The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterApril 24, 2009 - Issue #523
"One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the
freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle."
- James Otis, 1761 |  Smochiewochie: Defying the ban. Recently, a courageous supporter of freedom has been breaking the smoking ban. The reasons for this is that he wants to be fined and taken to court so that he can challenge the legality of the ban. As you can see, no fine was forthcoming, in fact it seems the whole is a joke; no doubt because the 'enforcers' are well aware there is no legality in the ban. Watch the videos.
Anti-Smoking Advocates Blast Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for Having Represented Tobacco Companies and Call Her A "Sellout" For Defending Them in Court. By Michael Siegel. These attacks frame the issue inappropriately in the public eye, and undermine the public's appreciation for an essential aspect of the very integrity of our justice system.
The Dangers of Using Cigarette Taxes to Fund Essential Government Programs: Financial Partnerships Lead to Big Tobacco Bailouts. Rethink dependence of tax increases.
CA: Parks and beaches SB 4 - A bad idea. By Robert Deitz, II.
CA: Smoking Everywhere at NAACP Image Awards Backstage Celebrity Experience. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.
CT: Casino smoking ban likely will burn up state revenue.
FL: IPCPR Expresses Concern For Tobacco Retailers.
IL: Residents: Help Stop a Tax Increase in Your State!
NC: A Spirited Debate on Smoking. By John Hood. 
NV: Senate overwhelmingly approves reversing statewide smoking ban. The fact that Nevada's smoking ban has had a disastrous effect on their economy is no doubt the driving factor to re-instating freedom. And that lawmakers are now being educated about special interests who manufacture alternative nicotine products.
VT: IPCPR Urges Common Sense by Vermont Lawmakers.
WI: Please tell your state today to forego raising taxes.
USA: How the Tea Partiers can make Washington pay attention.
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter, read all the news.
| The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Report: Fat people cause of global warming. “Moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler," said Dr. Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. According to the report, scientists say overweight people means more food production -- a cause of CO2 gas emissions. It also says that means more people are likely to drive. |  In Loving Memory Of Garnet Dawn
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterApril 17, 2009 - Issue #522
The Americans have had presidents, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope
and Stevie Wonder. We have Gordon Brown,
No Cash, No Hope, and No bleeding Wonder.
- Anonymous from the UK |  Cigarette tax increased 62 cents. "I don't think they did very careful research," Kuneman said. Kuneman, unlike Wagar and Cooperstock, said there is insufficient evidence that tax hikes cause a decline in smoking. The support for health care programs, which he said were failing, should be spread to all taxpayers. "If the SCHIP program is a good program, everybody should be funding it," Kuneman said. "Everybody should be paying their fair share to pay it, not just smokers."
The total failure of smoking bans: By Michael J. McFadden. The problem they faced was that such a social engineering admission would have doomed the ban to failure - so they dressed it up as "protecting nonsmokers." A lie, just like all their other lies.
FACT CHECK: Do smokers cost society money? Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too — by living longer. It's an element of the debate over tobacco that some economists and officials find distasteful. "The natural train of logic that follows from that is that then anybody that's admitted around age 65 or older that's showing any signs of sickness should be denied treatment," Pechacek said. "That's the cheapest thing to do."
NV: Bill softening NV smoking ban passes Legislative committee.
PA: Players light up cigarette before game as tribute to Kalas.
TX: Alert: legislators are considering a statewide ban – again.
TX: Texas may raise legal smoking age from 18 to 19.
VT: IPCPR Stresses ‘Freedom, Unity’ for All Vermont Citizens.
USA: Where's the Fire? By Jacob Sullum. The rush to ban electronic cigarettes is hazardous to smokers' health.
USA: Martin D. Weiss. Please sign my Petition to Congress: "Thanks for Nothing, Washington - I'd Rather Bail Myself Out!"
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter, read all the news.
Ireland: Martyrdom Update: Chris Carter - Smoking for Freedom.
Netherlands: Breda court says NO and overturns café smoking ban.
Scotland: Freedom To Choose Petition Gains International Support. |  The smoking ban in England and Wales
is NOT legal. Part 1 and Part 2
The same exemption that exists for the
house of commons bar, applies to all
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The United Pro Choice
Smokers Rights NewsletterApril 3, 2009 - Issue #521
"Avoid strong drink,
it may lead one to shoot at tax collectors, and miss."
- Samuel L. Clemens |
Surprise Supreme Court Decision Ends Big Pharma's Pre-Emption Bid for Legal Immunity. The decision has hit Big Pharma hard. The industry, already reeling from layoffs and a loss of innovation, is now facing a wave of lawsuits from potentially hundreds of thousands of people who have been harmed by dangerous prescription medications. The legal path for such lawsuits has now been cleared, and drug companies can no longer claim legal immunity just because they managed to deceive the FDA into declaring their dangerous chemicals were "approved."
Don't Flatter Yourself: Why Survey Research Can Be Flawed. When asked about their own behavior in relation to materialism, compulsive buying, drug and alcohol addiction, cigarette smoking, shoplifting, gambling, prostitution, and intolerant attitudes, people tend to answer in a less than candid manner.
JAMA editors allegedly threatened tipster. Professor Jonathan Leo raised concerns of study author’s ties to drug industry.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Misusing and Tricking Kids into Doing Its Special Interest Lobbying for It; Behavior is Sleazy and Unethical. By Michael Siegel. In all seriousness, this is the sleaziest maneuver I have ever witnessed during my 23 years in the tobacco control movement. | From The International Mailbag |
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter, read all the news.
Africa: Urges G20 Leaders to break down trade barriers.
Hong Kong: May allow hi-tech smoking rooms in bars this year.
Scotland: Freedom2Choose Supports Vending Machine Operators.
Scotland: Petition: Request To Terminate Mental Health Consultation: The Truth Is A Lie? From Freedom to Choose.
Somalia: Islamists ban khat and cigarettes in Dhobley.
UK: A Ducking Doctor, Atherton incapable of defending herself.
UK: Phil Williams video response to anti Hamish Champ.
UK: Petition for UK residents only. Please sign today for the pubs. AK: Both Soldotna and Kenai say NO to ban proposals.
CT: Mohegan promises smoking ban battle all the way to high court.
HI: IPCPR Says Hawaiians Should "Onipa'a" Against HB895.
IN: Star indulges tyranny of anti-smoking health police.
LA: Cigar 101, Cigar Night for beginners, get a free cigar 4/3/09.
NC: Note from NC Representative Thom Tillis.
NC: Says NO ban when there are no minors in the building.
ND: Smoking ban fails on all ND state university campuses.
NJ: Ex-health chief: NJ anti-smoking program faces cut.
NY: Gov. Paterson wants to snuff out cigarette sales.
NY: OK for American Taliban, but defending big tobacco verboten?
OH: Lawmaker Sen. Robert Schuler wants smoking ban changes.
SC: Local courts to consider if ban violations break law.
SD: Groups Considering Referral Of Smoking Ban. Hold a vote?
TX: Burleson says NO and rejects tougher smoking proposal.
VA: Smoking and non-smoking areas are permitted in restaurants.
USA: Fire Safe Cigarettes - Or - Smokers as Lab Experiments.
USA: PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge up in smoke.
USA: Video dedicated to all that still believe in liberty.
USA: Massive Tobacco Tax Increase by Congress Spells Even More Economic Disaster for Jobs and State Economies. | The Slippery Slope After Tobacco |
Obesity Epidemic: Headlines tell us the nation is getting fatter, and that obesity has become an epidemic. But there is more to the story, according to one University of Houston sociologist.
Sign: Smokers Not Allowed. If you're straining to accept the credulity of the sign, you did indeed read it correctly. The sign doesn't say: "smoking is not allowed in this room," it says "smokers are not allowed in this room."
Skin Cancer: Preventing America’s Most Common Cancer. Solar Radiation a.k.a Sunlight is a "Class A" carcinogen.
Third Hand Smoke: From the horses mouth the third hand smoke scare is nothing but lies and irresponsible outpouring of false information. Don’t believe the hype.
$$$: Big Pharm only wants you to use THEIR quit smoking products. | |
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