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3rd February 2012 Sugar Is Toxic
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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3rd February 2012 France
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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1st February 2012 The Netherlands
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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31st January 2012 US Chamber of Commerce
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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31st January 2012 Hawaii
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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31st January 2012 Indiana
It appeared that a smoking ban was passed by the Indianapolis city council last night however the Mayor has said that he plans to veto this bill. We hope he does veto and stands firm on his convictions. We are sure he is being bullied right now sometimes you must smack that bully down!
Meanwhile on the state level: State representatives voted 61-34 Tuesday to pass House Bill 1149, sending the legislation to the opposite chamber—where Senate President Pro Tem David Long has promised full debate. The House has approved a statewide smoking ban at least five times in recent years, but those measures died before a Senate vote.
Let's hope the Senate understands economics and freedom of choice.
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30th January 2012 Heath Police In Florida
Rhonda Storms, is a republican state senator, who believes that "unhealthy" foods should not be covered by food stamps.
That sense of unfairness, plus a concern about the health of needy children, is the motivation behind a bill Storms sponsored that would prohibit people from purchasing "nonstaple, unhealthy foods" with funds provided by the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Unhealthy foods in her mind are cookies, soda and potato chips.
The Government has no business telling people what they can eat especially people who are in need of government assistance in this dreadful economy.
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27th January 2012 Washington Legal Foundation
The Washington Legal Foundation has published a paper titled "Health Warnings on Consumer Products: Why Scarier is not better." by Dr. Patrick Bansham and Dr. John C. Luik.
This paper thoroughly debunks the notion that graphic labels on any product work.
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26th January 2012 Huffington Post
Audrey Silk, the founder of New York Citizens Against Smoker Harassment, has been given regular column space in the Huffington Post. A retired career police officer from Brooklyn, Ms. Silk has been an outspoken supporter of Free Choice and Smokers' Rights since the late 1990s. Her column will not always be about smoking issues, but will likely feature them frequently. She's an articulate and forceful writer on our side! Click here to read her column.
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24th January 2012 Clearing The Air Blog
Nearly 500 Minnesota bars and restaurants have closed since smoking bans were enacted in the land of 10,000 lakes.
This State of Minnesota official report found that one year after the statewide smoking ban, revenue was down on average 31.9% in bars and taverns.
Bans are bad for business, this is one more example!
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