Smoking ban battering casinos
<p><em>"Competition and a partial smoking ban continued to batter the Atlantic City casinos, causing revenue to decline 5.9 percent in August, typically one of the strongest months of the year."</em></p>
Cruise smoking bans cost millions
<p><em>"Conroy says angry smokers have canceled $3 million worth of bookings since July 5, the day Regent announced it would ban smoking in cabins and on balconies. This despite the fact that smoking still will be allowed in casinos and designated areas of bars.</em>"</p>
Tabcorp Net Income Falls 12% on Casino Smoking Ban
<p>Tabcorp Holdings Ltd., Australia’s largest gaming company, had a 12 percent fall in second-half profit after the introduction of smoking bans cut earnings from casinos.</p>
Truth comes home to roost once again
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana;">It is all over the news. The famous British pub super-chain Wetherspoon is hurting because of the smoking ban. We at FORCES are, of course, not surprised by this because we know that smoking bans hurt trade and economies all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
New Study: Bans are Bad for Business – Duh!
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana;">In the latest issue of Econ Journal Watch, economist David Henderson dissects and rejects the claims of anti-tobacco researchers Benjamin Alamar and Stanton Glantz that smoking-bans are good for the restaurant business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
Hillary’s Midas Mandates
<p>Back in simpler (and more honest) times it would have surprised people to find that a married couple that had never held jobs except those under the heading of "public service" are millionaires. </p>
Global Warming Hype: CBS
<p>Long time viewers have long been aware that CBS’s "60 Minutes" provides a splash of news with an ocean of propaganda. Lately the propaganda seems to have squeezed out all semblance of news.</p>
A New Scandal in New Jersey
<p>Even for scandal-ridden New Jersey the catch of corrupt public officials snared by a drag net thrown by the FBI was startling. In all 11 face charges that they accepted bribes in the awarding of publicly funded grants. </p>
Futureshock memo: NO intrusion is ‘undue’
<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">For many of us here at FORCES, Michael Siegel of the Boston University School of Public Health is our very favourite ‘tobacco control advocate’ because — without knowing it — he really isn’t one. One day, if he every summons up the courage, he may realize it himself.</span><font size="2" face="Arial"><br />
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The suppressed evidence
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">In the world of psychology, Hans Jürgen Eysenck needs no introduction. One need only consult Wikipedia, for example, to have at hand an impressive profile of this important figure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>