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Four Groups File Complaints Against Carmona's 2006 Report;

Chip — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:40:22 -0500

Four Groups File Complaints Against Carmona's 2006 Report; Scientific Misconduct as Reasons for Complaint Against Ex-Surgeon General.

In June, 2006, then
Surgeon General Carmona released his report titled "The Health Consequences
of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke". Since that date, his report has
drawn criticism from Scientists and Epidemiologists worldwide.

Four separate groups have filed complaints with the Office of Research
Integrity, Health and Human Services against Ex-Surgeon General Carmona's
2006 Report.

Smoking bans kill people! a post from Topix

Chip — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:25:34 -0500

From http://www.topix.com/forum/city/grand-rapids-mi/TNF99T2R0A6634506/p4

A number of posters have made much ado about the fact that they think SHS kills nonsmokers.

No one has ever said that anti-smokers were very smart.
Smoking bans cause more non-smokers to die!

Since 1965 there has been a 50% decrease in the adult smoking rate.
Since 1990 there have been literally thousands of smoking bans of one sort or another enacted.

Since 1965 the exposure rate to SHS has decreased by 75%.

Profitability Question

Chip — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:13:21 -0500

If going smoke free made Tavern, Bar and Private Club businesses more profitable, why do these businesses have to be legislated against to make them go smoke free?

The entire purpose of these businesses is to make money. It doesn't make sense that they would continue to allow smoking if it were "proven" as the propagandists from the ACS, the AHA, the ALA, and the RWJF would have us believe, that smoking bans increased business.

Fear of quitting is a powerful force - Comments Archive

Chip — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:53:23 -0500

Since the author keeps removing comments that aren't favorable to her

Fear of quitting is a powerful force

By Jennifer A. Kern, M.S., C.T.T.S.

One thing that I've seen come up in a number of reader comments is the fear of quitting tobacco use. Fear is a powerful animal and frequently a driving force in determining the choices we make. People generally go to great lengths to avoid what they fear, because it means venturing out of a comfort zone and into a new, unfamiliar reality.

Germany's highest court rules against smoking ban

Chip — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:40:48 -0500

Germany's highest court rules against smoking ban
Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:48 AM BST135

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - A German ban on smoking in indoor public places should be overturned for small bars, the country's highest court ruled on Wednesday.

The Karlsruhe-based Federal Constitutional Court said small bars were at an unfair disadvantage due to the ban, rendering it in breach of the constitution. The measures came into effect in most of Germany's 16 states at the start of the year.

Press Release: Who Really Profits From Smoking Bans?

Chip — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:06:44 -0500

Opponents of Ohio Bans say "Just follow the money."

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- "Smoking bans in the U.S. have
been funded by those who directly profit from the sales of Nicotine
Replacement Therapies (NRT)," said Debi Kistner with Opponents of Ohio
Bans.

Letter: Ohioans get one-sided news on smoking ban

Chip — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:34:02 -0500

July 21, 2008
To the Editor:
This e-mail is being sent to express a concern a large number of Ohioans have with the media and their one-sided slant of the news.
On or around June 23, Ohio Sen. Schuler and 12 co-sponsors introduced a bill to clarify the exemptions Ohio’s smoking ban, Issue 5, was to have had in the law based on what voters read when they went to the ballot to vote. Clearly, no private club or family-owned business was exempt once the rules were written.

From Senator Seitz to Smoke Free Ohio! OOORAH!!

Chip — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:09:00 -0500

July 15, 2008, to:

Angie T. Huber
Vice President of Government Relations
Smoke Free Ohio
5555 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017

Dear Ms. Huber:

Your July 3 letter opposing Senator Schuler’s SB 346 typifies the casual disregard for the truth that we have come to expect from the “Smoke Free Ohio” crowd.

GoodNews from wispofsmoke.net

Chip — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:08:31 -0500

I read the news today, oh boy!
--vintage Beatles

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Hypocrisy

The crazy world of England’s smoking ban

Chip — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:31:43 -0500

Thursday 3 July 2008

Rob Lyons

The crazy world of England’s smoking ban

It’s built on anti-pub prejudice, junk science and petty authoritarianism. So one year on, why do so few people see the ban as a blow to our freedom?

It was getting late. A few beers had been sunk, and only the stragglers remained: the time of night when strangers start randomly talking to one another. And so it was that a hairy bicycle courier sat down beside me and offered me a cigarette. As I absentmindedly lit up, the jaws of my companions dropped.