Posted on January 22, 2009 by Shawn
Today Minnesota Representatives Larry Howes, Tom Emmer, Tom Hackbarth, Loren Solberg, and Tom Rukavina introduced a bill, HF257 that would exempt certain bars from the smoking ban.
If this bill becomes law in in current form, all bars that make most of their sales in liquor would be permitted to allow smoking, provided that a modern [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Shawn
We all love tax hikes, and here comes another one that is directed exclusively at smokers and other users of tobacco products. Here are some details I received from Audrey Silk with NYC Clash:
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a program that already exists but which needs reauthorization upon a sunset date but also [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2009 by Shawn
Since the junk scientists have released a ridiculous study on third-hand smoke that some people actually believe, I’d like to sidestep the issue of third-hand smoke, and move right on to fourth-hand smoke, which John Boston of the Santa Clarita Valley Signal describes as “someone sitting next to someone who is thinking about someone else [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2009 by Shawn
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