There is a FEDERAL movement to ban smoking in public housing units by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. They have specifically targeted the two weakest citizens of our country; the poor and the elderly.<br type="_moz" />
On yesterday’s day’s show of The View, Woopi Goldberg shows her distain of NYC new smoking ban outdoors, Barbara Walters agrees they have gone to far. Joy, who considers herself an intellectual, still believes the lies of the second hand smoke myth. You can watch the show yourself <a href="http://abc.go.com/watch/the-view/SH559080/VD55109616/the-view-23">here.</a>
The same old tired poll which always shows that 70% of every _________(fill in the blank) state supports a smoking ban. The poll was taken by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. Now, that is a clear conflict of interest. Usually they hide behind the American Cancer Society who takes the same poll and yields the same results. Today’s target is Texas. You can’t smoke in most of the cities now, so isn’t this overkill? <br type="_moz" />
In 90 days you will no longer be able to smoke in Central Park or Times Square. NYC is a miserable place to live and they have just added to the misery scale. Stay at home and save you money boycott Bloomberg’s New York.
The American Lung Association, has gone off the deep end. They went to the end of the cliff and jumped off.<br />
On Tuesday, Aussies will be paying a "sin tax" on cigarettes, beer, hard liquor, and wine. This comes after increasing taxes for those who make more than $50,000 per year. This is in addition to new taxes on water, electricity and food. <br />
A backlash against a smoking ban on hospital grounds has caused a Scotland hospital to rethink its plans. They are now proposing smoking shelters outdoors. The antis, of course, are not happy, but the people who visit patients certainly will be pleased about it.<br type="_moz" />
Radon gas is the number one cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Radon gas is a result of the normal breakdown of uranium in the soil, it has been found in homes in all 50 states and around the world. <br />
The Ritz Carlton in St. Louis was busted when Pat Lindsey, the executive director of Tobacco-Free St. Louis, snitched. The Ritz Carlton was holding a black tie cigar event which was attended by 400 people. Their cigar bar was too small, so they moved the event to a small ballroom. Lawyers for the Ritz Carlton believe they were allowed to use the room based on the 20% allowable smoking area.<br />
PALENCIA, Spain. Restaurants and bars closed for the day to protest the new smoking ban. It was the first major demonstration since the ban took effect. The Spanish Hotel and Catering Association launched an effort to obtain half a million signatures on a petition to demand that parliament change the legislation. We wish you well and keep on protesting!<br />