June 2012

Navy Captain Lee Mandel is calling for a smoking ban in VFW clubs.&nbsp; VFW clubs are exempt from the smoking ban in Indianapolis.<br />
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We suggest Capt. Mandel minds his own business.&nbsp; He doesn’t have to belong to a VFW club nor enter it.<br />

Canada does not receive billions of dollars from the MSA as do the States.&nbsp; So where do the anti’s go for money?&nbsp; Big Pharma Pfizer Canada, the country’s largest maker of nicotine replacement therapy products, to pay the endless campaign against smokers.<br />
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They are still counting ballots in California, the ACS just doesn’t want to surrender to the possibility that they lost Prop 29.&nbsp; The current tally defeats Prop 29 by 16,778 vote.<br />
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South Africans have until the end of the month to comment on draft regulations which could see smoking banned in all public areas including covered walkways, service areas, inside bars, on public or private beaches and in restaurants.<br />
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Meanwhile, an independent economic policy research and education organisation has slammed the government&rsquo;s latest proposals for restricting smoking in public places.<br />
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Time to act.&nbsp; Smoking bans create a loss of jobs and effects the mom and pop restaurants and bars.<br type="_moz" />

Current U.S. Dept of Labor statistics show the official unemployment rate is 8.2%, yet in the hospitality industry the unemployment rate is 9.7%<br />
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For the rest of the story we connect to one of our fellow freedom fighters (<a href="http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2012/06/current-us-dept-of-labor-statistics.html">click here</a>)<br type="_moz" />

<p>SUFFOLK is set to retain its pension fund&rsquo;s multi-million pound investment in tobacco companies, despite concerns that the move conflicts with its aims of creating a healthier county.<br />
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The county council&rsquo;s pension fund currently has &pound;43.2 million invested in tobacco companies, the second highest figure in the region.</p>

<p>A lawsuit was filed&nbsp;in federal court in Indianapolis against Mayor Ballard and the City-County Council over the recent smoking ban in Indianapolis.. Ten bars and two individuals claim the smoking ban violates several of their Constitutional rights, including private property and the right of free association.<br />
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Filling in Federal Court will give these bar owners the opportunity to take it to the Supreme Court.&nbsp; We wish them well.<br />
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According to a Vancouver newspaper, smoking can cause blindness.&nbsp; Where do they get this stuff?&nbsp; No research so they must be pulling it out of the arse.<br type="_moz" />

Cigarettes are flying off the shelve in Chicago before the new one dollar tax takes hold.&nbsp; Indiana is expected to benefit while convenience stores are anticipating closing down.<br />

Diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in humans, according to the WHO experts, meaning exposure could have serious health risks for the entire population. The car manufacturer’s and oil companies challenged these findings.&nbsp;<br />
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Corporate America should be investigating the World Health Organization.&nbsp; They are not elected, they sit behind their velvet thrones and issue edicts on how people should behave and how the world should operate according to <b>them.</b>&nbsp; What are their credentials to issue such edits and who is behind them?&nbsp; All one has to do is look at their website and realize they are a dangerous lot to all free thinking people.<br />
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