Would you ever be so kind to tell me of how this story came about? Was it a news release you came upon or by what means did it come about? I might be wrong but is this the same woman that did this study the same one that did the economic study of the smoking ban?

The study that was even criticised by a Ohio Legislator as being nothing but propaganda as she purposely avoided data to arrive at a conclusion to her liking?

  For your information consider this:
TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOUNDATION
BOARD MEETING
Friday, June 3, 2005
9:00 AM
300 E. Broad St., Conference Rooms A-C
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Grant #03-2-051, Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati
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Board Members Recused: Ms. Ayres
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Amount Recommended: $100,000
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A motion was made by Dr. Sopko to approve funding the grant at the
recommended amount. The motion was seconded by Ms. Pullins and
discussion took place:

Dr. Sopko asked staff to elaborate on the noted weaknesses. Mr.
Slenkovich stated that the Notice of Award will contain a special
condition related to monitoring subgrantees.
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Dr. Crane expressed concern that only two women stayed quit after the
program. Mr. Slenkovich explained that these are urban Appalachian
women who are very difficult to get into the program. The grantee
continues to try different marketing methods.
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The motion passed with Dr. Baird, Mr. Groezinger, Dr. Hicks, Dr. Letson, Mr.
McAllister, Ms. Pullins, Dr. Rummel, Mr. Sandmann, Mr. Saunders, Mr.
Schwartz and Dr. Sopko voting yes and Drs. Collart and Crane voting no.

  In today's economic delima can you even rationally justify supporting this kind of madness?--
  By the way who will pay for these patches the State of Ohio? Who manufactures the patches Johnson & Johnson (Johnson Foundation that finances smoking bans that use punishment conditioning to sell their smoking cessation products)
  You might also like to do a bit of research into the success rate of smoking cessation products as it is like below 10% !
  It seems to me such reports of studies ought to be expressly dated, names and credentials of individuals who participated in the research of such a study,and who financed the study before any credibility should be given to the author.
Perhaps a disclaimer of conflict of interest should also be present.