The first City in France to ban smoking at their beach. Complaints have been numerous, some say one beach is alright but more than that isn’t.<br />
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The Anti’s won’t be happy with one beach, they want all smoking outdoors banned including beaches.<br type="_moz" />
Iowa Department of Public Health Director Mariannette Miller-Meeks quietly fired Bonnie Mapes, administrator of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control. Miller-Meeks has told some members of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Commission that she intends to seek legislation to disband the division entirely and that she has little interest in developing effective tobacco control policy.<br />
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S 1094 introduced by State Sen. Susan Fargo, would ban the sale of cigarettes from any store that contains a pharmacy.<br />
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Bill supporters say a statewide restriction of tobacco sales will send a more consistent public health message. But retailers who oppose the plan said <u>it is not government’s role to tell store owners they cannot sell a legal product </u>- one which creates tax revenue with the cigarette sales tax, retailers said.<br />
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We agree with the retailers, when have we ever banned the sales of a heavily taxed legal product? Never. This is not a good precedent to set. What’s next? Soft drinks, cookies, potato chips, hot dogs the list sould be endless!<br />
Jodie Feinberg, who lives in Aliso Creek Apartment Homes complex, wants to ban smoking in her apartment building because of her neighbors who live two stories down and smoke on their patio.<br />
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This movement to ban smoking in apartments or condos is beginning to spread across the country. The studies on second hand smoke are many and yet there is no clinical evidence that second hand smoke is harmful. If you are a smoker and wish to continue to smoke in your home, which totally unreasonable, we urge you read our <a href="http://www.data-yard.net/science/abc_ets/abc_ets_2008.pdf">ABC’s of ETS</a>. Information and Education is key to stop this insanity of banning a legal product!<br />
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</span><span class="BodyCopy">Despite the fact that hundreds of colleges and universities have banned a completely legal substance from campus, there has been little, if any, outrage from students.</span></i>
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<p><i><span class="BodyCopy">Interestingly, it is tobacco that receives the most scrutiny from college administrations. Alcohol (which is illegal for those under 21) and marijuana are pervasive substances on college campuses, yet tobacco is the substance under attack.</span></i></p>
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On Wednesday, August 3, 2001, Dr. Siegel will be answering questions live on Facebook between 8 p.m.and 9 p.m. For more information go to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blucigs.com/">www.blucigs.com</a>.<a target="_blank" href="http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/"><br />
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Dr. Michael Siegel</a> is a physician with 21 years of experience in tobacco control and founder of The Center for Public Accountability in Tobacco Control. He has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on the health effects of secondhand smoke, cigarette advertising, and evaluation of tobacco control policies, and his research has appeared in journals including the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i> and the <i>American Journal of Public Health. </i><br type="_moz" />
This article points out all the places you can’t smoke in California, now they are adding more. If you smoke there is no reason to visit California.<br type="_moz" />
We have said for many years that "science" can be manipulated to come to a preconceived conclusion and here is yet another example.<br />
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"Warning: Hot Dogs Can Wreck Your Health" is the new warning on a billboard near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which sold 1.1 million hotdogs last year. The graphics on this billboard have four grilled hotdogs in a pink cigarette pack depicting crossed bones and a skull in place of a brand label. This display says it all, and it could be scary to the average hotdog lover.<br />
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (<a href="http://www.pcrm.org/index.html">PCRM</a>) has started the "Cancer Project," and warning folks of the dangers of hotdogs as their latest project. This non-profit group wants to prevent and treat disease by encouraging people to eat an "all plant" diet.
The European Union is considering putting graphic labels on cigarette packages. However, entrepreneur’s have already been producing stickers to place over those pictures that say “Nobody likes a quitter” and “Live fast, die young.”
Yep, there are. Male joggers won’t need knee replacements. You probably won’t be obese nor suffer from Parkinson Disease.<br type="_moz" />