re: E-Cigarettes And The Bizarre Fear Mongering

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The American Cancer Society has no stake in that game though. It's almost as if they are worried if cancer rates start dropping some of their funding would dry up. That can't be it though, can it?

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I had the misfortune of spending a few years with the American Cancer Society. During my time there, I was part of high level discussions on strategic direction. John Seffrin (CEO) privately tried to advance the idea that the future of cancer fighting was more about advocacy (controlling behavior through legislation) than research. He feels that cancer cure rates are about as high as they can get, and continuing to pour money into research is a waste.

We pushed the anti-smoking laws in various states (California, Illinois, etc), and threw MASSIVE amounts of money behind Obamacare. There is a sister organization, ACS CAN, that serves as the main advocacy lobbying group, but many donors have no clue that a sizeable part of money given via Relay For Life will go to lobbying as well.

Next up on the agenda? Obesity. The ACS is hell bent on passing laws, similar to the anti-smoking campaigns, that will restrict or outright prohibit certain foods and drinks.

This is a nasty, wasteful organization that purports to be working for good. They no doubt do some good on occasion, but your money should go elsewhere.