December 2007

<div align="justify">Anthropologists cite gatherings at the communal hearth as among the first milestones in the development of civilization. Anti would like to take us back further than that.</div>

<div align="justify">We link to a document from the Southeast Asian arm of the World Health Organization noting strategies of 2003; the policies discussed reflect general WHO philosophy which continues to be instigated in Asia and world-wide.</div>

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The paranoia on health stems from the disinformation on health &ndash; and from the need to feel &ldquo;under siege&rdquo; and &ldquo;secure&rdquo; at the same time.</span></p>

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><img vspace="1" hspace="4" align="left" alt="" src="https://www.forces.org/userfiles/video_button.jpg" /></span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">How many times have we heard that ventilation systems &lsquo;do not work&rsquo; when it comes to the removal of passive smoking? Thousands. Here is visual proof of the umpteenth lie of Tobacco Control.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Would you invest $100 into something that predictably returns $50, day in and day out? Of course not &ndash; but this kind of investment is exactly what &ldquo;experts&rdquo; tell us to make in the name of environment and of planetary &ldquo;health&rdquo;.</span></p>

<p>What do you call a congressional bill that pays for a &quot;necessary&quot; program with a funding source the sponsors of the bill vow to eliminate?</p>

<p>Big Health and the culture of hysteria continue the assault on the American way.</p>

<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A forthcoming decision from the&nbsp; Supreme Court will protect or kill the right of Internet commerce, and therefore our freedom to buy cigarettes on line.</span></p>

<p>Science relies on logic and truth. Junk science just relies on junk and a willingness to pile it on. Anti is ever-willing.</p>

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Reading this piece from Canada’s <em>Star Phoenix</em> brings back memories of the past, when the antismoking epidemic went into high gear about 20 years ago.</span></p>