Clearing The Air: 3 ways RWJF violates ethics if not legal business practices

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

3 ways RWJF violates ethics if not legal business practices

1) Lobbying by a tax exempt organization

RWJF, a tax exempt organization, has provided $446+ million to organizations and urged them to advocate for policy changes (lobby). Even as HHS inspector general has declared grants by tax exempt organizations used for lobbying is illegal.

2) RWJF makes a profit from alternative nicotine products promoted by smoking ban lobbyists

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation owns nearly a billion of dollars in Johnson & Johnson stock, (see p 7 hyperlink) J & J manufactures or owns Nicoderm, Nicotrol,Nicorette, Commit, etc. drugs which RWJF openly promotes once/while smoking bans are enacted. Furthermore, RWJF was started by Johnson & Johnson founderRobert Wood Johnson, so the separation between RWJF and J & J is virtually non-existent.

3) Promotes idea that taxpayer funds (Medicare, Medicaid) should be used to pay for the alternative drugs that RWJF profits from

This pamphlet by RWJF lobbyist American Lung Association (see last page of brochure) promotes the use of alternative nicotine products manufactured or owned by Johnson & Johnson, which as explained above, increases RWJFs financial assets.

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2008/09/rwjf-funds-american-lung-association.html

Finally, the reason RWJFs self serving smoking ban agenda needs to be stopped is that it has eliminated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of jobs as evidenced at following links:

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/01/100-bars-and-restaurants-put-out-of.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2012/05/michigan-has-seen-300-bars-restaurants.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2009/03/worldwide-economic-meltdown-and.html

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

3 ways RWJF violates ethics if not legal business practices

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