Thursday, April 27, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #378 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
England: Lord Steel calls for ventilation to allow smoking in pubs. “Under my new clause, it will not be possible to have a pub or a restaurant which does not provide smoking facilities.”
England: Peer calls for two-year wait for smoke ban. Other Lords, including Lord Monson, Lord Stoddart and Lord Wakeham, suggested the move towards a complete smoking ban had been a step too far – and that the government had been wrong to allow a free vote of MPs on the subject in February.
Czech Republic: This week the Chamber of Deputies struck down a bill amendment that would have banned smoking in restaurants.
South Carolina Bill that bans restaurant smoking dies in House. "I don't think government should say what we can and can't do," said Rep. Bob Leach, R-Greenville. "Tomorrow we're going to come in here and Rutherford will have an amendment that women can't wear perfume because it's offensive to somebody."
SC: No Cigarette Tax Increase.
MN: Sue Jeffers Challenges Gov. For Republican Endorsement. Minnesota is still on the top ten list for one of the highest taxed states in the nation. "I know we can do better. We deserve better." Watch the videos!
More MSA & RICO Mess:
OH: State sues over MSA money.
USA: General Tobacco Makes MSA Payment.
USA: National tobacco 'taxes' violate antitrust laws. "If the MSA is struck down and Congress wishes to replace it with a national tax on cigarettes, is there any doubt that it could do so?"
USA: Senator Richard Durbin wants to delay consideration of President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as the ambassador to Australia until his role in the U.S. government's racketeering case against cigarette makers is thoroughly examined.
England: Lord Steel calls for ventilation to allow smoking in pubs. “Under my new clause, it will not be possible to have a pub or a restaurant which does not provide smoking facilities.”
England: Peer calls for two-year wait for smoke ban. Other Lords, including Lord Monson, Lord Stoddart and Lord Wakeham, suggested the move towards a complete smoking ban had been a step too far – and that the government had been wrong to allow a free vote of MPs on the subject in February.
Czech Republic: This week the Chamber of Deputies struck down a bill amendment that would have banned smoking in restaurants.
South Carolina Bill that bans restaurant smoking dies in House. "I don't think government should say what we can and can't do," said Rep. Bob Leach, R-Greenville. "Tomorrow we're going to come in here and Rutherford will have an amendment that women can't wear perfume because it's offensive to somebody."
SC: No Cigarette Tax Increase.
MN: Sue Jeffers Challenges Gov. For Republican Endorsement. Minnesota is still on the top ten list for one of the highest taxed states in the nation. "I know we can do better. We deserve better." Watch the videos!
More MSA & RICO Mess:
OH: State sues over MSA money.
USA: General Tobacco Makes MSA Payment.
USA: National tobacco 'taxes' violate antitrust laws. "If the MSA is struck down and Congress wishes to replace it with a national tax on cigarettes, is there any doubt that it could do so?"
USA: Senator Richard Durbin wants to delay consideration of President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as the ambassador to Australia until his role in the U.S. government's racketeering case against cigarette makers is thoroughly examined.
Smoking Ban Snuffs Out White Salmon Watering Hole
"The first day after I-901 took effect, we were down $500 from a normal day," Mike Zitur told the White Salmon Enterprise. "We were about $10,000 down in revenue each month. ... This is what can happen when voters use their right to vote to take other people's rights away."
Window: Closed Thanks non-smoking bill
Think before voting
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! Yours, Samantha
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #377 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
France: Smoking Ban Up In Smoke. Relieved French smokers can muse that every cloud has a silver lining as they enjoy a cigarette at the bar with their morning coffee. The government, weakened by a battle with unions and students over a controversial youth jobs contract, backed away from a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants this week to avoid a confrontation with France's many smokers and tobacconists.
Scorecard: Most states (74%), have not passed total bans on indoor smoking, anti smoking crusaders have been unable to demonstrate an improvement in public health or the promised reduction in health care costs, as a result of any statewide ban on smoking. The states that have refused to pass or even consider passing total indoor bans on smoking are: New Hampshire, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Arizona, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Idaho, Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, Wyoming Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
DC Police ordered not to enforce smoking ban. Assistant Chief of Police Brian Jordan, who issued the order Monday, said Thursday that the problem appeared to be limited to just a few officers and that they “were set straight” on their responsibilities.
From 30 Minutes to 20 Minutes to 5 Minutes: 300 Seconds to Artery Closure from Secondhand Smoke - Can the Claims Get Any More Absurd? And More By Michael Siegel.
What's the MSA?
The States get money from tobacco; tobacco gets it from raising consumer's prices on their product. So smokers pay the MSA money. States get money from taxes AND off the product. Now they are upset that they are getting less money than expected. Derr - raise taxes and drop MSA money, be HONEST about the fact that smokers are paying for the roads that everyone drives on!
MSA Update: CA, NY, MA, NJ, OH filed suits.
CA: Sues.
ME: Sues.
NY: Sues.
MO: AG Nixon.
MSA: States lose, trial attorneys don't.
Click here for RYO information, save your money for you.
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
France: Smoking Ban Up In Smoke. Relieved French smokers can muse that every cloud has a silver lining as they enjoy a cigarette at the bar with their morning coffee. The government, weakened by a battle with unions and students over a controversial youth jobs contract, backed away from a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants this week to avoid a confrontation with France's many smokers and tobacconists.
Scorecard: Most states (74%), have not passed total bans on indoor smoking, anti smoking crusaders have been unable to demonstrate an improvement in public health or the promised reduction in health care costs, as a result of any statewide ban on smoking. The states that have refused to pass or even consider passing total indoor bans on smoking are: New Hampshire, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Arizona, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Idaho, Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, Wyoming Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
DC Police ordered not to enforce smoking ban. Assistant Chief of Police Brian Jordan, who issued the order Monday, said Thursday that the problem appeared to be limited to just a few officers and that they “were set straight” on their responsibilities.
From 30 Minutes to 20 Minutes to 5 Minutes: 300 Seconds to Artery Closure from Secondhand Smoke - Can the Claims Get Any More Absurd? And More By Michael Siegel.
What's the MSA?
The States get money from tobacco; tobacco gets it from raising consumer's prices on their product. So smokers pay the MSA money. States get money from taxes AND off the product. Now they are upset that they are getting less money than expected. Derr - raise taxes and drop MSA money, be HONEST about the fact that smokers are paying for the roads that everyone drives on!
MSA Update: CA, NY, MA, NJ, OH filed suits.
CA: Sues.
ME: Sues.
NY: Sues.
MO: AG Nixon.
MSA: States lose, trial attorneys don't.
Click here for RYO information, save your money for you.
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #376 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
New Hampshire Senate kills smoking ban. Opponents insisted it should be left up to restaurant and bar owners to decide when and if to go smoke-free. A majority of restaurants and bars in the state already have, several noted. Sen. Robert Flanders: Trust the people to make good choices when it comes to smoking.
Michigan proposed smoking ban snuffed out. Republicans who control the Legislature agree with restaurants and bars that argue they should be free to decide whether to allow smoking without intrusion from government.
Anti-Smoking Movement Heading Down the Tubes; It's Time to Turn Back. By Michael Siegel. Yet the ugly truth is that we are willing to make scientific claims that are so fallacious on their face that even the tobacco companies are unwilling to make similar claims in a situation where they could profit immensely by doing so.
OH Big Beverage and Big Tobacco? This is yet another example of an unsubstantiated attack being made by an anti-smoking group.
Health zealots exaggerate data on second-hand smoke hazards. By Curt Winzenreid. Yeah, you read correctly, the court threw out the study saying it was biased and invalid.
Liar Extinguisher. By Brian Hickey. So sing it with me: Don't trust anti-smoking crusaders who say they're fighting the good fight for the greater good.
New Hampshire Senate kills smoking ban. Opponents insisted it should be left up to restaurant and bar owners to decide when and if to go smoke-free. A majority of restaurants and bars in the state already have, several noted. Sen. Robert Flanders: Trust the people to make good choices when it comes to smoking.
Michigan proposed smoking ban snuffed out. Republicans who control the Legislature agree with restaurants and bars that argue they should be free to decide whether to allow smoking without intrusion from government.
Anti-Smoking Movement Heading Down the Tubes; It's Time to Turn Back. By Michael Siegel. Yet the ugly truth is that we are willing to make scientific claims that are so fallacious on their face that even the tobacco companies are unwilling to make similar claims in a situation where they could profit immensely by doing so.
OH Big Beverage and Big Tobacco? This is yet another example of an unsubstantiated attack being made by an anti-smoking group.
Health zealots exaggerate data on second-hand smoke hazards. By Curt Winzenreid. Yeah, you read correctly, the court threw out the study saying it was biased and invalid.
Liar Extinguisher. By Brian Hickey. So sing it with me: Don't trust anti-smoking crusaders who say they're fighting the good fight for the greater good.
"Tackling Mr. Anti-Freedom from Truth.com"
Well… let’s just say that smoking doesn’t kill this guy, Truth.com does.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #375 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Rob Reiner Resigns. "It's reasonably clear that there have been taxpayer dollars used for the promotion of a personal political agenda. That's the issue here," said state Sen. Dave Cox, who had called for Reiner's resignation. The audit "is about the inappropriate use of dollars to promote another initiative."
Rob Reiner Resigns. "It's reasonably clear that there have been taxpayer dollars used for the promotion of a personal political agenda. That's the issue here," said state Sen. Dave Cox, who had called for Reiner's resignation. The audit "is about the inappropriate use of dollars to promote another initiative."
25 More Anti-Smoking Groups Make Completely Fallacious Scientific Claims; Credibility Crisis for Tobacco Control Movement Imminent. By Michael Siegel. Evidence supporting the claims being made by these groups would defy medical science. Alabama State smoking ban goes up in smoke. Sen. Vivian Davis Figures’ proposed constitutional amendments to keep smoking out of restaurants and bars didn’t make it out of the House State Government Committee. “You’ve cut out the choice for the people that do want to smoke,” said Rep. Ralph Howard, D-Greensboro. Canada: Ontario Bar Hires Lawyer.
Canada: Quebec smoking ban challenged. IN: West Lafayette lawsuit on the way. TX: Smokers pay homeowners tax for all?! WI: Appleton Antis caught breaking the law. WI: Rhinelander Smoking ban voted down. AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! Yours, Samantha
