May 2008

An episode from the author’s odyssey of smoker pogrom discovery.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Timothy Garon, age 56, dies after being denied treatment.<br />
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… that smokers are not socially acceptable.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">A hearing on the matter of the Minnesota Department of Health seeking an injunction and declaration against the Bullseye Saloon took place on Tuesday.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">We present another in our series of news highlights with a quiz on the final item.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Our colleagues at Ban the Ban Wisconsin (BBW) shed light on the money-grubbing smoker-bashing American Cancer Society.</div>

<div style="text-align: justify;">From the ultra-&ldquo;liberal&rdquo; <i>Huffington Post</i>: &ldquo;Compared to whites, for instance, African-Americans are more likely to die of a stroke, according to the American Heart Association. This, in fact, is probably the only time race is a legitimate question to raise this campaign season &ndash; and just one of several health question on voters’ minds.&rdquo;<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Feast thine eyes upon glorious images of thy betters.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The big, bad tobacco industry, omnipotent though it is (according to Anti), has sure met its match in Australia.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Northlich [public relations firm] has laid off 27 employees after the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation, a major client, was abolished by state legislators.&rdquo; Yes, dear readers, the foundation is dead, so &mdash; wipe a tear &mdash; many an Ohio Anti will be pink-slipped in the days and weeks to come.</div>