| The Property Rights Newsletter
June 18, 2010 - Issue #573
"I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States.
The only thing is I could be just as proud for half of the money."
- Arthur Godfrey |  GA: Perdue signs truck seat belt law in Dalton. Georgia has joined the rest of the nation in requiring seat belts for all motorists -- even those who operate pickup trucks.
MA: Proposes Anti-Tobacco Propaganda Where Tobacco is Sold. "I meet men and women in their seventies and eighties who have smoked two or three packs a day since adolescence and appear in better respiratory shape than some younger people who do not smoke," said Andre Weil, M.D., the so-called father of integrative medicine and author of several best-selling books promoting general health and healthy aging. Helfer also cited evidence that cigarette smokers have a reduced risk of developing Parkinson’s disease and that a similar effect has also been noticed in epidemiological studies of Alzheimer’s disease.
SC: Vote! Primary runoff is on June 22nd, there are still a half dozen statehouse races to be decided and, of course, the Republican Governor candidate.
USA: Rand Paul: Like MLK, but different. He also is against government telling restaurants to ban smoking - Paul thinks non-smokers can simply "choose" to visit other restaurants (and bars).
UK: MP wants smoking ban lifted. "It's just crazy that people are being forced to stand outside and people who live near pubs are left complaining about the noise generated by them."
UK: Watch: Overturn the smoking ban or regret not doing so.
PA: Cigar Store Owners Say Increased Pa. Tobacco Taxes will Lower Tax Revenues. Rendell’s budget proposal would increase cigarette taxes by 10 cents per pack and impose new taxes on other tobacco products, including cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco.
USA: The War on Cigarettes. by William Wilson. For starters, the same vicious cycle that brought us Al Capone and his band of murderous thugs in the 1920s – and which made Pablo Escobar one of the richest men in the world in the 1990s – will be back for another bite at the taxpayer-funded apple. Just last month in Virginia, for example, a contraband cigarette smuggler pleaded guilty in court of hiring a hit man to murder two people that he suspected of stealing his bootleg cigarettes. According to media reports, the man’s gang was hoping to make a cool $1 million by selling nearly 400,000 cartons of cigarettes in New York City – where taxes alone on a pack of smokes are $4.25. Amazingly, New York lawmakers are seeking to add another $1 to this already obscene amount, an increase which will only fuel additional bootlegging – and additional violence.
Australia: Tobacco Black Market. "It is not hard to grow and, given it looks like big spinach, might not normally attract much attention. I have been told the Tax Office loses $400 million a year in excise due to illegal crops. Given the size of government excise, chop chop is very cheap and it is often sold under the counter by weight by unscrupulous tobacconists, grocers and even service stations." | Click to watch: Cute Animal World Cup
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| The Property Rights Newsletter
June 11, 2010 - Issue #572
"It is curious that physical courage should be so
common in the world, and moral courage so rare."
- Mark Twain |  Denmark Update: From The Smoker's Club, European Regional Director, Wiel Maessen, we have some GOOD NEWS from the Dutch. They have just had elections, and the party (VVD: The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) that is the strongest critic of their smoking ban has now officially captured the most seats of any party in their parliament!
Dutch Minister: Admits smoking ban is partial failure. Small bars, which are often unable to create the required separate zones for smokers and non-smokers, increasingly allow their clients to smoke indoors.
Bulgaria: EU Commissioner Scolds Bulgaria over Eased Smoking Ban. EU commissioner for health and consumer policy, John Dalli, has expressed regrets over the Bulgarian government's decision to delay the full smoking ban in public places.
IA: Video: Lack of Enforcement of Iowa Smoking Ban.
MI: Law Banning Smoking On Beaches Ignored. Beachgoers are lighting up in the water and on the beach. Some don't know the ordinance exists, others don't care.
NC: Brunswick County rejects smoking ban on its land. Carter, a Sheriff's Office detective, said the ban would be unenforceable.
NC: The owner of Gate City Billards Country Club will continue to allow smoking in his establishment.
OH: Clevelanders share a passion for a tasty meal on a cozy patio. Smokers have found a legitimate -- and largely legal -- public place to congregate. In the wake of the 2006 decision by Ohio voters to ban smoking in public buildings and workplaces, patios have become Ohio's de facto smoking section. | 
Montreal Grand Prix Returns - By Lynda Duguay
Lobbying shouldn't be part of cultural events;
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| The Property Rights Newsletter
June 4, 2010 - Issue #571
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.”
- Mark Twain |  They have created a fear that is based on nothing. They don’t base it on any solid scientific evidence. World-renowned pulmonologist, president of the prestigious Research Institute Necker for the last decade, Professor Philippe Even, now retired, tells us that he’s convinced of the absence of harm from passive smoking. A shocking interview. Why not speak up earlier? As a civil servant, dean of the largest medical faculty in France, I was held to confidentiality. If I had deviated from official positions, I would have had to pay the consequences. Today, I am a free man. They don’t base it on any solid scientific evidence. Take the case of cardiovascular diseases: the four main causes are obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes. To determine whether passive smoking is an aggravating factor, there should be a study on people who have none of these four symptoms. But this was never done.
Scotland: Freedom to Choose: June 14-15 sees the 2010 UK Smoking Cessation Conference. Shortly before this event we will produce a press release.
UK: The Battle Against Big Government: Join The Debate. Join The Free Society and other groups for a series of cutting edge debates. June 3, 10, 15, 24, 29.
USA - DC: June 17. CEI is thrilled to announce that Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, will be our keynote speaker at this years's Annual Dinner!
USA - NJ: June 21. The Metropolitan Society BBQ, with cigars.
USA - NY: June 18. Come and get lit with Uptown Cigar Company and Marvin Samel from Drew Estate.
USA - SC: June 8. South Carolina State Elections Information.
Check: Smoker Friendly Calendars in your area. | 
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