7 Quotes by John Banzhaf

Many will be cooperating in mobilizing a citizens' army of volunteers to do two things. To warn merchants of what the law requires them to do, and to report violations to a new toll-free hotline.

What we're trying to do is use some of the same legal tactics that have been so effective against the public health problem of smoking against the other public health problem of obesity.

Every court which has ever addressed the issue has held that there is no legal right to smoke, regardless of the location.

A small number of them bear a large part of the responsibility. They are vulnerable to legal action, and if we can change them, we can finally make a dent in the problem of obesity.

So far as we can tell, people are still flocking to courses to quit smoking because, as we have more restrictions on smoking, there is more demand. Nicotine patches and gum help to make them more effective, more successful, but they do not work by themselves.

The FDA has jurisdiction over nicotine because (the agency) found that (the substance) does have drug-like affects -- and that the manufacturers intend those (effects).

I haven't heard about this before. So far as I know, this is the first study to make this connection.