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Bad Air In London

London’s bad air quality causes 4,000 deaths a year and cost the taxpaper 2 billion pounds a year.  
"Airborne pollution in the form of fine particulate matter emanates mostly from combustion sources, including transport, domestic and industrial sources, and aggravates respiratory and cardiovascular conditions. PM2.5 refers to particles of less than 2.5 micrometres.
Research shows these particles are likely to be inhaled deep into the respiratory tract and have a disproportionate impact on children due to their smaller lung capacity."
 
How interesting, since they don’t have smokers to kick around anymore, now the truth is coming out.

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Satire?

"Congressman Rick Wakeman of Pennsylvania. Wakeman has drafted legislation that would force companies to place graphic photos on the packaging of items such as beer and cell phones, among others. 
 
“It’s not fair to pick on tobacco alone,” Wakeman said. “If this bill becomes law, it would become the largest consumer protection action to take place since Ralph Nader forced car companies to put seat belts in their cars and glass in their windshields.” 
 
Check out the label on sports cars.

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Senenes Lose Appellate Court

Buffalo, NY Tuesday, a state appellate court ruled the state can collect sales tax on tobacco sold to non-natives on Indian land while the Seneca Nation challenges regulations by state tax officials. The Senecas have a different strategy now that the temporary restraining order against the state has been lifted." 
 
The Government never will keep treaties with the Indian Nations.  We hope the Senecas continue to fight!

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Graphic Cigarette Packs

The FDA unveiled it’s new packaging for cigarettes beginning in September 2012.  They are graphic, vile photographs which will be on more than half of the cigarette package.   
 
Guess someone forgot to tell them that’s why cigarette cases are made!  If you watch old movies from the 30’s and 40’s men and women carried beautiful silver cigarette cases.   Time to hit the antique shops!

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Big Tobacco Fighting FDA

"R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard Tobacco Co, try to stop the rollout of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new labeling requirements in a lawsuit pending before a federal appeals court in Cincinnati." 
 
It is about time the tobacco companies have found their backbone.

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What Has Big Tobacco Been Doing?

We all have wondered what the Tobacco Companies have been doing, now we know.  They have been negotiating with 46 states to recoup 2 billion dollars from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.   Does that mean that the price of cigarettes will go down?  Maybe.

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Cancer Prevention

"Most people agree — the best way to beat cancer is to prevent it. What can we do as a nation to help people live healthier lives today so they can avoid cancer tomorrow?" 
 
A better idea is to find a cure for Cancer.  The American Cancer Society has assets of one billion dollars and only spend four hundred million for research.  They have been working to "find a cure" for 50 years and so far nothing?  They found drugs to live with HIV in less than 10 years but they can’t find a cure for cancer?  They should stop lobbying and get back to their original mission FIND A CURE FOR CANCER!

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Nannies vs Taxes

CONCORD – The proposed tax cut of 10 cents per pack of cigarettes will lead to an infusion of more hours for employees and new hires, the heads of the state lobbies for grocery and convenience stores said Tuesday. 
 
“More states are looking at this because tax increases on cigarettes have failed to bring in revenue,” 
 
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Hum-bug About Smoking Ban and Lung Cancer

Decline in Adult Smoking in the US Has Ended

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CDC At Work

The Center for Disease Control has offered free Father’s Day e-cards to children to thank their dads for not smoking. 
 
The excuse of "for the children" certainly takes on new meaning. It’s below the belt for the CDC to exploit children in the hope of compelling adults to quit smoking.

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