The IAL Reports of New Laryngectomees

Over the past month the IAL has reported 13 new Laryngectomees have join our way of life.

Fortunately, no deaths have been reported by this organization.

Here Locally they were two ne laryngectomees reported.

Oral Head And Neck Cancer Support Group

If you or a loved one has been touched by an oral head and neck cancer diagnosis we’re here for you

No Pressure Just Support

September 12, 7:00p

Conference Room B


ECHN/Eastern Connecticut Cancer Institute

John A. DeQuattro Cancer Center

100 Haynes Street

Manchester, CT 06040



Meetings are held the 1st Monday of every month.

1st Floor Conference Room



To register or for additional information contact:

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Sponsored by:

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ECHN/Eastern Connecticut Cancer Institute

Tobacco companies: Graphic federal warnings aren't fair

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost millions to produce.



Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights.



“Never before in the United States have producers of a lawful product been required to use their own packaging and advertising to convey an emotionally-charged government message urging adult consumers to shun their products,” the companies wrote in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington.



The companies, led by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., said the warnings no longer simply convey facts to allow people to make a decision on whether to smoke.



They instead force them to put government anti-smoking advocacy more prominently on their packs than their own brands, the companies say. They want a judge to stop the labels.



The FDA refused to comment, saying the agency does not discuss pending litigation



. But when she announced the new labels in June, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called them frank and honest warnings about the dangers of smoking.



The FDA approved nine new warnings to rotate on cigarette packs. T



hey will be printed on the entire top half, front and back, of the packaging. The new warnings also must constitute 20 percent of any cigarette advertising.



They also all include a number for a stop-smoking hotline.



One warning label is a picture of a corpse with its chest sewed up and the words: “Smoking can kill you.” Another label has a picture of a healthy pair of lungs beside a yellow and black pair with a warning that smoking causes fatal lung disease.



The lawsuit said the images were manipulated to be especially emotional.



The tobacco companies said the corpse photo is actually an actor with a fake scar, while the healthy lungs were sanitized to make the diseased organ look worse.



The companies also said the new labels will cost them millions of dollars for new equipment so they can frequently change from warning to warning and designers to make sure the labels meet federal requirements while maintaining some distinction among brands.



Joining R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard in the suit are Commonwealth Brands Inc., Liggett Group LLC and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc. Altria Group Inc., parent company of the nation’s largest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, is not a part of the lawsuit.



The free speech lawsuit is a different action than a suit by several of the same companies over the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.



The law, which took affect two years ago, cleared the way for the more graphic warning labels, but also allowed the FDA to limit nicotine.



The law also banned tobacco companies from sponsoring athletic or social events and prevented them from giving away free samples or branded merchandise.



A federal judge upheld many parts of the law, but the companies are appealing.

WEB-WHISPERS NOTICE

Web whispers have notified us that they have had 31 new Larygectomees with 12 that have passed on.

Here locally we have two new Larys with no notice of any of our local larys demise.