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Excerpt from A Smoker's Blog - April 19, 2006 - Wednesday - I'm out of cigarettes again and I have smoked just about every butt that I can find in the house! I don't have any forseeable prospects but you never know what is just around the corner!
Excerpt from A Smoker's Blog - June 19, 2003 - Thursday - Of course I am out of cigarettes again and went to get 2 packs (all I could afford!) which probably will last me 2 days if that! On my way home saw a gas station sign that advertised a carton of Kools for $55.00!
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| Kools (100's) | $4.92 (including tax)
$5.11 (as of 9/20/05) |
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added 11/14/04
SMOKING STINKS... and I deserve to breathe clean air.. smoke in your own house...not places I go ! ~ Thanks |
| What area are you from? Center Conway, NH, Female, Age Group=36 50, Are you a smoker? =yes |
| What area are you from=Lebanon, PA - Female / Age Group - Over 50 years of age Smoker? Yes |
| Smoking comments: I think the PA legislature has buried the voting information on the cigarettes. I haven't been able to find a listing anywhere. I know there is one on the Phil. news on a salesclerk had a list. Of course the reporter didn't bother inquiring where it came from. This tax has nothing to do with smoking it has to do with politicians doing anything they want to whatever segment of the population they want. Every citizen in this country is at risk. SUV owners - you know they're after you as well. You have enough money to buy an SUV so they're going to figure out how to get their piece of your wallet. They also know your voting block isn't big enough to stop them. Campers, hikers, mountain climbers, snowmobilers, hunters, fishermen - how much of the public lands are you NOT allowed on? What, exactly, is the definition of "public"? Those nitwit politicians are frothing at the mouth right now. They can't wait for the lawsuits against the fast food places to get started paving the road to equally horrendous taxes they can make you swallow as "social conscience". Once that door is firmly propped open, they'll happily go after ice cream, candy - this road has no end in sight. How long will it be till our entire paycheck is direct deposited to the government and we're given housing &food vouchers that carry rules for what we're "allowed" for redemtion of them? Go ahead - laugh! Before you laugh too loud, take a long hard look at what liberties you DON'T have anymore! Take a long hard look at what you're required to "contribute". Take a long hard look at your representative's local, county, state &federal paychecks, pension benefits, health benefits and perks. You don't really think WE have the same benefits, do you? Exactly whom do you think pays for all that? Do you really think they don't want anymore? The U.S. congress receives their pay raise AUTOMATICALLY. They must initiate a vote to STOP the payraise! Regardless of the economy, regardless of your problems or wishes - hey, they get theirs first! The original Henry Ford was once asked exactly how much money was "enough". He replied, "Just a little bit more...". Believe me! Polititians see their constituancy as a bottomless pit of money. All they have to do is keep us stupid enough for them to get it. Just bury it in some unrelated bill - even if we do find it, we're too dumb to remember come election time. How many senior citizens remember the tax increase on their social security checks that balanced the federal budget? Do you remember it? Everyone's getting older - the day's coming that you'll see the effect of it! When I was young, politians were automatically seen as scoundrals. Everyone knew, if you took your eyes off them for a second, they'd steal you blind! How did they ever convince the general population they are paragons of character and goodness? |
| What area are you from=Montreal Quebec Canada | Female Age Group=36 to 50 Are you a smoker?=yes |
nycclash - at http://www.nycclash.com - Brooklyn, Female Age 36 to 50 Smoker- At 11:59 on Dec. 31st , I lit up a cigarette in defiance of all that is expected of people in making New Year's resolutions. Smokers should never concede to the will of others. Only their own. |
| It was several years ago that I visited O'Hare so it could well be different now I will be traveling that way soon, so will check it out and try to get back to you. I do remember though, once when I was driving across country, I needed to stop for something to eat in one of the middle states. I usually go for the Truck Stops as they generally have good food at fair prices. I saw one that ahd a huge sign out front which read "No NONSMOKING Areas Available" - this, of course, was to much to resist. I stopped and had a wonderful meal and left feeling good that there were still areas non-prejudiced against smokers in the US. I wish I could remember the name - but it was about 10 years ago |
| Just flew cross country and all the airports I stopped at (Norfolk VA, Cinn. OH, and Portland OR) all had smoking areas. While I was in Portland though I had a strange experience though - On New Year's Eve I went to this bar that serves mircobrews and when I lit up was asked to go outside - this was not a dinner bar and Oregon does not have a No Smoking in the bars law as of yet. I was a little shocked and fairly upset by this little obsequious punk and his superior non-smoking attitude - I stayed though as I was there with my sister whom I hadn't seen in a while and didn't t want to make a scene. On the positive side I did meet some great people out on the balcony and we already had something to talk about (mainly the a**hole inside). |
| from - Geelong Australia - Male, Age Group - Age 36 to 50 |
| Comments: I'm a smoker too. Count yourself lucky...with Fed and State taxes accounting for more than 50% of the product price. I pay AUS 6.50 for that same pack of smokes. The bureaucracy here is encouraging us to give (it) up. |
| You should see some of the email that I have gotten. One came from outside the US and their cigarettes cost twice as much as in the United States. I don't see as many people going outside to smoke as I used to. Actually I just watched a news broadcast about people in New Jersy crossing the bridge to come over here in Penna just to get a lower price on cigarettes! And now its considered illegal to get them here and go back to New Jersy. This whole cigarette thing has gotten out of hand. What do you think your cutoff price would be for cigarettes?' I think if they go up any more I won't be able to afford them and then I'll be forced to quit! |
| from - Ca. - Male Over 50 years of age - smoker? yes |
| Comments: Is there a way to get the names of the politicians that vote for (the) increased taxes on cigarettes and restrictive smoking polices? If so the next time I encounter a deranged, ranting tax payer with blood in his eyes, I can whip out my list and send him to the closest offender. A tool is a tool! |
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| Scotland All-out Ban On Smoking Ruled Out:
By Steve Bargeton. Ministers have ruled out an all-out ban on smoking in public places as part of a drive to stub out the habit in Scotland. First Minister Jack McConnell said the idea was "impractical." added 11/14/04
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| Greeley bars say ban on smoking killing business
By Associated Press January 13, 2004 GREELEY Bar owners across the city say a voter-approved smoking ban that took effect last month is costing them thousands of dollars in business and in some cases is forcing layoffs...... | |
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - An Arkansas man was awarded more than $19 million after a jury found that a tobacco company's defective product contributed to his wife's death.... | |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) has dubbed the 2003 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) theme "Fashion and Films," and The Coalition for World No Tobacco Day is calling on the film and fashion industries not to "glamorize, advertise or publicize" tobacco. Created by the WHO in 1988 and observed annually on May 31st, WNTD is the first and only event dedicated to eliminating tobacco use worldwide.... | |
| The latest news from the mecca of marijuana users is a real mind-blower. Under a new ban on smoking in public places, Dutch coffee shops will be allowed to sell joints, but their customers will have to go outside to smoke them.... | |
I've just learned that New York's Public Health Law #1399-11, which
will effectively ban the online and mail-order purchase of cigarettes for personal use
by residents in the state of New York, shall take effect on June 18, 2003. This is a
very ominous development, not only would it be catastrophic for New York smokers, but
should New York succeed in this endeavor, other states would certainly enact similar
laws. OLTRA is attempting to obtain a court order restraining New York from implementing
this law. Though I am not a lawyer, this law seems constitutionally dubious to me.
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| Eleven weeks after the city snuffed out smoking in bars and restaurants, few people are lighting up inside. Instead, many smokers have taken the party to the street, annoying neighbors with noise, litter and clouds of smoke.... | |
Links | |
| Articles | Want to Smoke? Go to Hamburg By JOE JACKSON |
| Events | Scheduled events will appear here |
| Mesage Boards/Forums | smokersclubforum@yahoogroups.com |
| Organizations | Smokers Fighting Discrimination, Inc. A not for profit organization P O Box 5472 Katy, TX 77491
Phone/Fax: 281-347-8780 |
| Web Sites | NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (NYC C.L.A.S.H.) |
| Misc. | * http://smokers.meetup.com/ - There are already smokers setting up meetings for the first Thursday of the month.
If your Meetup does not happen this month, please be patient and keep trying to spread the word! |
Is it legal to purchase your cigs on line in NJ? I was watching thre news and there going after people in N.Y. some people owe thousands of dollars in tax? who can one talk to to voice there opinon? This is a free country! at least it used to be? anything you could tell me would help.
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