CGTV
CCTV America

On World No Tobacco Day 2015, CCTV's Susan Roberts spoke to Patrick Reynolds about the global campaign to reduce smoking rates. Mr. Reynolds offers his unique perspective and insight on tobacco issues, and in the larger picture, on regulation itself. Tobacco is a good example of how regulation -- in this case, smoking bans, tobacco taxes, mass ad campaigns, and education in public schools -- can be an effective tool for policy makers, and government at its best.

Tobacco giants are marketing heavily to a new generation of customers in developing nations. "As they have in the past, they're using tobacco farmers as pawns in a bid to deflect attention away from the health issues," says Patrick Reynolds of Tobaccofree.org. Mr. Reynolds debates the chief executive of the International Tobacco Growers' Association. Their impassioned discussion sheds light on international tobacco issues, cigarette company tactics and the main points of the UN's global treaty on tobacco.

Debate over a lawsuit filed by three tobacco companies against the city of New York over mandated graphic warning ads at all tobacco points of sale

News coverage of live talk at a middle school
Salt Lake City, Utah

Motivational talks to youth and adults
Outreach for Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore

CNBC
The Call

Guest Patrick Reynolds debates smokers' rights advocate Audrey Silk.

MSNBC
Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Guest Patrick Reynolds debates smokers' rights advocate Audrey Silk.

Fox News Channel
Opening Bell

Guest Patrick Reynolds explains the bill for FDA regulation of tobacco, and his plans to tour in China, India, Russia, the Middle East, and other nations where smoking rates are high.

Fox News Channel

The Bloomberg and Gates Foundations jointly give $500 million to fight smoking in poorer nations. Guest Patrick Reynolds applauds the focus on nations where smoking rates are highest, and talks about his Foundation's plan to send him on tour in China, India, Russia, and the Middle East.

Mr. Reynolds was invited by the Greece's Minister of Health to build public awareness of the dangers of smoking and second hand smoke. His visit attracted major national press coverage in Greece. Following his visit, the Minister sent a strong letter of recommendation about his experience with Mr. Reynolds, intended as a testimonial to be sent to other Health Ministers. It's included in Tobaccofree.org's proposal to Health Ministers to invite Mr. Reynolds to go on a press tour of their nation, raising awareness about tobacco. His proposal will be sent to the governments of China, India, Russia and to the UN World Health Organization's complete list of Health Ministers.

Fox News Channel
Brett Baier

June 24, 2007
Quitting more effective than Phillip Morris' safer cigarette

Patrick Reynolds: "It will be decades before we have reliable data on whether this cigarette is truly safer; it takes 20 to 30 years to get the heart and lung disease smoking causes. Will it 5% safer or 25% safer? It's like jumping off the 10th floor instead of the 20th floor. The only safe thing to do is to quit. Twenty states have now passed laws providing for 100% smokefree bars and restaurants --
eighteen of them in the past four years alone... Phillip Morris, watch out!"

CBS Early Show

March 14, 2007
Banning smoking everywhere

The town of Belmont, CA is considering a ban of smoking in apartments with shared ventilation systems.

Guests: Patrick Reynolds of Smokefree America, and Esther Schiller of the Smokefree Apartment House Registry.

MSNBC

March 13, 2007
Movie industry under pressure to
limit audiences for films with smoking
Website summary only

"There’s a clear link between the percentage of characters who smoke in films and the rate of youth smoking,” said Patrick Reynolds... Reynolds said he applauded the idea of a mandatory R rating, but he said it was more practical to seek voluntary restraint from filmmakers, along with the screening of anti-smoking ads before movies and regulatory oversight to ensure that tobacco companies don’t pay production companies to put tobacco branding in their pictures.

Debate between Patrick Reynolds and Gary Nolan, The Smoker's Club.

MSNBC & CNBC
Smoking in cars with children present
Debate

January 22, 2007
CNBC, Power Lunch
MSNBC Morning Debate
MSNBC Afternoon Debate

Also:Debate, January 19, 2007
Fox News Channel, Weekend Live,
Debate, January 28, 2007

Proposals for smoking bans in cars with kids are cropping up around the country. Guests: Patrick Reynolds, Executive Director, Foundation For A SmokeFree America; Gary Nolan, The Smoker's Club Spokesman. Host: CNBC's Sue Herera.

October 27, 2006
Toledo


October 25, 2006
Cleveland and Columbus

Patrick Reynolds' five city press tour of Ohio two weeks before the election was one of many ways a coalition led by the American Cancer Society educated the public about two competing ballot measures. Issue 5 would provide for Statewide 100% smokefree restaurants & bars, and Issue 4, an R.J. Reynolds-sponsored measure masquerading as a smoking ban, would have permitted smoking Statewide. Although outspent by two to one, the Cancer Society's ballot measure passed in the election. Newspapers ran front section page stories, in addition to the TV coverage above. The political campaign's manager sent this letter of support detailing her experience working with Mr. Reynolds' on this campaign. Following this he flew to Missouri to campaign for Amendment 3, below.

Missouri Amendment 3
Cigarette tax

Press conference in Kansas City, MO

Tampa Bay News 9

Talks at high schools in Tampa, FL

"In the school auditorium at Middleton High Wednesday morning, Patrick Reynolds took the stage, microphone in hand, and began telling his story...."

Web text of CBS 10 report
Video clips from his live talk for youth

WMBC News
Seen in NJ, NY, and PA

April 27, 2006
Anti-smoking advocate speaks at local school, says NJ needs to do more for kids

Reynolds, to teens during a talk at a high school in Somerset County, NJ: "By making itself the outlaw rebel of the tobacco industry, who do you think RJ Reynolds is positioning itself to appeal to?" He showed the audience RJR's candy flavored cigarette ads, and RJR's Kool packages with a DJ, hip-hop artist and youth party on recent packaging, asking, "How do you feel about this?"

... News anchor, concluding story: Reynolds says New Jersey is doing very little to shield kids from the dangers that lurk in their first puff. He's calling for higher levels of funding for the State's youth tobacco prevention programs -- specifically to designate more than just 1% of the more than $1 billion the State collects each year in tobacco revenues. He applauds the Garden State for its $2.40 per pack cigarette tax and the recent Clean Indoor Air Act.

CBS Evening News
Repeated next morning on affiliates

CONCLUSION: "While executives of the tobacco giant [RJR] say the timing of all this is coincidental to Chicago's smoking ban, R.J. Reynolds’ anti-smoking grandson says he doubts that. 'It really is an in-your-face effort to say, 'Hey, here is a bar where we found a loophole where you can still smoke. It is a rebellion on the part of R.J. Reynolds,' says Patrick Reynolds."

Welcome to the Smoking Lounge (Text version at CBS website)

CNBC
On the Money with Dylan Ratigan

Patrick Reynolds: "Companies should not be able to fire smokers simply
because they smoke at home."

MSNBC TV
Tucker Carlson

Debate about the new, "safer" cigarette

Should NW Airlines ask employees to quit smoking, to reduce the airline's health insurance costs?

A broken promise to our kids -- States not spending Big Tobacco's lawsuit payments on tobacco prevention programs, despite proven success in several States

CNN
Talkback Live

Should the legal age to buy tobacco be raised to 21?

Fox News Channel
Hannity & Colmes

CBS
The Early Show

Tobacco lawsuit awards $145 billion to FL smokers: Should these lawsuits be allowed?

Speaking tour of Ohio middle and high schools sponsored by local hospitals.

Alexandria, Louisiana

Community and youth talks

October 1, 2001

Greenbay, WI

Print media coverage

Video of talk for youth • Video of talk for adults

Video of Patrick Reynolds' complete talk for community members or universities
Filmed April 14, 2011 - 1 hour 27 minutes