Now that lies have been institutionalized as the political norm in America (starting from the President and all the way down to the anti-tobacco cartel), the fact that anti-smoking scum such as Tobacco-Free Kids passes itself as a "grass-roots" organization is not really news anymore. As long as it is done for a "good cause" such as anti-tobacco, lies are produced and availed by the medical profession, funded and encouraged by the state, and financed by "credible charities" such as the Cancer of American Society, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Tobacco-Free Kids organization is based in Washington, DC. Just for the record, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, controlled of course by Johnson & Johnson, and manufacturer of nicotine delivery devices, is eager to replace the tobacco industry in the distribution of nicotine. The most recent grant we know of by RWJF to TFK is in the amount of $19,510,110 (RWJF grant # 29600). Kid-targeting is the only declared objective of this organization. Scientific misinformation, distorted statistics, and appeals to intolerance of course abound, and this gang does not hesitate to round up kids and use them in a para-military fashion to exert pressure on the politicians, not much differently than Hitler's Youth.
Again just for the record, how much of a profitable business is the "grass roots" TFK?
Very profitable indeed. Here are links with The Capital Research Center:
Judge for yourself -- and remember this next time you donate to a "charity", or pay your taxes.
For centuries crooks have looked for a way to perpetrate their crimes unpunished, and now they have found it: anti-tobacco, and public health.