Yup no economic harm

Sales have been hurt by the spread of indoor smoking bans, which have forced people to go outside to smoke.
TAMPA – Tampa will lose part of its cigar heritage in August when Hav-A-Tampa shuts its factory near Seffner and lays off about 495 employees, closing a factory that has been operating since 1902.
The company announced [...]

Reality check for tobacco control!

Anti-smoking activist have tried to blame everything movies to cartoon characters like joe camel for smoking amongst the young. Here is a reality check. It is the bans, it is the allure of the forbidden fruit that attracts the young. Did you people learn nothing from the failure of prohibition? The [...]

Yet another death by smoking ban

Even though tobacco control has yet to prove one single death caused by second hand smoke, yet the deaths caused by the smoking ban continue to pile up. This time it was a young man who volunteered to serve our country and fight for freedom, a commodity we are losing fast at the hands [...]

More BS from Tobacco Control

I don’t know if anyone has been following the bogus Kline study but the bottom line is they attempted to claim no economic harm based on employment data. Now that does not show actual money made or lost. How much it effected the tips or the income of the owners. Listen to the [...]

Doyle promotes criminal behavior

Bans and excessive taxes have always promoted criminal behavior. Create a market for criminals to thrive and they will come. Prohibition brought about some of the worst gang violence in the history of our country. Bootlegging has always been a cornerstone of gangland activity and it not only will robb the state [...]

Second Hand Smoke B.S.

Ban Damage – Suicide

Ever feel like the world is against you… Alienating you… Marginalizing you… Making you feel like some sort of freak?
We’ve warned you about smoker harassment. But who’s listening?
Taxman kills himself ‘over smoking ban’
A taxman killed himself after the smoking ban left him a virtual recluse, an inquest heard yesterday.
Lawrence Walker, 61, barely went out when [...]

Weston Update

Last Thursday I did an interview with the Wausau Daily Herald. I went through how the science behind the ban just doesn’t hold up. I went through the fact that Tobacco Control uses these tactics all the time. They go after communities that can’t afford to do the research on how weak [...]

Virginia Town Slammed by Media Deserves Major Kudos!

This whole town in Virginia became fodder  for some reporter – everything from being too fat, too unhealthy and *GASP!* lots of smokers! 
Smoking — a common sin in West Virginia — has been hard to control, Tweel said. When the health department tried to restrict smoking in local bars and restaurants, a group of local [...]

The Economy is responsible for everything!

Smoke Free Wisconsin is now trying to blame the failure of Tobacco Control on the Economy.
According to a new poll conducted by Harris Interactive in October on behalf of the American Legacy Foundation, the economic downturn has meant increased stress on current smokers, and that stress means more cigarette breaks.
A few key facts:

77% of smokers [...]