Free Talk Live - tobacco

Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs

pete1071 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:58:09 +0000

Rep. Mitch Greenlick, from Portland, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance, meaning it would be illegal to possess or distribute cigarettes without a doctor's prescription.

The Role of Government

porcupous — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:01:37 +0000

Over the past many decades, the federal government’s own internal debate on its responsibility has changed in a subtle but very important way. Before the change, the federal government would act in the marketplace when people believed that everybody had a right to something. Now it intervenes even when it does not believe something should be guaranteed.

Delray Beach, Florida Bans Hiring Of Smokers Or Tobacco Users

BigFish — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:08:06 +0000

Delray Beach Florida has become the latest in the battle against personal choice and has banned hiring employees who use tobacco products, all supposedly to save money on health insurance.

San Francisco Considers Banning E-Cigarettes

andrew.valish — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:22:49 +0000

SFO banned electronic cigarettes earlier this month and now the city is in the first stages of banning them. The plan is to fold them into the current smoking ordinance, saying that anything that looks, feels or functions like a cigarette is a cigarette and has to be banned from public places.

Congressman wants no smokeless tobacco used in 2010 World Series

phillyboy7 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:21:45 +0000

Yet another busybody bureaucrat involving himself in matters he has no business being involved in. Oh wait, he needs to save the children!

U.S. pockets $20.6 billion in "sin taxes" in FY'09

Deslock Darkstar — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:22:41 +0000

Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday. The U.S. federal government collected $20.6 billion in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition in fiscal year 2009, up 41 percent from the previous fiscal year, according to the annual report of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. --- Remember, kids... "Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.

ATF: Counterfeit cigarettes on the rise

ZEUSLGN — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:29:49 +0000

Only one thing you can say in response to this: "WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN!?" Dumbass prohibitionists.

New Ban on "Light" Cigarettes to Begin this Week

Renniks — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:35:21 +0000

WASHINGTON — A US law banning the selling of so-called "light" or "mild" cigarettes took effect Tuesday, but some anti-tobacco groups say the makers are sidestepping the rules by using color-coding packaging.

The packaging says, "Your Marlboro Lights pack is changing. But your cigarette stays the same. In the future, ask for 'Marlboro in the gold pack."

American Lung Association Vs. Electronic Cigarettes

thedude — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:37:25 +0000

The American Lung Association has come out in full force by sending lobbyists to various state legislators to argue against the electronic cigarette.