The American College of Chest Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network have put out new guidelines to detect Lung Cancer. They suggest that all current and former smokers ages 55 to 74<br />
have a CT scan or xray. Sometimes these tests can produce a false negative but early detection would prevent 8 million premature deaths.<br />
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Bans are bad for business and now Springfield is considering overturning it’s smoking ban by placing it on the ballot.<br />
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While that may seem to solve a lot of issues, it won’t unless it is written to allow smoking in bars and taverns who serve adults over 21. However, you can be sure the American Cancer, Lung and Heart Associations will lobby against any roll back of the ban because that is what they are paid to do.<br />
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<div>Ocean Springs aldermen took no action this week on a request for an anti-smoking ordinance.</div>
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<div>The Mississippi Press reports that Kellie Lamb, the health promotions coordinator for Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition for Jackson County, told aldermen that being smoke-free means smoking would not be allowed in public places.<br />
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The bribe is that Ocean Springs would receive a $5,000 grant from Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition. $5,000 is a pithy amount when business is down by 30% and mom and pop stores close.</div>
On Friday, Democrat <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">Senators …. Durbin and Frank Lautenberg introduced legislation (S. 3081), the "Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2012", that would "equalize" the Federal excise tax on all tobacco products at the same per unit level as that on cigarettes. <br />
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The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee. <br />
The text of this bill is not yet available on <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php" target="_blank">THOMAS (Library of Congress)</a><br />
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It appears that this bill would sharply increase the federal tax rate on smokeless tobacco products and some other OTP, but don’t know if <a href="http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com" target="_self">e-cigarettes</a> are included.<br />
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Netherlands – Customers can continue to smoke in small bars, judges rule. Efforts by anti-smoking campaigners to reinstate a smoking ban in small cafes and bars failed on Wednesday when judges in The Hague ruled the law does allow exceptions.<br />
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Forces Netherlands has taken the lead in fighting the smoking bans and winning. They are determined to lift all current bans, we stand beside them.<br />
Frank Davis, has a very interesting conversation with an ex-tobacco employee dubbed Mr. Deep Smoke. It answers some of the questions of what the Tobacco Companies were thinking when they abandoned their customers.<br />
<i>Governments have long relied on indirect taxes on consumer goods as a source of revenue. ‘Sinful’ items such as alcohol and tobacco have traditionally been taxed punitively and some have called for new taxes on fatty foods and sugary drinks, as well as a minimum price on a unit of alcohol. </i><br />
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He goes on to tell you why "sin taxes" don’t work. A excellent article.<br />
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The chief medical officer for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine claims that a slice of pizza is worse than a cigarette.<br />
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The war on fat is in full swing.
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An editorial from the Trib.com discusses the rise in drunk driving after a smoking bans. <br />
<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; OVERFLOW: hidden; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none">A study from Wisconsin shows a citywide smoking ban makes the drunk-driving rate rise. The study, published by the Journal of Public Economics, has found that after communities enacted smoking bans, there has been an increase in alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents.<br />
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<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; OVERFLOW: hidden; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none">As Gerri L. Elder reports in her article, "Smoking Bans Linked to DUI Fatalities," the reason the smoking bans make DUIs increase is undetermined. However, the studies are very accurate and conclusive. Anyone thinking a smoking ban does not affect you, please think again.<br />
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Bulgarian smokers seem to value their freedom a bit more highly than most Europeans and North Americans. Forces Commentator, Michael J. McFadden, leaves some pithy observations after these stories at Novinite.com from the Sofia News Agency.
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