September 2, 2005
Issue #344
"I remember my father
occasionally taking me into the corner bar. I looked forward to the time alone
with Dad."
"Today I wouldn't hesitate to bring my son into a
smoke-free bar."
"Tonight, take the kids out to your corner smoke-free
bar."
- Dona Wininsky, Public Policy Director, American Lung Association of
Wisconsin
(Editors
Note: PLEASE do not take your children into
bars.)
Food Police Want To Close Your Restaurants. New Study On Restaurants Near Schools Recommends Zoning
Restrictions, Compares Fast Food To Guns.
Read more about the Food Police.
Food Police Nothing To Laugh About. By
Chuck Muth. "CAUTION: The Attorney General has determined that
cooking food may be harmful to your health."
The Oreo, Obesity and Us. By Garnet
Dawn. When you have time, sit back and relax....light a cigarette and be
prepared to be amazed.
State sues nine companies for failing to tell
of carcinogen. Sacramento -- Attorney General Bill Lockyer
sued fast-food giants McDonald's, Burger King and KFC and the makers of
several popular potato-chip brands Friday.
New Study Concludes that Nicotine Increases
Appetite: The Dangers of Extrapolation from Mice to Humans.
ACSH Petitions EPA to Stop Declaring Chemicals
"Carcinogens" Based on Rodent Tests Alone.
The Medicalizing of America.
By Martin F. Sturman, MD, FACP. Part I: The Numbers
Game, Part II: Background Voices.
Most published research findings may be false. "There is increasing concern that in modern research,
false findings may be the majority or even the vast majority of published
research claims," says researcher John Ioannidis in an analysis in the open
access international medical journal PLoS Medicine.
We Are Everyday
People:
Zoo Wants Chimp to Quit Smoking. The
third smoking chimp reported in the past year!
Gretchen Wilson Chewed Out. She will keep
performing "Skoal Ring," one of the cuts on her new album, All Jacked Up, due
in stores Sept. 27.
Because the MSA is a contract between the tobacco
companies and the states, it clearly does not apply to individual country
music artists and what they choose to do during their performances. It cannot
apply to such individuals, because they are not party to the contract.
(Michael Siegel)
A cut above the rest. By James
Leavey. “Just slice 'em, light 'em and smoke 'em,” he once told me, over
an overflowing ashtray in London, “the rest is history.”
Tobacco Harm Reduction Emerges as Viable Public
Health Strategy.
From The Mailbag:
AL: The Huntsville City Council breathed
new life Monday night into efforts to ban smoking in city restaurants.
AZ: Group files statewide smoking ban
initiative.
CO: Eagle County Voters can kill or kick
start smoking ban.
IL: State taxes burn
smokers.
IL: Springfield. Strom to hold off
on proposed smoking ban.
MO: Legal Argument Against Bans: Strip
Clubs.
MN: Smoking ban heats up race for
Minneapolis mayor.
MN: Lawmaker Is 'Hero of the
Taxpayer.'State Rep. Phil Krinkie's strong beliefs and principled stance on
taxes not only led him to vote against the cigarette tax increase, but also to
resign as chairman of the House Working Group on Taxes.
MN: Tobacco industry contests state fee
in court.
MN: Night falls on nightlife at
megamall.
NH: Obese Woman Angry That Doctor Advised
Weight Loss.
OH: Hilliard Law's bar exemption will
stand.
PA: Simple Challenge. The type of
zero-tolerance demanded by antismoking extremists would dictate that
McDonald's ban birthday parties out of the fear of wisps of candle
smoke.
RI: Judge overturns verdict against state
trooper in smoke-shop case.
SC: Cigarette tax debate heats up.
By Aaron Gould Sheinin. Lawmakers see benefits, drawbacks to raising
state’s rate, lowest in the U.S.
TX: Corpus Christi. You can vote
against government meddling. September 10, election, and is
the only issue on the ballot.
WI: Madison's Larry Palm's emails about
the ban.
WI: Downtown bars report suffering from
smoking ban.
WI: Wausau Owner defies smoking
ban.
WI: American Lung Association of
Wisconsin wants you to take your children to bars.
WI: Libertarian Party of Dane County:
Smoking Ban Poll Is Public Opinion Manipulation.
WY: Laramie undercover report on what
really happened.
Beijing: To ban smoking ads, vending
machines.
Ireland: Two unexpected side
effects. By John Mallon. AND Cigarette butts causing major litter
problem.
Italy: Update. The law allows
bars and restaurants to have smoking sections.
New Zealand: Chadwick, The guy
responsible for smoking ban and causing illegal bars after, is picked up
drunk driving. Drunk drivers pose greater risk than
second-hand smoke.
New Zealand: Anti-smoking laws have had a
messy spinoff for Queenstown with butts piling up outside bars and
restaurants.
Norway: Labor wants better wine
access.
Norway: Smokers need not
apply.
Scotland: Smoking ban for rail
passengers.
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