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CONTENTS
1. Letters To Leaders
2. Addicted Smokers, Drinkers Less Likely To Get Parkinson's
3. Winnipeg Smoking Ban
4. Fat Smokers Save You Money
5. WHAT'S NEW on FORCES International
6. Ministry Of Health Apologizes To Smokers
7. Gunmakers Sue Government
8. We Are Everyday People
9. From The Mailbag
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Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
Beca Lewis Allen
It is significant that the 10,000 or so petitions against a possible smoking ban in Winnipeg's bars and restaurants were delivered to city hall yesterday in garbage bags. That's exactly what an all out smoking ban is -- garbage. (Winnipeg Sun)
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Letters To Leaders:
Bulk e-mail and other tools for mailing to politicians.
Addicted Smokers, Drinkers Less Likely To Get Parkinson's:
Smoking can decrease the likelihood of getting the crippling disease by 50%, the researchers found.
Winnipeg Smoking Ban:
Mayor Glen Murray is quoted as saying, "Government can't regulate people's behaviour.", and Deputy Mayor Lillian Thomas (Elmwood), "Tobacco is legal and people have rights."
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Fat Smokers Save You Money:
Instead of focusing on its core mission of preventing communicable disease outbreaks, the CDC has opted for a national effort to fight obesity. I don’t think it’s the government’s business whether I eat a Big Mac today, so I urged CDC officials to go back to doing what we pay them to do – guard against deadly viruses.
WHAT'S NEW on FORCES International:
The latest news, check back often.
Ministry Of Health Apologizes To Smokers:
While to their surprise and disbelief nations with higher smoking rates where the shining lights in the health race.
Gunmakers Sue Government:
A group of gun manufacturers filed suit against federal, state and local officials... charging that efforts to impose safety measures are a conspiracy that violate constitutional guarantees of free trade.
We Are Everyday People:
Roxxon's Strange World:
Links to Heaven or Hell. It's all in the perspective of the viewer...
Study: Beer Taxes Reduce STD Rates:
Cheap beer is a leading contributor to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, according to a government report that says raising the tax on a six-pack by 20 cents could reduce gonorrhea by up to 9%.
Non-scents in Nova Scotia:
Claiming to be canaries in a coal mine, an outspoken 'chemical-sensitive' minority has got perfumes and hair products banned in the maritime capital. Also see Cosmetics Industry Wafts Into Nova Scotia's Scent Debate.
Canad Inns
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From The Mailbag:
France Cracks Down On Cigarettes, Alcohol:
For now though, the government appears willing to limit its fight against addiction to adverts and booklets rather than a major hike in its low duties on wine, spirits and cigarettes. (eindia.com)
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The Scottish Licensed Trade Association is asking licensed bars to sign a voluntary "Smoking Charter," drafted by brewers, licensed retailers and the Scottish Tourism Forum, which advocates partitioning bars to smoking and non-smoking areas. The Association plans to present the charter at its meeting in Dundee at the end of May. (Daily Record)
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Ireland's Licensed Vintners' Association (LVA) has taken initiative to implement "Traditional Hospitality," a high-tech ventilation system that automatically switches itself on when the air needs purification, in pubs. The LVA believes banning smoking in pubs or sectioning smoking and non-smoking areas would be impractical. (Irish Times)
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Zimbabwe's government-controlled newspaper The Herald accused white farmers of blackmailing the government by delaying the delivery of tobacco to the auction floors, calling it "a shameless act aimed at holding the government to ransom." The newspaper claimed the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association advised its members to withhold their crop partly because of farm invasions by independence war veterans. (Agence France Presse)
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