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<p>The Wegmans chain of stores will cease to sell tobacco products on February 10th.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The latest nonsense by &ldquo;public health&rdquo; is analyzed in this paper by Professor Patrick Basham and Dr. John C. Luik of the Democracy Institute: requiring restaurants to include on their menus or menu boards the fat, sodium, and calorie counts for all of their offerings!</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Rob Lyons, deputy director of <i>Spiked</i> magazine, reinforces what FORCES readers already know so well, but newcomers may not yet fully comprehend: the dangers of second-hand smoke are a fraud perpetrated by activists and &ldquo;public health&rdquo; authorities.</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mark Wernimont from Clearing the Air reports from Minnesota: as of Dec. 31, 2007 smoking bans have the dubious distinction of having shut down 151+ bars and restaurants. Mark presents the list.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">It’s time for some New Year’s resolutions. If you have none of your own check with City Hall for guidance.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Here are two more articles on the economic devastation of the smoking ban in </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">England</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">. The rate of pub closures in that country since the ban started is 50 pubs a month.</span></p>

<p>Crazy as ever, the US House of Representatives may be given limited credit for practicing what it preaches, for once.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">It was as inevitable as it was predictable. The implant microchip is here, and it will be mandatory in </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Mexico</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> effective this March.</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">A passel of new laws and regulations, disgorged by the California legislature, went into effect on New Year’s Day.</p>

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Surreality Times exposes yet another false statement about passive smoking exposure by the Canadian Cancer Society, which keeps on consciously lying about ETS for the purpose of creating hysteria, hatred, and intolerance.</span></p>