September 2007


Uncategorized23 Sep 2007 09:14 am

Delta’s (self-confessed smoker) Joann Hamelin had a letter published in the Friday, Sept. 14 Vancouver Sun entitled, “There are worse habits than smoking.”, regarding Vancouver’s plan to ban smoking on patios, 6 meters from entranceways, etc.

According to Hamelin, vehicle emissions and obesity are “worse” (she conveniently neglects to provide any facts/statistics to back up her claim)…and all of us “anti-smoking activists” are hypocrites.

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Uncategorized19 Sep 2007 09:26 am

Found in a gas bar near Mount Vernon, Washington:

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Philip Morris is interested in the welfare of their customers? Well, isn’t that special?

And what could smokers tell Congress that they haven’t already heard from Philip Morris’ army of lobbyists? And couldn’t their marketing wizards have come up with a more original slogan than “enough is enough”?

We can only hope that the time will come when smokers “stand up and speak out”. This will be inconvenient for a corporation that buries their loyal customers.

Uncategorized11 Sep 2007 05:14 am

See the full ad at http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/ads/pop_ad_large.cfm?ad=newOrleans

“New Orleans is coming back strong And going smokegree is part of our city’s special welcome.” – Susan Spicer | Bayona & Herbsaint

“If making hospitality smokefree really held back business, the way the tobacco industry has claimed, would Louisiana have gone smokefree right after Hurricane Katrina?

Of course not.

“Coming back from a disaster of that magnitude takes everything you’ve got. No way that you’ll put an obstacle in your own path.”

Louisiana went smokefree on January 1, 2007 because it’s now what people expect. The future is smokefree – nationally and globally. So why not make a fresh start?

“My restaurant Bayona has been smokefree since 1995. Cooking for me is a sensual act: rubbing ingredients together, the association of smells, is all part of the pleasure. Somebody else’s smoke subtracts that dimension.”

“If you’ve never experienced smokefree, it might seem fraught with risk. Once you’ve gone smoke-free, you realize it’s a no-brainer.”

“Recovering from disaster puts things in perspective. You focus on the essentials. In New Orleans, those include the simple human joys, treasured fully.”

Get the facts at TobaccoScam.ucsf.edu

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Big Tobacco is lying. Again.