The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterMarch 20, 2009 - Issue #520
"There may be liberty and justice for all,
but there are tax breaks only for some."
- Martin A. Sullivan |  Evidence Mounting that Chantix May Be Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Behavior; Anti-Smoking Movement Plays a Role in This Possible Tragedy. By Michael Siegel.
Major Section of FDA Tobacco Legislation is Blatantly Unconstitutional and Will Be Struck Down; Bill Will Give FDA Seal of Approval to Cigarettes.
FDA: Bill Would Add Auto-Enrollment Feature to the Federal Thrift Savings Plan.
Apology: A Japanese doctor has apologized after saying that people should smoke themselves to an early death to save the country money on elderly care, according to his hospital.
Backlash: Doctors' boss likens smokers to pedophiles. NT Health Minister Kon Vatskalis is fervently anti-smoking but he rejected the idea. "We have enough difficulties recruiting health professionals to the Territory," he said. "Why would we place further restrictions on them?" | From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter, read all the news.
Denmark:Sweet toothed smokers could pay for proposed tax reform.
Scotland: Shopkeepers count cost as cigarettes go under counter.
UK: Listen online, Freedom 2 Choose now has a radio show!
UK: FOREST 30th Anniversary and new facebook group.
UK: Double Standards as smoking ban is lifted for G20 leaders.
UK Video: By Phil Williams. With callous disregard for their own law that the government imposed on the UK populous, our leaders have decided to amend the smoking ban for the G20 summit. While they are perfectly happy to ignore the economic damage this ban has wrought on our hospitality trade (over 3000 pubs forced out of business), they now have the afront to amend the ban for themselves and themselves only.
KS: Hutch business owners flare over smoking ban legislation.
MI: Legislators Have Love/Hate Relationship with Tobacco.
OH: Perspective: Ohio ranks low on the freedom scale.
SC: Columbia. Huffing about ban on puffing in cigar bar.
SC: Smoking ban has become about property rights.
SC: The politics of public smoking: Lexington County.
WI: Cigarette tax unnecessary, unfair, unwanted.
WV: Bill would ‘fix’ mistake regarding smoking ban.
USA: ALERT: See the proposed state taxes increases.
USA: Stimulus Watch. Bill projects listed by state or territory.
| The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Aspartame and Diet Soda: HI asking FDA to Rescind Approval.
Barbie: WV lawmaker wants to ban Barbie dolls, and others.
Being Nude: In Thin Air of the Alps, Swiss Secrecy Is Vanishing.
Cameras: Snellville GA Suspends Red Light Cameras for 90 days.
Cellphones: Brain tumour link to teen cellphone use.
Facebook: How using Facebook could raise your risk of cancer.
Internet: B.C. case could change Canadian web landscape.
Lunch: Parents' fury over 'mealtime Gestapo' at school which inspects lunches and confiscates junk food.
USA: 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom. | 
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterMarch 13, 2009 - Issue #519
"(Public Health) Are you falling for it? Don't be a fool."
- Gian Turci |  The Four Commandments of the Anti-Smoking Movement: A Tribute to the Memory and Legacy of Gian Turci. By Michael Siegel. Gian was insightful, because there is great truth to the idea that in the tobacco control movement there is an almost abstinence-only approach to public health. The idea of harm reduction has been almost entirely shunned, but without careful consideration of the actual science-base and evidence for what might be the most effective strategies for tobacco control.
Fire-safe cigarettes: Smokers as lab experiments. Where are the concerns about additives in the case of "fire-safe" cigarettes? How come the public health “authorities” are silent on this? Where are the antismoking groups that claim to “worry” about the “health” of their victims while really worrying only about their grants?
States Budget Crises Arrive Like Clockwork. Lawmakers once again turn to cigarette taxes to balance their budgets. By Michael Flynn. Isn't it time we retired this skit? We're almost one decade through the 21st century and our esteemed lawmakers in state capitals are still using a decades-old recipe: Boom and bust budgets; cigarette taxes when times get tough. Stir. It seems our state lawmakers have reached their "sell-by" date. CA: Anti-Smoking Paternalism: A Cancer on American Liberty.
HI: Smoking bans fail in Hawaii Legislature. Proposed bans on slim cigarettes and smoking on Waikiki Beach have faltered.
KS: Governor Kathleen Sebelius at Odds with OSHA.
MD: Lawmaker wants smoking banned in cars with youngsters.
SD: The evolution of a fraud. By Lance Morgan.
UT: Anti-smoking efforts losing big in Legislature. As two tobacco tax bills languish on Utah's Capitol Hill, the $4 million fund for advertising and marketing of a smoking cessation program is also being raided. This combination is especially disturbing to anti-tobacco advocates.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter, read all the news.
| The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Alcohol: France. Beer and wine selling ban under 18.
Death: Questions arise. Human life is a precious and fragile thing.
Rights: 'Privacy' doesn't matter to those seeking to control you.
Smokers stay home. Six Flags Over Georgia Lowers Prices.
Chemicals: Probable Carcinogens Found in Baby Toiletries. Some of the biggest names on the market, including Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo and Baby Magic lotion, tested positive for 1,4-dioxane or formaldehyde, or both, the nonprofit Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported. | | | Join FREE - Home - Events - Forum - Videos - Please Help - © |
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