<div style="text-align: justify">An appalling article by Pierre Lemieux describes the latest criminal extortion of the tobacco industry by the Canadian Government – not that the contraband has decreased of course, because, fortunately, the Indian nations have taken over.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">Garbage inspectors will soon be rifling through San Francisco residents’ trash cans, rooting out anti-social behavior, if the mayor has his way.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">Big Tobacco and the pharmaceutical industry shook hands over freedom’s corpse as the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impose FDA regulation over tobacco.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">This editorial by the <i>New York Times</i>, notorious supporter of antismoking frauds and prohibition, gives us a sample of the childish mentality smoking haters have regressed into. If they continue this way we may expect ultimately to find them in a foetal condition. That would not be bad at all, for foetuses cannot talk!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">A red letter day was celebrated by social engineers everywhere on July 29 as both San Francisco and Los Angeles proudly and loudly celebrated the "liberal fascism" that defines both cities.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify"><img alt="" hspace="4" align="left" src="https://www.forces.org/userfiles/audio_button.jpg" />We are often accused of “extremism” and of using tones that are too strong. We are told that such attitude may “turn off” people. Maybe that is true. But when you hear cases like this, what else is to be felt if you have a moral sense?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">In the defective minds of today’s “health conscious” institutions and “health” establishments, nothing but nothing can avoid comparison with smoking – smoking being always the bad guy, of course.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">We link to the FORCES Germany English Language blog for more information on the milestone decision of the German Court.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">Tyrannical anti-smoking hysterics in Illinois are raving that “hillbillies” are flouting the smoke-free law.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify">We are sad to announce that one of us has passed away. He was a FORCES benefactor and a great contributor to the fight against institutional fraud and prohibition.</div>