positives in t-i score). Just to get an estimate on probable framing:
| popcorn-news | 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 |
| tobacco-industry | 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 |
| antivax-rhetoric | 🟧 |
| vaping-epidemic | 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 |
| flavour-fallacy | 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 |
| nicotine-addiction | 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 🟧 |
| gateway-hypothesis | 🟧 |
| brain-damage | 🟧 🟧 |
| EVALI | 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 |
website spree
| 2019.digitaladvocacycenter.com | 2014-12-19 |
| 25years.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| californiafightsflavors.org | 2019-11-21 |
| demo-toolkit.advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| dev.takedowntobacco.org | 2019-12-03 |
| dev.tobaccocontrollaws.org | 2009-03-17 |
| digitaladvocacycenter.com | 2014-12-19 |
| eval.advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| fightallflavors.org | 2019-09-24 |
| flavorshookkidschicago.org | 2020-03-27 |
| flavorshookkidsct.org | 2020-03-04 |
| flavorshookkidsdenver.org | 2020-05-05 |
| flavorshookkidsmd.org | 2020-01-23 |
| flavorshookkidsmontana.org | 2020-04-09 |
| flavorshookkidsnj.org | 2019-10-16 |
| flavorshookkidsnyc.org | 2019-02-21 |
| flavorshookkidswa.org | 2020-01-14 |
| helpdesk.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| help.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| htpwiki.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| ilc.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| inwat.org | 1998-03-27 |
| kickbuttsday.org | 1997-01-20 |
| laravel.advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| liquid.tfk.org | 2000-02-09 |
| montanakidsvsbigtobacco.org | 2020-04-15 |
| new.kickbuttsday.org | 1997-01-20 |
| production.advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| quitforcovid.org | 2020-03-31 |
| rschampions.org | 2021-01-05 |
| saboresqueenganchanphoenix.org | 2021-04-06 |
| sandiegansvsbigtobacco.org | 2021-06-24 |
| sanjosefightsflavors.org | 2021-02-19 |
| savenyckids.org | 2013-04-11 |
| shoptobaccofree.org | 2014-05-30 |
| smokefreekentucky.com | 2009-09-01 |
| smokefreetexas.org | 2006-03-19 |
| stopmarlboro.org | 2015-04-10 |
| takeapartwiki.tobaccofreekids.org | 1996-07-12 |
| takedowntobacco.org | 2019-12-03 |
| takingdowntobacco.org | 2016-09-20 |
| taxation.digitaladvocacycenter.com | 2014-12-19 |
| tcchampions.org | 2020-06-11 |
| test.tobaccocontrollaws.org | 2009-03-17 |
| texas21.org | 2016-07-14 |
| tobaccocontrollaws.org | 2009-03-17 |
| tobaccofreeaction.org | 2004-07-01 |
| tobaccofreebaseball.org | 2011-01-11 |
| toolkit.advocacyincubator.org | 2014-08-26 |
| training.digitaladvocacycenter.com | 2014-12-19 |
| worldnotobaccodayafrica.org | 2013-05-29 |
| yestoprotectkids.org | 2021-03-12 |
| youthengagementalliance.org | 2013-04-29 |
Someone should have a word with PIR, btw.