Belgium’s smoking ban began July 1st with mixed reaction. A younger woman being interviewed by the BBC, believes it will close down many disco’s but won’t effect restaurants in the summer when people can sit outside. <br />
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Smoking bans are bad for business, when are they going to learn?<br type="_moz" />
The Chicago Tobacco Prevention Project is awarding grants to several housing organizations to encourage the adoption of smoke-free policies in apartment and condos in Chicago.<br />
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These people never quit, now they are invading your privacy in the home you pay the mortgage/rent. Enough! One’s personal space should be untouchable! If you allow them in then what else will they do? Check your liquor cabinet or see if their are any sweets, soda or salt?<br type="_moz" />
Winery owners are complaining that the Federal Government is taking too long to approve wine labels. <br />
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Gee, that’s too bad but they don’t have to put graphic labels of liver damage or photo’s of gruesome car accidents, do they?<br type="_moz" />
New Hampshire lowered their tax on tobacco by 10 cents a pack. The tobacco companies raised the price of cigarettes by 9 cents a pack. Not nice Lorillard, RJ Reynolds and Altria Group,
Tom Weaver, of the StarTribune is proposing a $1.50 tax on each pack of cigarettes to balance the state’s budget.<br />
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It is always easy to tax the next guy on a product you don’t use. Why not a 1.50 tax on a can of beer, or wine? Smokers better start phoning your legislators.<br type="_moz" />
<p>Governor <span class="xn-person">John Hickenlooper</span> of <span class="xn-location">Colorado</span> signed into law Senate Bill 184 establishing a tax amnesty program ("Program") under which the Colorado Department of Revenue ("Department") may waive penalties and abate interest on eligible delinquent taxes. The Program will apply to the following taxes: corporate income tax, individual income tax, sales and use tax, gasoline and special fuel tax, cigarette tax, <b>tobacco products tax</b>, severance tax, and certain local taxes collected by the Department. Amnesty is limited to reports prior to <span class="xn-chron">December 31, 2010</span>.</p>
<span>Texas lawmakers crushed a proposal that would ban smoking in nearly all indoor public places, the <i>Brownsville Herald</i> reports. Both legislative houses did not vote on the measure when their special session ended last week. <br />
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We think this dead for this year.<br type="_moz" />
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Roll your own stores are popping up all over the Seattle area. The cost of a carton of cigarettes is $34.00, which is cheap compared to purchasing from a retail store.<br />
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The health nannies are up in arms about people being allowed to purchase cheaper cigarettes. Too bad.<br type="_moz" />
From Spiked on line, ASH contacted one of their writers to tell them that a study that was being released by Privacy International was paid for by tobacco. In other words it wasn’t worth the read. ASH again failed to mention all the money they have taken from Big Pharma. ASH just can’t bear the fact that there is another side of the smoking debate, not just theirs!<br />
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State Sen. Joe Hune, R-Whitmore Lake, has introduced two bills: one to reduce the tax on liquor, which already passed the Senate and the second one is to cut the tax on cigarettes by $1.00.<br />
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We like this guy, way to go Sen. Hune!<br />