Scotland
The McTear decision in Scotland — the one where the judge denied a lawsuit against the tobacco companies for a smoker’s lung cancer — the Bolton Smokers Club has produced a nice worthwhile analysis and summary of the case.<br type="_moz" />
Who Pays For Smoking Bans
It’s time for taxpayers and politicians to understand who really pays the price for the ‘clean air’ smoking ban laws enacted….those of us in the hospitality industry. We link to Clearing The Air for more.<br />
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Indiana
A joint House-Senate committee has reached a preliminary compromise on a statewide smoking ban. There are quite a few exemptions even so it does not mean that anything will pass this year.
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Audrey Silk
Read Audrey Silk, Founder, Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (C.L.A.S.H.)
Maryland
The Senate State Legislature has begun debating a bill that would ban smoking in cars with children under the age of 8.<br />
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Isn’t it amazing that the biggest bubble of humanity, baby boomers, had mother’s that smoked and drank, road in cars with someone smoking, grew up around SHS, worked in offices for most of their careers with smokers and are still alive?<br />
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Ban smoking in cars does not stop parents from smoking in the house, oh yeah I forgot, that the next step getting inside your homes.<br />
FDA Appealing
<p>The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has filed a notice of appeal in U.S. District Court in Washington seeking to overturn Judge Richard Leon’s February 29 decision that the government’s rule violates the tobacco companies’ rights to free speech.<br />
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The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington is scheduled to hear arguments next month on the government’s challenge to a ruling Leon issued in November that canceled a September 22 deadline for tobacco companies to begin displaying images such as diseased lungs and a cadaver with chest staples on an autopsy table on the top half of the front and back of all cigarette packages.It is unclear whether the three-judge panel will consider yesterday’s appeal on April 10.</p>
<p>No suprise, this administration will take it all the way to the Supreme Court.</p>
Tobacco Free Kids
ALEXANDRIA, VA – A supposed “new” report from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and several affiliated groups claims that convenience stores are complicit in enticing underage tobacco use, among other claims. But, NACS spokesman Jeff Lenard countered, there is more – actually less – than meets the eye in the report.
<p>“Calling it a ‘new report’ is a stretch with both words, because the supposed findings aren’t new and they aren’t findings,” he said. “What is true, and omitted from this report, is that convenience stores sell legal products in a lawful way, and that is true with all products.”<br />
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TFK wouldn’t know the truth if it bit them in the behind.</p>
Costa Rica
The Ley Antitabaco (antismoking law) that was approved last week and is now in doubt due to a historic Constitutional Court decision last Friday aims to curb smoking in public places, including the workplace, and attack head on the problem of the causal smoker.<br />
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We hope the Court tosses this one out!<br />
North Carolina
On Thursday, Wrightsville Beach will be considering a smoking ban on the beach. The issue is really about liter and folks from groups like FreedomWorks have argued that the city should focus on liter enforcement and education rather than an assault on smoking. <br />
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There are laws on the books for littering, why don’t they just enforce them? What a waste of time.<br type="_moz" />
And So It Begins
<p>A new study from six European countries suggests that teens who see more boozy scenes in movies are more likely to binge drink. <br />
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Although the study doesn’t prove that watching drinking on screen directly leads to alcohol consumption in real life, the authors believe that media influence does come into play, suggesting that teens who watch drinking scenes in movies may be more likely to imitate movie stars or view binge drinking as socially acceptable.<br />
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Just because it doesn’t prove it will turn into it does prove it because I said so. Wondering how they were going to stop adults from drinking, by saying it is "for the children" naturally.</p>
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