The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterOctober 26, 2007 - Issue #456
"The problem with people who have no vices
is that generally you can be pretty sure
they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
- Elizabeth Taylor |
 Where's the Consensus on Secondhand Smoke? By Joseph Bast. The "solutions" they want all require bigger government: higher taxes on cigarettes, bans on smoking in public, restrictions on advertising and health claims, etc. Oddly, these solutions all work to advance the self-interest and agendas of the five groups that repeat Carmona's claim of "consensus." What are the odds this correlation is coincidental?
If You Can Smell It, It May Be Killing You. By Jacob Sullum. Although this sort of scaremongering has been going on for a while, the more recent examples decried by Siegel often include numbers, appeals to authority, and inapposite journal citations that enhance their pseudoscientific patina.
Backlash Against Bosses on Strict Health Rules. By Scott Hensley. Most Americans say employers shouldn’t have the right to require that their workers participate in programs to stop smoking or shed pounds, says a poll by The Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive.
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The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter.
France: The issue is no longer public health.
Philippines: Happy 97th Birthday Filomena Remojo Relativo.
UK: Happy 100th Birthday Frances Clarke.
UK: Charge smokers for right to buy cigarettes The scheme would ensure smokers had to make a conscious decision to continue the habit and require people to become "registered addicts". Prof Julian le Grand, a former advisor to Tony Blair, floated the idea during a speech this week. He also proposed banning food manufacturers from adding salt to products, an exercise hour for all employees during the working day and free fruit in offices.
CA: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Increase Extent of Bans.
CA: Intrusion into the privacy and autonomy of parenthood.
ME: Efforts to outlaw smoking shift from public to private spaces.
NY: Carousel Center Mall will go smoke free - outside.
NY: Cobleskill Says NO to Proposed Outdoor Smoking Ban.
NY: Cigar Party to Be Exception to Hotel's Smoke-Free Rule.
OR: Smoking ban extension proposed for Portland city buildings.
WI: Smoking is a freedom issue in privately owned business.
USA: Veto Override Vote Fails! No Federal tax increase.
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CA: Realtors: Smoke ban hurts sales in Belmont.
DC: Grants First Exemption to Smoking Ban. Smoke at Aroma.
MN: Sign reads: Smoking Nazis & MN Lawmakers BITE ME!
NY: Educated NY smokers dodge cigarette taxes.
OH: A decline in business dooms B. Hampton’s.
PA: Smoking Bars in Philadelphia, you can smoke here.
USA: The Tobacco Road to Freedom. By Chuck Muth.
South Africa: Man shot for smoking in a grocery store.
UK: Three shot on balcony while smoking in Kilburn.
UK: Top Gear TV show pipes anger anti-smokers.
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Birth Control pills to 11 yr olds in Maine Middle School.
Chocolate Scientists Explain Cravings, links a type of bacteria.
Doughnuts banned, seniors protest and demand sweets in NY.
RFID California Law Bans Forced Human RFID Tagging.
Shooting gallery for drug addicts considered in CA.
Sniff Test to get a job. Discrimination against smoking.
Swearing AT HOME gets Dawn Herb arrested in PA.
Vaccination exemptions sought as parents claim religion.
Wood-fired burner Complaints prompt ordinance in Smithfield, PA.
Wood-fired boilers Palmer, MA reverses ban, endorsed regulating. |
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterOctober 19, 2007 - Issue #455
"Once lead this people into war and they will forget
there ever was such a thing as tolerance."
- Woodrow Wilson |
 Secondhand data on secondhand smoke. By Jerome Arnett, Jr. We need to shape our policies on the basis of good science, instead of shaping the science to fit the policies.
New Journal Article Demonstrates Widespread Misrepresentation of Acute Cardiovascular Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke by Anti-Smoking Groups. By Michael Siegel. We owe it to the public to do the right thing.
'Truth' campaign is anything but truthful. By Jordan Rothman. The anti-tobacco people are the ones using smoke and mirrors to convince gullible people of the apparent evils of the tobacco corporations.
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Ireland: Ban on shop tobacco displays proposed.
Israel: Health Ministry can't cough up funds to promote smoking ban.
Netherlands: Says NO to ban on terrace smoking.
Scotland: Ministry of Stupid Walks is running our hospitals.
Switzerland: Ban possible with exceptions for bars and restaurants.
Wales: Smoking ban loophole on Fishguard railway station platform.
World: Travel, A Welcome Mat for Smokers.
CA: Ban Belmont's Smoking Ban. By Dr. Yaron Brook.
CA: Beverly Hills Smoking Ban outside of restaurants.
CA: Drivers face fines for smoking with minors in car.
IL: Chicago plan would outlaw smoking at public parks, beaches.
IL: Smoking Ban Goes into Effect January 1. By Aricka Flowers.
KS: Newton City reviews smoking ban ordinance.
KY: Madison County Board of Health clarifies smoking ban.
MA: Casinos in Patrick's plan will be smoke-free.
MN: Dakota County Smoking ban could mean new patio rules.
MS: The American Cancer Society has approached Laurel city.
NE: Ralston is one step closer to butting in on smokers.
NV: State smoking ban sparks zone-change request.
OR: Tobacco puffs $900,000 more into M 50 fight.
PA: Banning smoking at hospitals gets groups fired up.
VA: Norfolk courts Virginia Beach in bid to OK smoking ban.
VT: Burlington's Church Street may soon go "smoke free."
USA: Cancer death rates dropping faster than ever.
USA: Math Is Tough, and So Is Media Literacy.
USA: Neighbor tenants tangle over tobacco, smoking at home.
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SC: Rally-goers weigh in on Surfside's smoking ban.
UK: Landlord first in county facing action on smoking ban.
UK: No smoke makes Rank fire off profit warning.
Wales: Smoking ban has hit trade, says LVA.
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School Day Will Include Moment of Silence in IL.
Tobacco fee TribCo to charge workers $100-a-month.
Wet T-shirt nights can only happen if no-one gets wet. |
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterOctober 12, 2007 - Issue #454
"When we feel stuck, going nowhere - even starting to slip
backward - we may actually be backing up to get a running start."
- Dan Millman |
 Triple Whammy For Tobacco Control. Canadian Protest. It was billed as an opportunity to: "raise the level of importance of tobacco control among health professionals and the community", but it turned into a bad dream in which the cowardly, mean-spirited and clownish nature of the tobacco control cabal was laid bare for all to see.
Videos from the Ohio Demonstration. Hundreds of citizens and business owners gathered at the statehouse on Tuesday to protest the state's ban on smoking in public restaurants.
Doc, what's up with snooping? By Michael Graham. Pediatricians turning kids into snitches. They’re watching you right now. They’re your kids, and they’re the National Security Agency of the Nanny State.
Liberals Send The Truth Up In Smoke. By Nancy Morgan. My choice is called free will. Everyone has it. Only for smokers, it's not so free anymore. The self righteous arbiters of America's morals have decided to take away this choice. And they're succeeding in the court of law, the court of public opinion, and society at large.
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Australia: Smoking ban burns pokie profit, up to 56.41 per cent.
Netherlands: Join us for a protest! October 12, 2007.
UK: Hi-tech packets (RFID) to smoke out crooks.
UK: Rocker Paul Weller is facing a £200 fine after flouting ban.
UK: Smoking ban hits sales at Pubs’n’Bars.
AZ: Elks Phoenix Lodge 335 reinstates smoking.
CA: It's Official -- Belmont Bans Smoking In Some Homes.
CA: Calabasas backs away from smoking ban in "all" apartments.
CA: Irvine Mayor sees problems if ban smoking in apartments.
CA: Smoker loses appeal in cigarette price fix case.
IL: DuPage County Future of cigarette tax uncertain.
IL: Riverboat Gambling Bill HB 0025 replaced by HB 2035.
IL: Will County. Ban raises compliance issues.
ME: Statewide anti-smoking in cars with children rule eyed.
MN: Is smoking ban just gov't intrusion? Updates and observations.
NC: Thousands no longer able to smoke inside their own homes.
NY: Board of Education bans tobacco-related items.
TN: Humphrey: What about that cigarette stomp?
TN: Two propose alternatives, changes to surveillance plan.
TN: Local restaurant to fight smoking ban for cigar room.
TX: Sugar Land Get your paperwork in by the end of the year.
WI: Doyle to increase cigarette tax by $1.25 per pack?
USA: Proposed FDA Tobacco Safety Standards Make No Sense.
USA: SCHIP & the Tobacco Tax update by Rush Limbaugh.
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Candy sales ban in schools in WI, causes black market.
Eating while driving to become illegal in Arizona?
Hair sprays and perfumes ban on campus in CA.
Perfume. She wore too much, so they showed her the door in NY.
Vodka-drip feed saves unconscious tourist in Australia.
Alcohol And Cancer: Is Drinking The New Smoking?
Multiple Sclerosis. Smoking has no effect on progression.
The Common Cold. Research tools offer new look. |
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterOctober 5, 2007 - Issue #453
"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics."
- Author Unknown |
 President Bush says NO to Federal Tobacco Tax Increase. Bush vetoes child health insurance plan. President, Congress battle over $30 billion coverage difference.
The Oregon Measure 50. By David Reinhard. If you're ready to target groups or products that drive up the costs of state-funded programs in order to fund new government benefits -- the next step is clear: The Twinkies tax. If Measure 50 passes and the precedent of writing tax rates on unhealthy products into our Constitution is set, Salem Democrats could well take a take a run at taxing our TV remotes.
Smoke on the water. By Eryn Jelesiewicz. An admission by one of the world's top-rated cruise lines that a new smoking ban is costing it millions of dollars in lost bookings has highlighted the quandary cruise companies face as they try to balance the demands of smokers and non-smokers.
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Canada: Happy 100th Birthday Walter Trask.
Bulgaria: Wants to expand its current ban on smoking.
China: Beijing moves to ban smoking in cabs.
India: Prisoners in Kerala’s jails are now free to smoke.
UK: Updates and other observations, crisis, and backlash.
CT: Psychiatric Patients Challenge Smoking Ban.
IN: Lafayette City Councilman Considers Smoking Ban Ordinance.
IN: Monroe County proposes car smoking ban extension.
KS: Shawnee, To Smoke or Not to Smoke.
ME: Cigarette tax shortfall burning hole in budget.
MO: Judge dismisses case against smoking ban.
NM: Curry County approves outside smoking ban.
TN: You may smoke anywhere with no children allowed.
UT: Gallivan Center smoking ban.
UT: Panel hesitant but OKs car-smoking proposal.
USA: Court backs tobacco ruling, allow verdict to apply to lawsuits.
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Hong Kong: Restaurants hit hard by smoking ban.
UK: Air rage smoker jailed for attack.
CA: Belmont Businesses fear smoking ban will spook customers.
MN: In metro area, growth takes a hit. Ban damage across county.
NY: Man slashed after an argument over cigarette smoke.
OH: Smoking ban hurting those who comply.
OH: Smoker, Owen Rufty, beaten with a brick for seven minutes.
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Cholesterol-lowering statins linked with memory loss in studies.
Cholesterol high? Get healthy or get fired. What is next?
Noise. Pub staff face compulsory ear plugs. New UK regulations.
Obesity Smoking Add $100 Billion a Year to U.S. Health Costs. |
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