Thursday, November 30, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #409 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Why I smoke (cigars) By Dennis Prager. He not only taught me the joys of cigars; he also taught me the importance of thinking for myself and how to lead an honorable life that includes as much joy as possible.
Vin Suprynowicz. Tyrannies can't afford to let us 'vote with our feet.' If all states are the same, why have states?
Biased Science in Tobacco Control: A Re-Evaluation of a 1997 Study on Secondhand Smoke and Heart Disease. By Michael Siegel.
Why I smoke (cigars) By Dennis Prager. He not only taught me the joys of cigars; he also taught me the importance of thinking for myself and how to lead an honorable life that includes as much joy as possible.
Vin Suprynowicz. Tyrannies can't afford to let us 'vote with our feet.' If all states are the same, why have states?
Biased Science in Tobacco Control: A Re-Evaluation of a 1997 Study on Secondhand Smoke and Heart Disease. By Michael Siegel.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter. Canada: Massive scam revealed. Germany: Edges Toward Ban in Public Spaces. Scotland: Pubs plan smoke ban protest. Scotland: Hospital protest walk out. UK: Jersey smoking ban announced. UK: Ventilation after the ban. AK: Critics would snuff out smoke ban. DC: Democrats ban at Capitol Hill lounge? IA: State Democrats renew anti-tobacco focus. IL: Bloomington ban loophole. IL: Carbondale says NO to ban. IL: Peoria says NO to ban. IL: State smoking ban not favored. IN: Allen County says NO to bar ban. MA: Scott Rodrigues Sues Scotts On Rights. MD: The Blairs apartment complex ban. MS: Brookhaven mulls public building. ban. MS: Oxford tweaks smoking ban ordinance. OH: Hookah lounges drop food items. OH: Clubs probe for loopholes in smoke ban. SC: Richland County Alert. UT: Salt Lake City ban update. USA: Laws prohibit smoking around children Big Pharm: New push to allow imported drugs. Radioactive Material Found - Sushi Restaurant. Vaccines Against Addiction Solution? Norm Granvold: wants Blanchard in WI to file charges against restaurants that allow smoking... He also wants to file a charge of child abuse against the restaurant owners. Somalia: Islamist cops nab 22 in raid on smokers. they will be flogged if found guilty of violating a new tobacco ban, officials said.
Big Snack buys health labels. Some consumer and food activists say the A.D.A. remains too wedded to benefactors in the food and pharmaceutical industries, who provided more than $23 million last year. A special handout circulated around the room. It outlined a business deal so sensitive it had not been listed on the official agenda and the handouts were collected at the meeting’s end. Two words on the handout stood out. Burger King. In the past year, Dr. DeFronzo has received compensation from seven drug companies.
AND More!Thursday, November 23, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #408 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
An Unwelcome Discovery. Eric Poehlman pleaded guilty to lying on a federal grant application and admitted to fabricating more than a decade’s worth of scientific data on obesity, menopause and aging, much of it while conducting clinical research as a tenured faculty member at the University of Vermont. He presented fraudulent data in lectures and in published papers, and he used this data to obtain millions of dollars in federal grants from the National Institutes of Health — a crime subject to as many as five years in federal prison. Poehlman’s admission of guilt came after more than five years during which he denied the charges against him, lied under oath and tried to discredit his accusers. By the time Poehlman came clean, his case had grown into one of the most expansive cases of scientific fraud in U.S. history.
Ethics Violations: Charges of fake research hit new high. Doctors accused of making up data in medical studies. NIH finds 44 cases.
Doctors must not be lapdogs to drug firms. The drug industry is happy to play the genial uncle until physicians want to discuss subjects that are off limits.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
British Virgin Islands: Ban starts in 6 months.
EU: Buying Duty-free Online.
France: Casinos exempt from smoking ban.
Spain: Health Ministry appeals anti challenge.
AZ: Prop. 203 levy faces suit.
CO: Bar Owners File Notice Of Appeal On Ban.
CO: Property Rights, smoking in your own home.
IA: Colleges target outdoor smoking.
IL: Glenview officials solicit public opinion.
IL: McLean County says NO to bar ban.
IL: Orland Hills says NO to ban.
IL: Logic says there should be exemptions.
KS: Parsons City ban hurting businesses.
KY: Moose to vets, private clubs must ban.
MO: Lambert Field, St. Louis airport alert.
MS: Hattiesburg Reaction mixed on ban plan.
MS: Meridian delays vote on smoking ban.
MS: Ridgeland weighs smoking ban.
NY: Seneca agrees to comply with fed demands.
PA: Lighting up near entrances approved.
TN: State Update and Alert.
USA: Tobacco Can Appeal `Lights' Case Ruling.
Chocolate Study helps explain heart benefits.
Low cholesterol now worse to have than high.
Reality is everything made of chemicals.
Oldest living Granby miner turns 92.
India: Fulla Nayak dies at 125 years old.
CA: Santa Clara County wants more drinks tax.
NY: Tribes Fear Cigarette Tax Law.
Canada: Cosmetic Maker Regulations.
Germany: Focus on obesity.
Russia: Woman Sues Coca Cola And Wins.
USA: Big Pharmaceutical sued over birth control.
USA: Fast Food Nation Update.
USA: Obese should pay more for insurance.
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An Unwelcome Discovery. Eric Poehlman pleaded guilty to lying on a federal grant application and admitted to fabricating more than a decade’s worth of scientific data on obesity, menopause and aging, much of it while conducting clinical research as a tenured faculty member at the University of Vermont. He presented fraudulent data in lectures and in published papers, and he used this data to obtain millions of dollars in federal grants from the National Institutes of Health — a crime subject to as many as five years in federal prison. Poehlman’s admission of guilt came after more than five years during which he denied the charges against him, lied under oath and tried to discredit his accusers. By the time Poehlman came clean, his case had grown into one of the most expansive cases of scientific fraud in U.S. history.
Ethics Violations: Charges of fake research hit new high. Doctors accused of making up data in medical studies. NIH finds 44 cases.
Doctors must not be lapdogs to drug firms. The drug industry is happy to play the genial uncle until physicians want to discuss subjects that are off limits.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
British Virgin Islands: Ban starts in 6 months.
EU: Buying Duty-free Online.
France: Casinos exempt from smoking ban.
Spain: Health Ministry appeals anti challenge.
AZ: Prop. 203 levy faces suit.
CO: Bar Owners File Notice Of Appeal On Ban.
CO: Property Rights, smoking in your own home.
IA: Colleges target outdoor smoking.
IL: Glenview officials solicit public opinion.
IL: McLean County says NO to bar ban.
IL: Orland Hills says NO to ban.
IL: Logic says there should be exemptions.
KS: Parsons City ban hurting businesses.
KY: Moose to vets, private clubs must ban.
MO: Lambert Field, St. Louis airport alert.
MS: Hattiesburg Reaction mixed on ban plan.
MS: Meridian delays vote on smoking ban.
MS: Ridgeland weighs smoking ban.
NY: Seneca agrees to comply with fed demands.
PA: Lighting up near entrances approved.
TN: State Update and Alert.
USA: Tobacco Can Appeal `Lights' Case Ruling.
Chocolate Study helps explain heart benefits.
Low cholesterol now worse to have than high.
Reality is everything made of chemicals.
Oldest living Granby miner turns 92.
India: Fulla Nayak dies at 125 years old.
CA: Santa Clara County wants more drinks tax.
NY: Tribes Fear Cigarette Tax Law.
Canada: Cosmetic Maker Regulations.
Germany: Focus on obesity.
Russia: Woman Sues Coca Cola And Wins.
USA: Big Pharmaceutical sued over birth control.
USA: Fast Food Nation Update.
USA: Obese should pay more for insurance.
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #407 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Antis: What to expect
The Cold Sharp Slap Of Reality
No smoking. No touching. No drugs. Welcome to Vegas, have a nice stay. By Vin Suprynowicz. These ignoramuses never stop braying “for the children” till they’ve shut down the very industries that gave their cities life. As though daddy’s paycheck isn’t “for the children.”
Quebec bar owners seek injunction to temporarily lift smoking ban. 300 business owners gather to protest ban. The injunction is a stop-gap measure while bar owners wait for the Supreme Court of Canada to hear their case challenging the constitutionality of Quebec's anti-smoking law.
New smoking-lounge business. It's really B.Y.O. everything. The business was able to get around the smoking ban to allow for smoking indoors.
CO: Patrons at Orio's Roadhouse can keep smoking indoors after prosecutors dropped a criminal case claiming the bar violated the statewide smoking ban.
Anti-Smoking Groups Hone their Tactics to Suppress Dissent: Michael Siegel's Suggested Guidebook for Tobacco Control Advocates for Quelling Internal Dissent.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Germany: Thoughts From Alexander W. Schoppmann of Smintair Airlines.
NZ: Wanganui says NO to outside smoking ban.
Puerto Rico: People enforce ban themselves.
Scotland: 9 out of 10 say ENOUGH!
Venezuela: Seeks to rekindle cigar industry.
AZ: Smoking ban like a red flag to older vets.
CA: Belmont first U.S. city to ban all smoking.
FL: Cocoa Beach says NO to ban.
FL: Observations By Lawrence W. Reed.
IA: Des Moines bans in more places?
IL: Bloomington-Normal Airport says NO ban.
IL: Bloomington to consider delay in ban.
IL: Fox Lake say NO ban, embraces smokers.
IL: McLean County bars exempt from ban?
IL: Naperville delays vote on smoking ban.
IL: Towanda says NO to bar ban.
ME: Bangor Smoking In Cars Alert.
MO: Kansas City postponed petition to ban.
MS: Tupelo smoking ban changes.
NE: Lexington says NO to ban.
NJ: The next step - Antis after casinos next.
NV: Question 5 could be challenged legally.
SC: Columbia exempts bars from ban.
SC: Sullivan's Island Challenging The Ban.
TX: Baytown ban sign debate continues.
TX: Wichita Falls mob of protestors debate.
UT: Salt Lake City postponed ban talk.
USA: Judge allows legal challenge to MSA.
USA: The Helena Study Fraud. By Dave Hitt.
Canada: Seniors left out in the cold.
UK: Hospital patients defy smoking ban.
OH: 12/7 Memorable for smokers & veterans. Choosing this national day of remembrance to sacrifice yet another freedom on the altar of political correctness gives real Americans (an apparent minority in Ohio) a second reason to remember Dec. 7 as a day of infamy.
No smoking. No touching. No drugs. Welcome to Vegas, have a nice stay. By Vin Suprynowicz. These ignoramuses never stop braying “for the children” till they’ve shut down the very industries that gave their cities life. As though daddy’s paycheck isn’t “for the children.”
Quebec bar owners seek injunction to temporarily lift smoking ban. 300 business owners gather to protest ban. The injunction is a stop-gap measure while bar owners wait for the Supreme Court of Canada to hear their case challenging the constitutionality of Quebec's anti-smoking law.
New smoking-lounge business. It's really B.Y.O. everything. The business was able to get around the smoking ban to allow for smoking indoors.
CO: Patrons at Orio's Roadhouse can keep smoking indoors after prosecutors dropped a criminal case claiming the bar violated the statewide smoking ban.
Anti-Smoking Groups Hone their Tactics to Suppress Dissent: Michael Siegel's Suggested Guidebook for Tobacco Control Advocates for Quelling Internal Dissent.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Germany: Thoughts From Alexander W. Schoppmann of Smintair Airlines.
NZ: Wanganui says NO to outside smoking ban.
Puerto Rico: People enforce ban themselves.
Scotland: 9 out of 10 say ENOUGH!
Venezuela: Seeks to rekindle cigar industry.
AZ: Smoking ban like a red flag to older vets.
CA: Belmont first U.S. city to ban all smoking.
FL: Cocoa Beach says NO to ban.
FL: Observations By Lawrence W. Reed.
IA: Des Moines bans in more places?
IL: Bloomington-Normal Airport says NO ban.
IL: Bloomington to consider delay in ban.
IL: Fox Lake say NO ban, embraces smokers.
IL: McLean County bars exempt from ban?
IL: Naperville delays vote on smoking ban.
IL: Towanda says NO to bar ban.
ME: Bangor Smoking In Cars Alert.
MO: Kansas City postponed petition to ban.
MS: Tupelo smoking ban changes.
NE: Lexington says NO to ban.
NJ: The next step - Antis after casinos next.
NV: Question 5 could be challenged legally.
SC: Columbia exempts bars from ban.
SC: Sullivan's Island Challenging The Ban.
TX: Baytown ban sign debate continues.
TX: Wichita Falls mob of protestors debate.
UT: Salt Lake City postponed ban talk.
USA: Judge allows legal challenge to MSA.
USA: The Helena Study Fraud. By Dave Hitt.
Canada: Seniors left out in the cold.
UK: Hospital patients defy smoking ban.
OH: 12/7 Memorable for smokers & veterans. Choosing this national day of remembrance to sacrifice yet another freedom on the altar of political correctness gives real Americans (an apparent minority in Ohio) a second reason to remember Dec. 7 as a day of infamy.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #406 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Email conversation with James Repace. Ventilation and Secondhand Smoke. I have read your work, and it is laughable in the extreme. Your analysis is so blatantly unscientific I wonder how you manage to con so many people into believing what you say. Your claims are lies pure and simple. (Repace, a scientist, then unprofessionally swears at the public in emails.)
Election 2006 Results
Arizona: Smoking ban passes, and increases tax by two cents a pack.
Florida: Voters give Antismoking Extremists $58 million.
Nevada: Smoking ban passes. Are casinos next?
Ohio: Smoking ban passes.
Arizona: Passes a higher tobacco tax. Is it 8th of a cent or 80 cents?
California: Prop.86 Fails. No tax increase.
Missouri: The tobacco tax increase proposal has failed.
Ohio: Cleveland cigarette tax increase for arts program.
South Dakota: Voters triple the state tax on cigarettes.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Canada: Clubhouse Donuts Raided By Police.
France: Restaurateurs protest smoking ban.
Germany: Berlin's Non-smoker protection bill.
Pakistan: Punjab Regional Transport Authority.
Scotland: Lawyer sees smoke ban loophole.
UK: Raise legal age for smoking?
We have always asked why smoking bans include smokeless products. Even if people don't care about smoking bans and all the slippery slope items... they must care about this insanity run wild or we are all lost, as a free nation, and as a free people.
Colorado: PRETENDING to smoke is illegal
Think about it. The French can protest a ban. The Americans will be arrested for pretending to smoke.
PRETENDING TO SMOKE IS ILLEGAL
Think about it.
CA: Burbank Smoking Ban Considered. IL: Bourbonnais -Where is the logic? IL: NO ban at Arlington Park Racetrack. IL: Park City says NO to ban. IL: Rockton says NO to ban - Again. IL: Roselle says NO to ban. IN: Hobart unlikely to ban smoking. KY: Louisville Bars take ban to court. MO: Kirkwood says NO to ban. MS: Hattiesburg sets hearing date. MS: Meridian lights up new debate. MS: Tupelo Smoking ban challenge. NJ: Atlantic City Casino Update. NJ: Judge rules bartender's smoking is legal. PA: Allegheny County More changes to ban. TN: Dana faces secondhand smoking suit. TX: Baytown smoking ban passes. VA: Smoking Ban In State Buildings. WI: Appleton bar owners vow to fight again. WV: Ripley Restaurant Lawsuit Against Ban. USA: Legacy, Philip Morris Spar. USA: Federal Smoking Ban?
Australia: Company tracks staff by satellite. UK: Britons could be microchipped like dogs. CA: Students fingerprint scans to get lunch. Australia: US bans Vegemite. Canada: Social Workers Are Smoke Police. CA: Armenians smoking mad over grilling ban. CO: Nemeth’s El Tejon Restaurant is closed. FL: Anti Fat Police Chief Fired. NY: Messing With The National Football League. RI: Police Seize Contraband Cigarettes. USA: Alliance aims to snuff out movie smoking. World: KFC to switch to no-trans-fat frying oil.
We have always asked why smoking bans include smokeless products. Even if people don't care about smoking bans and all the slippery slope items... they must care about this insanity run wild or we are all lost, as a free nation, and as a free people.
Colorado: PRETENDING to smoke is illegal
Think about it. The French can protest a ban. The Americans will be arrested for pretending to smoke.
PRETENDING TO SMOKE IS ILLEGAL
Think about it.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Howdy,
Issue #405 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com
Question: Which is worse... the fact that these mistakes were made, or the way they are being responded to?
AZ: Tiny typo, big effect on ballot. Language calls for '.80 cent' tax hike on cigarettes, not 80 cents, or about $186 mil less than intended. To interpret the .80 cents/pack language as 1/100th of the intended amount is a "highly technical" reading of the language, said Kevin Tyne, deputy secretary of state. "I could imagine someone might make a challenge to say the ballot has wrong information on it," Ken Behringer said.
OH: Issue 5 worded incorrectly on ballots in Miami County. Quillen said the error shouldn't cause a problem. "I am going with intent of voter; it is either yes or no do they want it or not," he said. "I doubt if that many voters either know or care if it is a law or an amendment."
Genetically modified tobacco plants helped slash the cost of vital inflammation research. Federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl said the research was an exciting breakthrough that shows great promise. By using tobacco plants engineered to produce the protein, the scientists were able to slash the production costs.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Canada: White Rock says NO to ban.
Helsinki: Ban for municipal employees.
Ireland: Non-smokers left out in the cold.
NZ: Says NO to ban in cars - Again.
UK: State-of-the-art “patiola” ban solution.
UK: Smoke Police Patrols Hospital.
UK: Sutton Tenants to be banned at home.
AL: Tuscaloosa says NO to bar ban.
CA: OC says NO to beach ban.
CO: Durango. Orio smoking-ban trial delayed.
CO: Judge upholds exemptions.
GA: DeKalb CEO Jones says NO to ban.
IL: 1 year Marshall McGearty Tobacco Lounge.
IL: Oak Forest polls businesses about ban.
IL: Springfield DAV Hall Defiance.
ND: West Fargo eases smoking ban.
NE: Omaha Ban Challenged 1 - Lawsuit Filed.
NE: Omaha Ban Challenged 2 - AA Exemption.
NH: Londonderry smoking a personal choice.
PA: Allegheny County panel revises ban.
PA: Erie County ban draft alert.
PA: State exemptions for slots venues.
SC: Known enemies of freedom.
TX: Statewide Smoking Ban Proposed.
WI: Madison Lawyer lights a fire under ban.
Anti-Smoking Advocate Claims that Seconds of Tobacco Smoke Exposure Can Cause Heart Attacks in Nonsmokers
Canada: Time has come for tax on junk food.
NY: Smokers' Holdout; Binge Drinkers.
USA: RICO Update. Appeals court blocks ruling against tobacco companies.
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