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CONTENTS
1. EU Tobacco Ad Ban Overturned
2. 1 in 4 Americans Still Smoking
3. Up In Smoke
4. Smokey Schiphol
5. How To Choose A Cigar
6. Wind of Change in Zimbabwe
7. Innovation versus Stagnation
8. We Are Everyday People
9. From The Mailbag
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"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up."
Rex Stout, writer (1886-1975).
EU Tobacco Ad Ban Overturned:
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's court overturned an EU ban on tobacco advertising Thursday, ruling that the prohibition was legally flawed. The European Court of Justice said in a statement that the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, has no power in the area of health regulation and therefore no authority to ban tobacco advertising within the 15-nation EU.
Forces Netherlands
Forces Canada: What's New
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1 in 4 Americans Still Smoking:
The number of American adults who smoke held steady in 1998 at one in four - a rate that hardly budged during the 1990s despite anti-tobacco campaigns and new kick-the-habit aids like nicotine gum and the patch.
Up In Smoke:
Making new laws is Congress's job, not the courts'. Perhaps when it's all over, that will be the final lesson of the Clinton administration's war on tobacco.
Smokey Schiphol:
The Dutch tv station Veronica TV sent out in their report 'Schiphol Airport, behind the scenes' a dialogue between an US-tourist and a Dutch policeman about the problems the tourist has with people smoking on a spot where a big sign says: 'No Smoking'.
How To Choose A Cigar:
how to cut the cigar... how to light the cigar...
Wind of Change in Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe’s flavoury tobacco will remain in high in demand, and the only other major exporter of this style being Brazil.
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Innovation versus Stagnation :
Philip Morris’ decision to switch to slow-burn paper for its Merit brand demonstrates clearly that innovation will be a driving force in the future, influencing the destiny of paper manufacturers to a large extent.
We Are Everyday People:
The Politically Incorrect Professor:
What about a course on political correctness, on the tyranny within academia that forces students to conform to a prescribed set of views?
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
NRA-ILA
NRA
Index of Articles
From The Mailbag:
"One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: 'Cheer up, things could get worse.' So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse."
James Hagerty
"Whom the gods would make bigots, they first deprive of humor."
Rev. James Gillis, author (1876-1957).
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