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Resistance to Smoking Ban

The smoking ban in Greece is not effective, according to Greek officials, who said that they will launch a review of the law that was passed earlier this year, following complaints from non-smokers at home and pressure from the European Union. Greek health minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou told of "great gaps in the application of the smoking ban" as many establishments were simply not complying, the Greek Kathimerini reported on November 11 2009. Similar complications were observed also in Croatia where on September 10 2009 the outcry against the ban went as far as to have it partially repealed. Against the backdrop of the general population flouting the ban, and establishments refusing to apply the law, Panayiotis Behrakis, head of the Greek co-ordinating committee against smoking, said that the government should not allow any exceptions to the decree. Some establishments could legally apply for smoking licences, but Behrakis says the ban should be absolute. Additionally, the price of cigarettes in Greece should be increased in an attempt to deter youngsters from picking up the habit. Greece, like Bulgaria, has some of the cheapest cigarettes in the European Union. http://sofiaecho.c om/2009/11/12/8146 09_greece-to-re-ev aluate-smoking-ban -amid-widespread-r esistance?ref=rss  (3 hrs ago | post #1)

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Court: Smokers at fault, not bars | The Columbus Dispatch

Since your daily post count on smoking is higher than mine, it is reasonable to say that YOU are obsessed with smoking. As for your dramatic statements, why not go to try outs at a local drama organization? Community theater is a good outlet.  (5 hrs ago | post #1632)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

No one day we will strap you down and lobotmize your crazy ass.  (13 hrs ago | post #46)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

I do enjoy those dive bars and the 3rd hand smoke that I take home.  (15 hrs ago | post #43)

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Light up and get evicted

Ohio Revenue from Cigarettes Excise Tax Collected (2008): $927,900,797 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA Payments 2008): $334,300,000 Cigarette Sales Tax Revenues (2008): $196,596,197.80 Total Revenue Collected (2007): $1,458,796,994.80  (17 hrs ago | post #130)

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Light up and get evicted

No, that was not the reason. The reason is simply economics, and if you have not considered the monumental financial impact upon all segments of business and society should tobacco be banned, then you have nothing left to your thinking process.  (18 hrs ago | post #129)

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Court: Smokers at fault, not bars | The Columbus Dispatch

The most frightening thing about the smoking ban is how it turns people against each other The snitch line reeks of fascism. Where two years ago, people sat next to each other, telling lies at the bar, laughing and enjoying each other's company; now, those same people are enemies, courtesy of the smoking ban fear mongerers. If someone new walks into my friend's place, everyone turns to check him out. He could be a snitch. If so, my friend will not serve him/her. There is an atmosphere of distrust and resentment that never showed its face two years ago. As long as this law exists, that division will grow. Very sad.  (19 hrs ago | post #1622)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

Spring cleaning is not any proof, nor is it a study. Where are those studies you people love so much?  (20 hrs ago | post #36)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

Do we now? What IS the danger of 3rd hand smoke? Please link to THAT study.  (20 hrs ago | post #34)

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Report Says Tobacco Kills 6 Million a Year: What Is Being Done ...

Unlikely, but if you want to waste your time waiting for that, be my guest.  (Yesterday | post #466)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

If discovering the cause can lead to discovering a cure, then that would indeed be good news.  (Yesterday | post #27)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

Let's hope so. As it stands now, the treatment is often as bad as the disease. My father-in-law's latest chemo for colon cancer makes touching anything cold feel like a knife stabbing him. That is only one of the myriad of debilitating side effects that is making him ready to give up. His treatment will be lifelong since it is a recurrence of the first colon cancer diagnosis ten years ago.  (Yesterday | post #26)

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Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

If simple autopsies could discover the direct cause of any kind of cancer and isolate it, then scientists would be well on their way to curing rather than simply treating cancer.  (Yesterday | post #22)

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Court: Smokers at fault, not bars | The Columbus Dispatch

I looked, and I did not see myself staring back. I saw the face of the OP.  (Yesterday | post #1596)

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Court: Smokers at fault, not bars | The Columbus Dispatch

Why, is my lipstick smeared?  (Yesterday | post #1558)