Sep 18, 2007

As a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post, John discusses how a pervasive public focus on green issues may be quietly benefiting the tobacco industry.

Excerpt:
In a time when global calamities come in all variety of shapes and sizes, it is only natural for individuals to prioritize their concerns. Obviously rising sea levels and international terrorism pose much larger long-term threats than the specter of Big Tobacco. But cigarettes' precipitous decline from national health epidemic to back-burner worry can serve as an important lesson for impassioned activists and average citizens alike: the competition for America's conscience is an all-or-nothing game. As national discourse shifts to new and pressing issues, it is necessary to remind ourselves that the simple disappearance of a problem from the front page does not mean that it has been truly solved.

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