Sugar Is Toxic
3rd February 2012
Sugar is so toxic that it should be taxed and slapped with regulations like alcohol, some U.S. researchers argue.
In a commentary published in Wednesday's issue of the journal Nature, doctors from the University of California, San Francisco, say that rising global rates of major killers such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes aren’t caused by obesity as commonly thought.
Note: there is no study or documentation to support this new claim. The heath nannies are so heady with thier successful campaign against smokers, they have no boundries now. These people must be dethrowned and put back in thier place.
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France
3rd February 2012
The French are largely ignoring their smoking ban which is five years old. People have begun to smoke in their offices and at restaurants. Viva the French!
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The Netherlands
1st February 2012
In the Netherlands, politicians are being accused of allowing the powerful tobacco lobby to exercise undue influence over smoking policy.
In recent years while most countries have been tightening anti-smoking legislation, the Netherlands has partially reversed some of its laws - allowing people to smoke in some bars again and cutting funding for anti-smoking organisations.
Big Tobacco didn't change the law, the people did. Small bars and cafe's united against the smoking ban, if the people don't want a ban, there isn't a ban. Many politicians believe that people should be free to choose if they want to smoke or not (what a novel idea - freedom). This indeed is an enlightened country.
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US Chamber of Commerce
31st January 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, weighing in on a lawsuit over graphic cigarette warning labels, says the federal government has no legitimate authority to take space on a tobacco company’s packaging or advertising to persuade consumers not to buy the product.
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Hawaii
31st January 2012
Last week, Hawaii's state legislature introduced two bills that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and tax the devices at 70% of their wholesale price, the same rate as tobacco products. Like similar state proposals designed to regulate the smoking alternatives, Hawaii's effort is well-intentioned but misguided. The state's proposal is based on bad science and creates several unintended consequences.
The Hawaii legislature has put forth many bans on tobacco, if any of them pass, it will be a state that smoker's can cross off thier list of "places to visit".
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