The United Pro Choice
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Q: Can you find the April Fool's Day article in this issue?
Australia: Smokers should be licensed. "He or she would go along, sit for a test and be given a licence to smoke on the understanding that they knew the risks they were taking." Professor Chapman and other health experts last week gave evidence to an all-party select committee chaired by independent MP Richard Torbay... Tobacco Control Movement Credibility Starting to Decline as Public Can't Differentiate Legitimate from Far-Fetched Claims. By Michael Siegel. In what I think will be a harbinger of things to come, the first signs of erosion of the credibility of the tobacco control movement are starting to occur. Governor. Haley Barbour Vetoed a bill that would continue to allow the Mississippi Legislature to give $20 million a year to a private, nonprofit anti-tobacco organization. "The Partnership's argument is to give the Partnership another $20 million and then they'll tell us what they did with the other $100 million. I was born at night, but it wasn't last night," Barbour said. Philip Morris, Reynolds Win Arbiter's Tobacco Ruling that may allow them to reduce $1.2 billion in payments to states under a 1998 health care settlement. MSA Is Costing States Money Update. |
Issue #374| From The International Mailbag:
The Canadian Smokers Rights Newsletter. Canada: Agent Orange victims compensation. Canada: Asbestos miners compensation. Canada: Winos may get free wine. Denmark: Smoking rooms are allowed. France: Seita Wins Suit. Ilocos Sur: Teresita Galanto Wins Award. Northern Ireland Economic Consequences. Scotland: Take children from smokers? Spain: Keeps lighting up despite bans. UK: No smoking ban on liners. UK: Arctic Monkeys online revolution. USA: Wonder Drug from Pfizer. World: Noise may raise heart attack risk. From The USA Mailbag: AR: State Alert. AR: Fayetteville Police Tighten Enforcement. AR: Gov. Mike Huckabee lost 120 pounds. CA: Healdsburg Smoking Outside? CA: Tobacco payout isn't combating smoking. CO: Treasurer Calls MSA a Protection Racket. CO: Owens Signs Statewide Smoking Ban. IL: College ban going to Governor. IL: Cook County Doubles Its Cigarette Tax. IL: Lindenhurst update. IL: McGeartys hit by Anti-smoking Taliban. IN: Avon council wants feedback. IN: Evansville will consider a ban. MA: Private Clubs Not Exempt. MN: St. Paul kills the Easter bunny. MN: Minneapolis Junk Stats. MN: Tax Update. MO: Sedalia No candidate wants ban. MO: Tax update. MS: Ban for city and state buildings only. NV: State Alert. NY: Unkechaug Indian Nation Tax Issue. OH: Summit County ban voted out. PA: Philadelphia Update. RI: Narragansett tribe and Harrah's casino. SC: Don't sue for being fat. TN: Tax increase bills move in Senate. WI: Appleton Update. WI: Antismoking Extremists Face Fine. WI: Kaukauna and Buchanan say bars and restaurants smoking OK. A: Click here. |
Canada: 24-hour "sit-in" at the offices of Premier Jean Charest
Ireland: Scotland: UK: |
