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To: Brumar89 who wrote (214268)	8/2/2007 6:51:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793964

Its ridiculous to think parent use it because formula companies give free samples. If a hospital handed out cigarettes, a lot of people would think that cigarettes must be OK to smoke, despite contrary info they might hear. It's not that getting free cigarettes makes you smoke. I agree that that's ridiculous. But it's an unethical message for the hospital to send and it's bad public health because some people will think it gives them the green light to do something that it would be better they not do. If the cigarette company or the formula producer give you free samples, there's no imprimatur of the medical establishment attached.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (214268)	8/2/2007 8:00:31 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 793964

Well, I agree with LIndy that we have reached the end of this one. I have tried to present an alternate view to the original rather one-sided one that this was an evil left Nanny plot to control your life and take over your baby, giving reasons why I questioned the motives behind the free samples and arguing that the health of our newborns should be of the greatest importance, and why this isn't an economic attack on an industry as much as an effort to improve our nation's health. The argument was not that formula was bad (gee, have I said this several times?) but that breastmilk is far better, reducing all kinds of risks. The goal is education, but in addition, there is research showing how quickly a mother can be discouraged from breasfeeding when they use formula, even as a supplement or temporarily. Milk production declines rapidly and it's a vicious cycle. No one has stopped the formula people from selling their product, but they are saying that they can no longer use neonatal departments to do so while they try to educate mothers about breastfeeding. You see the same kind of controlling conspiracy of slippery slope nanny state that some lefties see observing the slippery slope of eroding privacy rights. I am not trying to make an exact parallel, merely to point out that we all have our personal opinions on what constitutes invasion.