Thursday, July 27, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #391 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Christopher Friend: The biggest threat America faces is not from outside invasion or the possibility of a terrorist attack. Rather, it comes from the American people themselves when they allow their Constitutional rights and privileges to be taken away.
Leif M. Wright: You can get fired for your lifestyle. What you do at home — even if it’s legal — is no longer private.
Kerry Dougherty: Paging Dr. Whibley. You're wanted in the Reality Room. Stat! Here's a thought: If you don't want smoke with your meal, don't patronize restaurants that still allow smoking. There, problem solved.
Dr. Michael Siegel: No need to exaggerate; the truth is enough. Not only is the scientific evidence for such an assertion lacking, but the claim flies in the face of common medical sense.
Students Light Up Despite School Anti-Smoking Programs. (USA)
Initiative fails to help youths quit smoking. (Scotland)
Can Air Conditioning Make You Fat? Also, environmental causes have made it easier for people to have more sedentary lifestyles...
Ex-Smokers May Discover a Few Extra Pounds. ... the amount they gain is greater than many experts believed.
USA 2006 Update.
Legislation to ban or further restrict smoking has failed in 13 states: Alabama, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.
More Bans Failed
Even MORE Bans Failed
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Christopher Friend: The biggest threat America faces is not from outside invasion or the possibility of a terrorist attack. Rather, it comes from the American people themselves when they allow their Constitutional rights and privileges to be taken away.
Leif M. Wright: You can get fired for your lifestyle. What you do at home — even if it’s legal — is no longer private.
Kerry Dougherty: Paging Dr. Whibley. You're wanted in the Reality Room. Stat! Here's a thought: If you don't want smoke with your meal, don't patronize restaurants that still allow smoking. There, problem solved.
Dr. Michael Siegel: No need to exaggerate; the truth is enough. Not only is the scientific evidence for such an assertion lacking, but the claim flies in the face of common medical sense.
Students Light Up Despite School Anti-Smoking Programs. (USA)
Initiative fails to help youths quit smoking. (Scotland)
Can Air Conditioning Make You Fat? Also, environmental causes have made it easier for people to have more sedentary lifestyles...
Ex-Smokers May Discover a Few Extra Pounds. ... the amount they gain is greater than many experts believed.
USA 2006 Update.
Legislation to ban or further restrict smoking has failed in 13 states: Alabama, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.
More Bans Failed
Even MORE Bans Failed
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #390 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Mel Smith:The comedian, actor and director, has flashed a giant Churchillian V-sign at the Scottish Parliament by threatening to smoke on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. HE SHALL light up on the beaches, in the fields and... the Assembly Rooms. He shall never surrender.
WI Police Ticket Meryl Manhardt, Asst. DA. She assaulted a male reporter taking photographs of smokers.
Prize Offered to First Anti-Smoking Group to Apologize for Misleading the Public. By Michael Siegel. We need a group - even just one - to step up to the plate and demonstrate for all of us the importance of scientific integrity and the seriousness with which we must take our responsibility to accurately communicate health information to the public.
Surgeon General's Report Blows Smoke. By Elizabeth M. Whelan. When the CDC and the Surgeon General were preparing their report, it appears that smoke got in their eyes.
UK: Deborah Arnott brags about how the Antis tricked the public. The law banning smoking in public places is the culmination of one of the most successful social change campaigns in recent years.
Sofa Tax:
Would Be Good for the Children, Says Health Group. ...vowed to do more to "protect our children from the ravages of relaxation."
Thomas Frieden Regulates Diabetics.
New York's diabetic surveillance program could be the harbinger for similar mandatory programs for monitoring everyone's serum cholesterol, hypertension, and even percentage of body fat.
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Howdy, Issue #389 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
FL: Reversal of $145 Billion law suit upheld. The Engle case overturns the largest punitive damage award by a jury in U.S. history.
IL Returns $2.15 Billion to Philip Morris. The end to many "lights" lawsuits.
CA Lawyers Squeeze Money From Business ... owners say are aimed more at squeezing money from them than keeping people safe.
Mel Smith:The comedian, actor and director, has flashed a giant Churchillian V-sign at the Scottish Parliament by threatening to smoke on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. HE SHALL light up on the beaches, in the fields and... the Assembly Rooms. He shall never surrender.
WI Police Ticket Meryl Manhardt, Asst. DA. She assaulted a male reporter taking photographs of smokers.
Prize Offered to First Anti-Smoking Group to Apologize for Misleading the Public. By Michael Siegel. We need a group - even just one - to step up to the plate and demonstrate for all of us the importance of scientific integrity and the seriousness with which we must take our responsibility to accurately communicate health information to the public.
Surgeon General's Report Blows Smoke. By Elizabeth M. Whelan. When the CDC and the Surgeon General were preparing their report, it appears that smoke got in their eyes.
UK: Deborah Arnott brags about how the Antis tricked the public. The law banning smoking in public places is the culmination of one of the most successful social change campaigns in recent years.
Sofa Tax:
Would Be Good for the Children, Says Health Group. ...vowed to do more to "protect our children from the ravages of relaxation."
Thomas Frieden Regulates Diabetics.
New York's diabetic surveillance program could be the harbinger for similar mandatory programs for monitoring everyone's serum cholesterol, hypertension, and even percentage of body fat.
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Howdy, Issue #389 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
FL: Reversal of $145 Billion law suit upheld. The Engle case overturns the largest punitive damage award by a jury in U.S. history.
IL Returns $2.15 Billion to Philip Morris. The end to many "lights" lawsuits.
CA Lawyers Squeeze Money From Business ... owners say are aimed more at squeezing money from them than keeping people safe.
American Cancer Society catches the Surgeon General in an outright lie... The Surgeon General can stomp his feet, and scream at the top of his lungs...like a little Napoleon "....because I said so....." all he wants. But it doesn't change the facts........and the facts show he is telling a bold faced lie to the American public.
It's the second coming! By Dave Pickrell. Outsiders are the actual people effected by the anti-smoking rules.
Letter from L. Neil Smith. The Wannabenazis might have gotten away with this dictatorial crap thirty years ago, but not today, not in the harsh light they can be exposed to thanks to the Internet.
Report's all smoke and mirrors. By Sidney Zion. He appeared before the Congress and came out for prohibition of tobacco. Which doesn't exactly make him a neutral scientific observer of the danger of secondhand smoke.
Councillor Aaron Buman Defies smoking ban. "I'm definitely encouraging restaurateurs to ignore it, because it's just ridiculous." (Australia)
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates!
Yours,
Samantha
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #388 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Lift airline ban on lighters, TSA urges. The nation's aviation security chief says Congress should lift a ban on passengers carrying lighters on airplanes because screeners are spending too much time looking for lighters instead of bombs.
The lawlessness of the FDA, Big Pharma immunity, and crimes against humanity. "Final Rule" goes into effect, establishing a regulatory power grab of such scale and scope that it attempts to bypass all laws, the will of Congress and fundamental protections for consumers.
Coffee drinking may lower diabetes risk.
Junk Science: Stop-smoking regimen that scares doctors.
Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice.
Parody? No amount of exposure to fat people is safe.
X-RAY-INDUCED cancers kill 780 to 2,500 Canadians a year.
Surgeon General's Communications Misrepresent Findings of Report... By Michael Siegel. One can say that there is no safe level of exposure to any carcinogen. There is no safe level of exposure to car exhaust...
Did Carmona Read His Own Report? By Jacob Sullum. There is absolutely no evidence to support this claim.
Killing the passive smoking debate. By Michael Fumento. Actually, “debate over” simply means: “If you have your doubts, shut up!”
Anti smokers get the figurative finger. America becomes a joke on the world stage. And: Rights as a two tier system majority Vs minority.
FORCES International. Passive Smoke: An Institutional Problem.
KY: Campbell County says NO to ban.
KY: Daviess County says NO to stronger ban.
NC: Columbus County says NO to ban.
NE: Ralston says NO to ban.
AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! Yours, Samantha