This piece by Kevin Outterson in the New England Journal of Medicine is an excellent overview of the tobacco industry's ongoing attempts to get the cigarette-packet warning provisions of the Tobacco Control Act declared unconstitutional.
Showing posts with label NEJM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEJM. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Stem Cell Politics
No real surprises in this piece in NEJM summarizing public-opinion polling results on support for human embryonic stem cell research. 62% of Americans think hESC research is morally acceptable, while only 30% think it's wrong; 55% favor federal funding and 41% oppose it. But only 52% of Republicans favor hESC research, compared to 67% of Democrats; and a 58% majority of Republicans oppose federal funding, which 70% of Democrats favor.
Of 34 European countries, majorities favored prohibition of hESC research only in Luxembourg, Slovenia, Austria and Greece.
Of 34 European countries, majorities favored prohibition of hESC research only in Luxembourg, Slovenia, Austria and Greece.
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