Black Market Bonanza - "Despite the good intentions of many people in Washington, making cigarettes vastly more expensive and trying to regulate tobacco out of existence will not achieve the goals that supporters of the McCain bill desire. In fact, it will make the situation worse." We just hope that the writer of this slightly dated article on the devastating consequences of tobacco super-taxation in Canada is ironic when he is talking about "good intentions".

Raising Cigarette Price Unlikely To Stop Teens - "The notion that smoking might actually have some redeeming value - that it might bring genuine pleasure to a large segment of the population, along with its toxic side effects, will strike some people as ludicrous. That does not make it untrue. Plenty of people smoke not necessarily because they are addicted, but because they regard smoking as one of life's great pleasures - a pleasure akin to cappuccino, filet mignon or chocolate sundaes for other people. ... My advice to federal officials: If you want to discourage smoking, focus on what really attracts people to cigarettes. Try getting the respect of the people you want to influence, instead of their money."

Texas: Looters Fighting Thieves: What Else Is New? - More putrid display of antitobacco corruption in Texas. Attorney General Dan (IM)Morales defends himself from allegations of wrongdoing by the rest of the antismoking Cartel. How ironic, for antitobacco IS wrongdoing by definition!

Tobacco Tax a Bundle of Ironies - The absurdities of the proposed tobacco taxation is well described in this article by Amy Ridenour, who starts with a seldom known -- but very true -- observation: "Did you know that airline air was better back when smoking was allowed on planes?" Because of the lies about secondhand smoking, the antismoking Cartel has managed to have smoking forbidden in planes, against any scientific truth and common sense. Result? As far as we can see, the airlines are telling the public this: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to offer you a smoke-free environment, and allow you to freely exchange colds, flu and even tuberculosis. Thank you for choosing American Airlines, the company that knows what's good for you. We love to lie, and it shows."

Wolf In Grandma's Clothing: Gov. Chiles Tells Bedtime Stories Here's a Florida tale a la Grimm:"Once upon a time, there was a wolf who made it to be a Governor, but his real dream was to eat Little Red Riding Hood, and all the children of Florida, for he was a political paedophiliac. After eating up Grandma from Virginia, he slipped in the bed in her clothes, waiting for Little Red Riding Hood to appear. 'Knock-knock', and Little Red Riding Hood was inside. "Such big nose you have," Little Red Riding Hood said. 'It is to smell money with,' Chiles answered." We find hard to think of a more despicable individual, who is ripping off a legal industry while ruining a generation of children by instigating them to intolerance for their own peers. But these children will grow up one day, and Chiles and his gangster friends will end up like the wolf in the tale.

Effort Against Tobacco Is So Much Plunder - "It could be, at long last, that Americans are beginning to see through this deception. At least Capitol Hill's willingness to back off temporarily indicates second thoughts about the fairness of the crusade's potential economic consequences. While anti-tobacco interests accuse the industry of cleverness and sophistication in defending itself, nobody has been more disingenuous in this struggle than those trying to further their interests by plundering the tobacco business. There have many casualties in this war, but truth has been perhaps the most visible."

The Great Dope Showdown - The epidemic of fascism that is spreading especially through the Anglo-Saxon political world (where we once felt safe from this garbage) does not concern just the repression of tobacco: it encompasses anything that has to do with personal behaviour. One has to realize that fascism philosophy NEVER deals with the causes of the problems, but ALWAYS through the repression of the symptoms. Inevitably, therefore, the public "pressure cooker" builds up pressure, that often relief itself in totally unpredictable ways.

Phony Statistics: On Smoking... - "U.S. Sen. John McCain’s much-touted anti-tobacco legislation fell apart because of its sponsors' avarice. What had begun as a $368 billion scheme hatched by tobacco executives and state attorneys general metastasized into a measure that would have cost upwards of $800 billion over 25 years, created at least 17 new federal agencies and granted extraordinary new powers to the Food and Drug Administration, all without significantly curtailing trial lawyers' ability to sue the bejabbers out of tobacco companies. This final provision proved fatal. ... That's good. The tobacco bill itself was a huge fraud, based on false premises and predictions concocted out of thin air."

Antismoking Logic: The Poorer Children Are, The Better - They Cannot Smoke - The logic of antismoking and its scale of morality is well illustrated in this article by a supporter of high taxes on tobacco, and it does not require much comment: "...And by the way, if heavy cigarette taxes hit the poor the hardest, then it's today's poor children whom they will benefit the most." -- Right on!

Antismoking Absurdity - "John Melton, a 25-year employee of Kraft Foods, says he’s called everyone from Missouri senators to city council members. 'It’s just totally ridiculous,' he said. He’s referring to the city’s law regulating sales of tobacco products. Melton says his 17-year-old daughter was up for a summer internship at Kraft to help her pay for college. However, because of cigarette vending machines in the plant, Amy Jo Melton can’t work there." No comment, except this: the stupidity of the law just reflects the stupidity of the cause.

American Cancer Society: Choose Between Being a Foolish Incompetent, or a Lying Bastard - In this article, where the Canadian example of the consequences of raising taxes on cigarettes is mentioned, we read a statement by the American Cancer Society that really hits our nerve endings, for it is yet another fine example of how sneaky and misleading the information from the Antismoking Cartel really is. "Public health advocates, like the American Cancer Society, say price increases work, noting that adult smoking in Canada dropped 38 percent and youth smoking declined by 60 percent between 1981 and 1992, when rising taxes almost doubled the price of cigarettes." What these liars don't tell the American public is that in the same period (1981-1992) the buying power of the Canadian dollar nearly halved, and the wages increased proportionally, so actually the taxation increase merely followed inflation. In other words, the argument that there was a cause-and-effect relationship between the level of taxation and drops in cigarette consumption in the period in question doesn't hold water, though it may seem to make sense superficially.

England: Nurse Claims Damage From Secondhand Smoke - Judge: Get Out Of Here! - HURRAH for Mr Justice Holland who has ruled in favour of scientific rigor and common sense. This British landmark case will set the tone for other lawsuits that are instigated by antismoking Cartel organizations such as ASH, whose sole purposes are to induce litigation and intolerance among the population, and spread scientific misinformation for political ends. And you know what's best? According to British law, the nurse was also ordered to pay the costs of defending her action and to hand over £5,000 that had been lodged with the court in advance. What a beautiful day in England! The nurse stated in anger that "This is not going to go away." And neither will we.

Who Needs Taxes To Kick The Habit? - The political paedophilia of Clinton and the antitobacco Cartel is well described in this article. "Shamelessly, Bill Clinton trotted out 1,400 children in red anti-smoking T-shirts Wednesday to pressure Congress to approve a tobacco-control bill." ... "Republicrats who back this plan may kill the gilded honker anyway. If approved, McCain's bill will boost a black market that already undercuts tax revenue -- and will trample the tobacco industry's First Amendment rights, to boot."

Hunting Even Real Witches Is Ugly - "It's a shameful thing to admit, but I've been secretly rooting for Big Tobacco. Of course, I was afraid to say anything. Who wants to incur the wrath of the righteous?" ... "But there's something fishy about this Holy War on Tobacco. When lackluster politicians suddenly become noble crusaders, my bull detector starts flashing wildly. What exactly are these people up to and what are the implications?"

Antitobacco Is Anti-Pleasure, Anti-Life - Antitobacco Nazis are not just after smoking: they are after anything that creates pleasure. In fact, the antismoking Cartel is now going after anything that could even substitute tobacco, like herbal cigarettes, chewing gum, etc., in themselves already a form of commercial opportunism raiding on the back of the falsities about tobacco. Smokers and non-smokers have to understand and accept that the target to destroy is not just antitobacco, but the health nazi mentality and institutions in general, for their goal is a total control over our lives, and any form of pleasure. Are we going to let them?