The Smoker's Club

The Smokers Rights Van tours the Northeast Howdy, Issue #365 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com The Smoker's Club, Inc. Minnesota State Coordinator Sue Jeffers for Minnesota Governor Big Nanny Is Watching You. By Philip Dawdy. Stripping, booze, and smoking bans: Seattle's nannies are in full scold mode, and progressives are the biggest party poopers of all. Kellogg asked to end marketing junk foods to kids. By Brad Dorfman. The Center for Science in the Public Interest said on Wednesday it would sue Kellogg Co., the maker of cereals such as Frosted Flakes, and Viacom Inc., which runs the Nickelodeon cable network, if the companies do not change some marketing practices aimed at children. Antis Tell CBS What To Do! Anti-Smoking Group Criticizes CBS Piece on Employment Discrimination Against Smokers Before it Airs. By Michael Siegel. In my view, there is no room for discrimination, bigotry, hate, and intolerance in the tobacco control movement. "Thank You for Smoking" Chris Buckley's Novel Lights Up the Screen. His satiric novel was bought by Mel Gibson even before it was published in 1994. Gibson, Buckley recalled, was particularly attracted to the vision of himself playing Nick -- and running naked, covered in dozens of nicotine patches (applied during a kidnapping by anti-smoking terrorists) down the Mall. Norwegian Researcher Confesses to More Faked Studies. Sudbo admitted he also made up data for an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that appeared in April 2004, and another article that ran in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in March 2005. AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! AND lots more news in Canada http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=58 Yours, Samantha

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Challenge To Antismoking Extremists From Michael Siegel Howdy, Issue #364 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com Stripper March & Rally Strippers Stage Smoking Protest in Trenton. Before the rally, the radio hosts said they decided to team up with strippers to spotlight the issue because strip clubs would be the first businesses to be hurt under the anti-smoking legislation. And, said Carton, "Strippers get people's attention.'' New Jersey Smoking Ban a Strike Against Freedom. By Thomas Facchine (16 years old) I can act within my rights to achieve what I want, and I needn't demand any sort of sacrifice from anyone else. NJ: Codey Signs Smoking Ban into Law. NJ: Casinos Get Pass on New Smoking Ban. Anti-Smoking Groups and Advocates Unwilling to Speak Out: Why? By Michael Siegel. I issue a challenge to all anti-smoking groups and advocates reading this commentary to come forward and publicly take a stand against the World Health Organization for refusing to hire smokers. JE Enstrom and GC Kabat. Environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease mortality... Previous assessments appear to have overestimated the strength of the association. David W. Kuneman. ... virtually no change in acute myocardial infarction rates after smoking bans has occurred. More Studies. Oslo promises crackdown after cancer cheat scandal. By Alister Doyle. Norway promised on Monday to speed up a new law that may bring jail terms for medical cheats after a hospital accused one of its cancer researchers of falsifying data published in a leading journal. Personal Responsibility: It's Really That Simple. It's not just a good way to go. It's the only way. AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! AND lots more news in Canada http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=58 Yours, Samantha

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Spain Says No and more! Howdy, Issue #363 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com 90% of the bars in Spain continue to permit smoking. Most have put up temporary signs on the front doors of their establishment advising potential customers that smoking is permitted. These will be replaced with permanent signs once each regional Health authority issues guidelines with respect to text and layout. Burdened by the smoking ban. By Sue Jeffers. We continue to wonder what a public health risk is, and when people will realize this failed experiment in social engineering has cost far too much already. And no one is any healthier. The Sugar Police. In an appalling extension of the nanny state, New York is slated to become the first city to monitor diabetics' blood-sugar levels. It plans to register them like HIV or tuberculosis sufferers and nag them when their levels aren't healthy enough. Drop the cupcake; here come the sugar police. New Years Resolutions. By Robert Dominguez. Fill ashtrays, empty bottles. Lighting up while raising a glass or three is my way of raising a symbolic middle digit to high-minded folks who would tell you how to live your life. Hot Tubs And Cold Moralizing. By George Will. This peculiar wrinkle in the tax code, first approved the year after President Reagan said the tax code should not be used to leverage social change... Comic Relief From The WHO. By Carey Roberts. Feeling a little bored, maybe suffering from after-the-holiday blues? The World Health Organization never fails to provide a moment of levity in our otherwise hum-drum lives. AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! AND lots more news in Canada http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=58 Yours, Samantha

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Issue #362 is online. Howdy, Issue #362 is now online… READ IT AT: http://www.smokersclubinc.com The Prostitution of Science. By Thomas E. Brewton. When you hear the words "scientific authority," check to be sure your wallet is still there and hold onto it tightly. Should Single Mothers Be Taxed More? Should a special tax be levied against single mothers? Based on the rationale used by anti-smoking crusaders to justify the levying of special tobacco taxes against smokers, the answer is yes. Local uprisings don't argue for Minnesota smoking ban. By Craig Westover. A word of caution: When you make a deal with the devil, don't be surprised if it goes to hell. Alcohol Prohibition Was A Failure. By Mark Thornton. The lessons of Prohibition remain important today. They apply not only to the debate over the war on drugs but also to the mounting efforts to drastically reduce access to alcohol and tobacco... Anti-Smoking Group Boasts Extension of Smoking Bans to Private Homes. By Michael Siegel. There are some things for which a legislated approach is simply not appropriate. For everything else, there's education and persuasion. Anti-Smoking Advocates Told How to Respond to Dissent about Pueblo Findings. AND International News, State and Local News, and Updates! AND lots more news in Canada http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=58 Yours, Samantha

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