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American Cancer Society vs. Michael Jordan!
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The American Cancer Society (ACS) has recently slammed Michael Jordan for smoking cigars, calling him a bad example for young people. Here at PETA, we can’t help but laugh– the ACS berates a man for smoking because it’s linked to cancer, yet continues to serve cancer-linked fare at their “Cattle Baron's Ball” fundraising events.
In an article from as far back as 1999, the American Cancer Society recognizes that animal product consumption leads to higher risk of cancer. “Our results showed diet was the most influential factor in modifying the risk of prostate cancer,” said James R. Hebert, ScD, lead author and Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. “Populations having diets high in animal products will have increased rates of prostate cancer mortality.”
In our letter to the ACS, we point out that "[y]ou can't possibly expect anyone to think that you are serious about fighting cancer until you promote and serve proven cancer-preventing vegetarian meals at your events. . . . [Y]our Web site even admits that '[p]opulation studies have linked vegetarian diets with a decreased risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and colon cancer.' In his letter to Jordan, your spokesperson wrote, 'When high-profile athletes publicly display unhealthful habits, they can mislead young people to emulate their behavior.' Isn't it safe to say that when a high-profile health group publicly promotes unhealthy habits like meat consumption, it is also misleading Americans, young and old?"
So no cancer-linked smoking, but serving cancer-linked animal flesh at a cancer fundraising event is ok? Gotcha.
Posted by Carrie Ann Harris
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Cattle Baron's Ball?—he got cancer in the other one?
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | September 4, 2008 04:51 PM
Well, they have finally admitted that smoking is related to cancer. That would surely end all of the research involving animals that are forced to inhale cigarette smoke to "research" the links between cigarette smoke and cancer, right?
Posted by: Michael Essi | September 4, 2008 05:19 PM
Good one, Mike Q! LOL
Posted by: lynda downie | September 5, 2008 01:16 AM
GOOD POINT ! GLAD YOU PUT IT IN THERE FACE !! YOUR EATING HABITS IS SO IMPORTANT. THEY SHOULD BE TEACHING AND PREACHING THAT, ALSO ALONG WITH NOT SMOKING.
Posted by: SASHA | September 5, 2008 01:23 AM
I wish all people would wise up and realize that the ACS doesn't care about your health, but your wallet. I wonder now that they've admitted smoking causes cancer if they will stop testing cigarettes on innocent animals.
Posted by: Amanda Ford | September 6, 2008 08:27 PM
Wow, How can you trust a company supposedly trying to help Cancer prevention when there promoting meat,
a great threat to your risk of prostate cancer?
Posted by: JahLove | September 7, 2008 06:05 PM
Wow, How can you trust a company supposedly trying to help Cancer prevention when there promoting meat,
a great threat to your risk of prostate cancer?
JahLove
Posted by: JahLove | September 7, 2008 06:05 PM
You got a point!
Don't celebs smoke in movies? I have seen many smoke in movies and wonder why they would choose to smoke on camera when we don't see them doing it in real life? Smoking is smoking no matter which way we spin it. Most celebs try and say they didn't sign up to be anyone's role model yet they really did sign up. They fail to realize that we as America and other counties pay for them to live such a fancy life style. They fail to realize that many who actually contribute something great to society and to people across the globe (teachers, EMTs, firefighters, etc) do not have and will never have what celebs have. Michael Jordan? Blah.
Posted by: bbr | September 8, 2008 10:56 AM
Could PETA inform us as to how much vivisection (animal testing)is performed as a result of the Cancer Society's fund drives. Also, AIDs research. I'm always hesitant to give money, when the slogan has to do with a "cure". Are we just torturing innocent animals to make drugs companies rich, in the meantime? What's wrong with focusing on cancer prevention, such as lobbying for environmental cleanup and promoting awareness of cancer-causing elements in our food, for example?
Posted by: Leslie Cochrane | September 9, 2008 08:48 PM
tks for the effort you put in here I appreciate it!
Posted by: MichaellaS | July 21, 2009 07:43 AM