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Paul Herring: /* Tobacco Control screams */

2017-09-14T14:16:27Z

Tobacco Control screams

Paul Herring: /* Tobacco Industry screams */

2017-09-14T07:12:26Z

Tobacco Industry screams

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In every-day life, the [[Scream test]] is the withdrawal of something seen as extraneous to see if its absence is noticed, typically by someone screaming about it going missing<ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scream%20test&defid=2785231 Scream test] - Urban Dictionary</ref>, or if you want to find out who's responsible for something but can't find out:

{{quote|The first solution to the problem gave me reason to stop and read more of the post. I found the solution, “the [[scream test]]”, to be somewhat funny and surprising, yet at the same time, terrifying.

The [[scream test]] was the most recommended solution [to find out which processes were populating a database table]. As comical as it sounds, the person responding advised the DBA to "lockdown the table and wait for the screams." <ref>[http://www.in-com.com/Blog/tabid/216/post/scream-test-one-dba-s-solution-for-database-impact-analysis/Default.aspx Scream Test: One DBAs Solution for Database Impact Analysis] - IN-COM Data Systems</ref>}}

== Tobacco Industry screams ==
It has more recently been rediscovered and adopted by the Tobacco Control Industry. Here's [[Simon Chapman]] discussing, in 2013, the Tobacco Industry's vociferous reaction to the proposal to introduce [[plain packaging]] in Australia:

{{quote|In tobacco control we call these reactions ‘the [[scream test]]’ of policy potency. We’re amused when the industry supports anodyne, useless campaigns like these. And we know we’re on the right track when they behave as they did over plain packaging.<ref>[http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/11/25/simon-chapman-honoured-as-skeptic-of-the-year-a-good-time-to-look-back-on-the-historic-tobacco-plain-packaging-campaign/ Simon Chapman honoured as Skeptic of the Year: a good time to look back on the historic tobacco plain packaging campaign] - Crikey</ref>}}

== Tobacco Control screams ==
More recently however, there has been cause to apply this to the Tobacco Control Industry over the Royal College of Physicians report<ref>[https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/rcp-statement-e-cigarettes RCP statement on e-cigarettes] - Royal College of Physicians</ref> that [[ecigs]]

* Weren't a gateway to smoking
* Didn't normalise smoking
* Helped smokers to quit smoking<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/e-cigarettes-much-safer-than-smoking-doctors-report-says-1.2627719 E-cigarettes ‘much safer than smoking’, doctors report says] - The Irish Times</ref>

However, according to The Irish Minister for Children [[Dr. James Reilly]], and the [[Irish Cancer Society]], the RCP are full of it, andtheir report can be safely ignored "until more research is carried out," (conveniently ignoring all the current research that doesn't agree with their attitude that [[ecigs]] cause cancer and aren't less harmful than cigarettes.)

{{quote|The Irish Cancer Society has said it cannot recommend e-cigarettes to help people stop smoking until further research is carried out into the long-term health implications.

[...]

Responding, the Irish cancer charity said that while it recognised e-cigarettes were safer than tobacco, it could not recommend them for use as a smoking cessation device until further research was carried out.

[...]

Minister for Children Dr James Reilly said he was “very concerned” about e-cigarettes.

“We didn’t have sufficient information and I didn’t want the ‘perfect’ to get in the way of the ‘good’ in relation to including that in the legislation,” Dr Reilly said.

“But the evidence is starting to pile up now that this is a serious problem.”

Dr Reilly said he was concerned that e-cigarettes could become a “gateway” to traditional nicotine consumption. “I don’t want to undermine anything we’re doing by not having good, strong evidence, well-researched. I know that there are people in America very concerned about this.”<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/irish-cancer-society-cannot-recommend-e-cigarettes-1.2628135 Irish Cancer Society ‘cannot recommend’ e-cigarettes] - The Irish Times</ref>}}

==References==
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	{{quote\|In tobacco control we call these reactions ‘the [[scream test]]’ of policy potency. We’re amused when the industry supports anodyne, useless campaigns like these. And we know we’re on the right track when they behave as they did over plain packaging.<ref>[http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/11/25/simon-chapman-honoured-as-skeptic-of-the-year-a-good-time-to-look-back-on-the-historic-tobacco-plain-packaging-campaign/ Simon Chapman honoured as Skeptic of the Year: a good time to look back on the historic tobacco plain packaging campaign] - Crikey</ref>}}		{{quote\|In tobacco control we call these reactions ‘the [[scream test]]’ of policy potency. We’re amused when the industry supports anodyne, useless campaigns like these. And we know we’re on the right track when they behave as they did over plain packaging.<ref>[http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/11/25/simon-chapman-honoured-as-skeptic-of-the-year-a-good-time-to-look-back-on-the-historic-tobacco-plain-packaging-campaign/ Simon Chapman honoured as Skeptic of the Year: a good time to look back on the historic tobacco plain packaging campaign] - Crikey</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote\|Experienced tobacco control advocates have long spoken of the “scream test” of policy impact — if a new policy gets no reaction from the tobacco industry it rarely has an impact, but if the industry screams blue murder the impact will be large.<ref>[https://www.doctorportal.com.au/mjainsight/2014/44/simon-chapman-smoke/ Simon Chapman: Up in smoke] - doctorportal</ref>}}

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 More recently however, there has been cause to apply this to the Tobacco Control Industry over the Royal College of Physicians report<ref>[https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/rcp-statement-e-cigarettes RCP statement on e-cigarettes] - Royal College of Physicians</ref> that [[ecigs]]
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 Dr Reilly said he was concerned that e-cigarettes could become a “gateway” to traditional nicotine consumption. “I don’t want to undermine anything we’re doing by not having good, strong evidence, well-researched. I know that there are people in America very concerned about this.”<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/irish-cancer-society-cannot-recommend-e-cigarettes-1.2628135 Irish Cancer Society ‘cannot recommend’ e-cigarettes] - The Irish Times</ref>}}
 ==References==