The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterJuly 27, 2007 - Issue #443
"Don't bother trying to join the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms. It turns out they're apparently against all three."
- Wiley. |
 The Nanny-State Diaries. By Stephen Moore. One smoker lamented that if "gays were discriminated against today the way smokers are, there would be an uproar."
How Many Tabacaleros Does it Take to Write a Declaration of Independence? The heads of over a dozen local premium cigar makers were gathered together in a single smoky room for the first time ever.
 New Policies for Lighters and Breast Milk. In an effort to concentrate resources on detecting explosive threats, TSA will no longer ban common lighters in carry-on luggage starting August 4, 2007.
Teens' fear of fat fuels eating disorders. PANIC over childhood obesity has contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of teenage girls starving themselves, vomiting, abusing laxatives and smoking in an effort to shed weight, the author of a national study released today said.
| From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Canada: Port bar owner wins ruling on patio smoking.
Australia: Fears smoking ban may extinguish regional pubs.
Kenya: Nairobi is the third city to implement a ban on smoking.
UK: Updates and observations on the smoking ban.
CA: AB 1467 to amend Section 6404.5 of the Labor Code.
CA: Assembly panel to discuss ban on smoking in cars.
IL: Governor signs statewide smoking ban to start in January.
MI: House committee passes smoking ban bill on to the House.
NE: First Test Of Omaha Ban Ends With Not-Guilty Rulings.
NY: Senecas staging cigarette crackdown on own Nation.
SC: Greenville update and observations By Robert Deitz, II.
SC: Smoking ban unnecessary. By Jeremy Richards.
SC: Take action, the time to fight for our freedom is now.
VA: Lawmakers want to know, "What is a restaurant?"
USA: Disney-branded films to ban depictions of smoking.
USA: Study, Anti-smoking ads have opposite effect on teens.
| Defiance And Ban Damage Hurts Everyone |
AZ: First Restaurant Closes Because of Smoking Ban.
CO: Bingo Damage. The ban is ruining people's lives.
CO: Bruce Hicks' Bar Continues to Fight Smoking Ban.
DC: Further info on qualifying for an Economic Hardship Waiver.
OH: Cigar Bar revenue is down 70% since the ban went into effect.
OH: Defiance. Warning letters sent out to smoking ban violators.
India: 764 People Fined In Chandigarh for violating the recent ban.
UK: A Suffolk pub has become the first victim of the smoking ban.
UK: Hamish Howitt fights smoking ban in court.
NJ: 9 Injured After Deck at Restaurant Collapses.
PA: Pittsburgh gas clerk kills robber demanding cigarettes.
UK: Boxer, Oyebola, is shot after asking drinkers not to smoke.
Wales: Deaf man attacked for smoking at bus station. |
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterJuly 20, 2007 - Issue #442
"Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. They -- and let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies."
- Barry Goldwater, 1964 |
 A Study Delayed: Helena, MT's Smoking Ban and the Heart Attack Study. By Michael J. McFadden and David W. Kuneman. Thousands of news stories, expert statements, and legislative testimonies based upon the Helena results had resulted in profound lifestyle and economic impacts upon the lives of tens of millions of people and had now been found to be in grievous error.
Fat taxes 'could save thousands' A 17.5% rise on fatty, sugary or salty food would cut heart and stroke deaths by 1.7%, the study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health said. One of the researchers declared the time was right to debate a "fat tax".
Antis: What to expect: The Cold Sharp Slap Of Reality.
Cigarmakers in a panic. The federal tax on each cigar could rise from 5 cents to $10. "I'm not sure in the history of man, since our forefathers founded the country in 1776, that there's ever been a tax increase of 20,000 percent," said Newman, who runs the Tampa business founded by grandfather Julius Caesar Newman. "They had the Boston Tea Party for less than this."
USA: Federal Cigarette Tax Update. |
| From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Australia: Smokeless tobacco should be legalised.
Kenya: Abuse by overzealous officials.
Denmark: In 1950, when everybody smoked...
Pakistan: Strict action to be taken.
UK: Hookah bars see bias in smoking ban.
UK: SMOKE ON TRENT No fags ban.
AK: Landlord wins over Anti tenant.
CA: Glendale ban meets cultural resistance.
IA: Des Moines' City Council outdoor ban.
IL: Cigarette tax hike for health care plan?
ME: Court Brushes Aside State Appeal.
MI: Proposed smoking ban sparks testimony.
NM: Albuquerque Ban parks, bus stops, golf...
NC: Tobacco-free schools bill update.
PA: Ban issue left hanging until September.
USA: Ban it before it multiplies.
USA: Radley Balko on Carmona and science.
USA: Smoker Charles Lane dies at 102.
USA: Smoker Lady Bird Johnson dies at 94.
| The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Asbestos: Canada National Ban use and export.
BBQs Ban. PA American Tradition or Crime Scene?
Hairspray first movie to get a smoking warning.
Overweight child taken from parents in UK.
Personalities and death risks. 30 year study.
Pill to quit smoking and drinking. | FDA Fiasco
Hearing moved to July 25
FDA and cigarettes authority alert.
“Ultimately, FDA’s inclinations are ‘prohibitionist’; it would come as close as it could to making cigarettes unpalatable, unaffordable, and possibly unavailable,” Kazman explained.
Senator Kennedy
and Health Groups Do Huge Favor for Philip Morris; FDA Bill Protects Tobacco Company Profits at the Expense of the Public's Health
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterJuly 13, 2007 - Issue #441
"Reason has never failed men.
Only force and oppression have made the wrecks of the world."
- William Allen White |
 Study finds smoking wards off Parkinson's disease. The apparent protective effect of tobacco against the degenerative nerve disease has been observed for years but a University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health report said a new review of existing studies seems to confirm it, with long-term and current smokers at the lowest risk.
Smoking bans are about policy, not about facts. By Barbara Banaian. When you bear all of the costs and receive all the benefits, you tend to do your own research and you tend to make the right decisions. When you get it wrong, it's you who pays. |
| From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Korea: Tobacco research funds spark protest.
Portugal: Smoking ban eased again.
Russia: To join WHO FCTC.
UK: Lots Of Observations and Updates.
WHO FCTC: Countries in anti agreement.
AL: Northport Public Hearing Set July 23rd.
CA: Tobacco Tax Loss Estimates.
IN: Elkhart Public Hearing Set July 17th.
OH: Another Anti group lost funding source.
NY: Sales Ban At NYS Fair Lawsuit.
PA: House tables bill on smoking ban.
RI: Voluntary Beach Smoking Ban.
SC: Surfside Beach and Conway Updates.
USA: Pay New Spending by Taxing the Poor.
HI: Defiance – One Puff at a Time.
MN: Smoker attacked, bar afraid to call 911.
OH: Where Are All The Non-Smokers?
TX: Smoking Lawyer gives out lighters.
Australia: Clubs beat smoking ban.
Australia: Patients flout hospital smoking bans.
NL: Update on Crusader Trip in Amsterdam.
Scotland: Singer Pete Doherty defies ban.
Wales: A fine for man smoking in a car.
UK: Arrested on the July 1, Day of Defiance.
UK: Courtney Love declares ban retarded.
UK: Liam Mullone says to join him for a smoke.
UK: Redonda Embassy and Smoking.
UK: Smokers threaten hospital staff.
UK: Wells, Somerset Protest March July 14.
| The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Air pollution detrimental to cardiovascular.
Cellphone, texting ban, coming soon to NJ.
Italian beach bans men, kids, fried food.
Nail Salons Safety grant money in WA.
Patio heaters worse than the UK ban.
Permits needed to take photos in NYC?
Scent ban in court by allergic worker.
Smokers and Obese stay out of New Zealand.
Speeding tickets in VA up to $3,550. | 
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If U.S. smokers paid state, local and federal cigarette excise taxes and settlement agreement payments in 2007 at the same rates they were paid in 2006, see how much would be collected so far this year. For more information, review the Cigarette Tax & Payment Table, which details payments made by smokers. In case you missed it: A toll free number you can call to be connected directly to the office of your Congressperson Call: 1-877-857-8074 |
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterJuly 6, 2007 - Issue #440
"There is no such thing as a little freedom.
Either you are all free, or you are not free."
- Walter Cronkite |
 FINALLY you can "smoke" ANYWHERE and ANY TIME you want! Legal water vapor! Read the review of the Electronic cigarette. On the Day of Defiance, smokers around the world are given back their right to enjoy a legal product as they please, and go anywhere they want once again.
 Day Of Defiance! Update. Bars ignore ban July 1, 2007. Live report from The Swan pub, Churchgate, Bolton, Lancashire. Calderdale. Blackpool. Westminister. Mass protests.
More Day of Defiance Updates. Not a single fine for smoke ban protestors.
Queen Elizabeth Breaks Smoking Ban. No-smoking signs have been put up at the entrances to Buckingham Palace used by members of the public when they receive honors, but there will none at entrances used by the queen, the royal family or senior aides.
Tony Blows who owns the Dog Inn at Ewyas Harold, found his pub at the centre of international media frenzy this weekend because his customers continued to smoke despite the ban.
Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has said that he is ready to flaunt the U.K. smoking ban.
Joe Jackson: Attention Smokers! Don't stop the party. "Smokers need to know the true facts. The more we know, the better we can fight back. Do not allow yourself to be bullied. Do not apologise to anyone. On the contrary, explain to people why you're a victim of unjust discrimination. You are enjoying a legal pleasure with a long and honourable history, and you're contributing £10 billion a year to your country in tax revenue. Be proud.
The Hawaii Bar Owners Association participated in "World Defiance Day" to protest the state's smoking ban. They are joining bars across the world, especially in England, that oppose smoking bans.
 The Rest of the Story. By Michael Siegel. Read the articles. Shoddy Science Behind Conclusions, TobaccoScam Decides to Stick with Deception, Cartoon Draws Attention to Absurdity of Proposed FDA Tobacco Legislation, Smoking in Movies, On Parental Smoking, Child Abuse, and Heelys. |
| From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
Canada: Tobacco Ad Law Judgement.
Afghanistan: First steps towards smoking ban.
Australia: Bar bans signal new battle plan.
Mexico City: Smoking Ban Alert.
Malaysia: MPs smoke inside Parliament House.
Russia: Air quality test results around the world.
Wales: No fines over smoking ban.
UK: Fire-safe cigarettes only by 2009.
UK: Freedom To Choose Judicial Review.
UK: Heathrow Airport and BAA.
UK: Some hotels enforce ban in rooms.
HI: Will another Anti group lose MSA $ funding?
KY: Louisville Bar Defies New Ban .
NC: Ban in all state government buildings.
OH: Employment, Clinic bans hiring smokers.
PA: Students pass park ban in Selinsgrove.
WV: Debate centers on state, local controls.
| Ban Damage Hurts Everyone |
DC: Atlas Ban Damage Nightlife Alert.
GA: The Smoking Ban -Two Years Later.
MD: Case against Frank J. Keegan dropped. |
USA: New USA petition to sign for smokers rights.
UK: New UK petition to sign to repeal the smoking ban.
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