The United Pro Choice
June 6, 2008 - Issue #485 | |||||
The Stiletto. A save and print out flyer designed for anyone anywhere facing or in the middle of a ban. Give copies to your local business owners.
More Smokers Stuff To Print And Use. Hawaii: The Red List - Who to vote out in November! 
War on smokers is like a horror movie. By Jim Bailey. The classic 1959 film "House on Haunted Hill" presents a bone-chilling image. After all the other guests in an isolated mansion have been killed one by one, the last one alive says: "They are coming for me now ..." Then he looks dead on into the camera and says: "... and then they will come for you." The evil is approaching - slow and steady.
India: People can only smoke on Roads or in their homes. Israel: Is there basis to the belief that passive smoking is harmful? Portugal: Observations from a Freedom to Choose Member. UK: Forest slams tobacco display ban, gesture politics. UK: Cigarette Packs May Go Plain in UK, undermining brands. MO: Lawsuit filed against Kansas City's smoking ban. NH: House delays proposed 25 cent cigarette tax hike. NY: Ithaca, How about a ban on legislating morality? PA: Says NO, snuffs out proposed state smoking ban. SC: State Primaries - see who the antis are and take action. SC: House sustains cigarette-tax veto, no increase. SC: Folly Beach City Council says NO, rejected a smoking ban. USA: Court Denies N.Y. State a Separate Arbitration Over Huge Tobacco Settlement. Appeals court also removes Manhattan justice as judge responsible for enforcing compliance with the 1998 settlement. Ventilation not Legislation: Studies that show secondhand smoke is safer than OSHA permissible exposure limits may help pre-empt every state smoking ban enacted. By Mark Wernimont. OH: The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is out of money. WA: Bar owner opens 'private club' for smoking patrons. Australia: No smoking ban rethink, despite pokies profit fall. Germany: Public smoking ban makes rebels of Germans. UK: The smoking ban in psychiatric institutions means their patients are the only people in Britain forbidden from smoking at home. Global Warming: UK: Breaking the Climate Deadlock initiative. Lifestyle Discrimination: Florida Smokers need not apply. Obesity epidemic in U.S. kids may have peaked. Tech Ban: Group wants Wi-Fi banned from public buildings. | |||||
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