New Additions for May 07

May 31
Them - By Peggy Noonan - A good,good read from a non-smoker
Lessons In Hypocrisy
Champix - an 8 in 10 failure rate or worse? - not the same as claims made by ASH etc
Alarms to trap pub smokers
Signs of the times at cathedral - Tacky- "Wedding cars and hearses will also have to display them"
Pubs could be squashed to make way for flats - There'll be lots more soon
Boost for quitting smoking fund - Spin & comment
New Hope will not enforce smoking ban - Pennsylvania
Bid to ban smoking in NZ - Complete Ban!
Under the C, complaints about smoke-free bingo - Canada - "Health uber alles"!!
Quebec bar owners says anti-smoking law led to bar closures and lost revenues
Smokers feel the burn a year into ban - Ontario
Smoking bylaw serves a purpose - Canada - Guelph - Diana
Australia anti-smoking ad too gruesome for prime TV
Battle over Fort Wayne smoking ban moved to federal court - US
Bar owner goes to court on smoking violations - US, Hilton Head SC
May 30
Sign of the times
Lamenting Demise of an icon - Editorial - Bingo
Landlord in cigs ban protest
Driver left fuming by fag ash fine
Downing Street entrance to have No Smoking sign
Pharmacies unite to help smokers quit before ban - More profit for Big Pharma
Survey says smoking ban behind the wheel - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tobacco companies 'court' Irish children - Ireland - Absolute crap from another hate-tainted expert
Letter - On smoking ban - Texas
Bordas- "Theatre On Broadway is gone" - Denver
Restaurant Will Close Before They Snuff out Cigarettes - West Virginia
Opposing smoking ban took courage - US, Rochester
Smoking ban a financial disaster- bingo halls - Canada
Agriculture Committee approves less-stringent smoking ban - Nashville
May 29
Eyes down for an empty house - Scotland - Bingo Closure
Ban means my business could go up in smoke - Manchester Shishas
10-pack cigarettes banned from Thursday - Ireland
Smokers left out in the cold after shelter bid fails - Wales
Smokers on the streets - UK
China ignites tobacco wars with smoke-free Olympic Games
Video comment ablout the Ban in Clubland, South Wales
Increased smoking may be linked to asthma epidemic
Smoking Ban in Bingo Halls Sparks Online Debate
Survey snuffs out smoking ban worries - Phoenix
Soccer league banned from field over smoking complaint - San Diego
May 28
Rampton patient fights smoking ban at high security hospital
Up in smoke - Alleghenny
State to appeal ban on smoking in private clubs - Ohio
Bars rebel against smoking ban - Colorado
Social pressures - Canada
May 27
Smokers face tidal wave of regulation - with Comment
Fans cry foul as manager evades penalty for puffing - Scotland
As the smoking ban looms, far fewer are kicking the habit
New 'fire-safe' cigarettes will put themselves out
Danger, onstage smoking kills. . .
CIG BAN- WHAT CIG BAN- - New York
The Philisophy of Liberty by Lux Lucre / Ken Schoolland
Lung Cancer Risk Calculated Based On Medical History And Genetics - Just shows how much anti-smokers have bent or ignored science to suit
May 26
Smoking-ban signs in Cathedral are 'lunacy'
Smoking ban may be amended for theatre - Ulster/Belfast
Cut-price patches - Could this be why Big Pharma invested so much cash in promoting anti-smoking?
A cocktail of advice - an opinion about Governments don't drink if you're pregnant
Smoking ban shadow over bingo
Spain’s new rules on smoking disappear
Law May Stub Out Smoking While Driving
Letter - Toxic Air Far Worse Than Cigarette Smoking
Smoking ban loses steam - New Hope, PA
Governor Wants To Allow Smoking At VFW Halls - Ohio
Smoking ban fuels pub building binge - Australia
Comment - The "Right" to Smoke-Free Air
Allen smoking law tweaked - US, Allen County
Phoenix shuts down saloon that's battling smoking ban
Outer deck smoking ban eyed for ferries - Canada
May 25
Pub’s ‘light up’ protest against smoking ban - Bolton
Club’s ‘smoking pen’ not a cozy spot - Wimbledon
Ban kids from films where stars smoke - Scotland - with comment
IS THE CAR A PRIVATE HAVEN FOR SMOKERS? - Comments
Statewide smoking ban snuffed - Texas
La Crosse Area Legislator Wants Compromise On Smoking Ban Plan
Let social pressures sort out condo smoking conflicts - Vancouver
May 23/4
The Bolton Smoke-Inn - Freedom2Choose (.co.uk)
British smokers are trying hard, but still too stressed to quit
Smoking ban stubs out vending machine jobs
Residents' smoke fight taken to PM - Felixstowe
Oops, look what's happened... - unintended consequences with comment
We're facing ruin if shisha 'tradition' is banned - Haringay
Bingo hall smoking shelter gets thumbs-down - York - Rank "in partnership with Niquitin"!!!"i
Psychiatric patient launches test case over smoking ban
Comments - Talk on the street
Venetian air for Rasen drinkers - Market Rasen
Play sees way around the smoking ban - Belfast
Bar owners say smoking ban is snuffing out business - Charlestown
Recall effort targets commissioner who led smoking ban effort - US West Fargo
Letter - Smoking ban is just more intrusion on us
Doubt surrounds ban - US, Scranton
Opinion - SMOKING (OUT) FASCISTS by Russell Madden
Pfizer Supports Complete Smoking Ban in Public Areas and Improved Access to Smoking Cessation Treatments across Europe - Of course they do - They'll profit
May 22
Czechs oppose night club smoking ban most of all EU nations- poll
'More cops, not more laws, will cut crashes'
Smoking ban axed - US, Allegheny County
Bar owners seek to revisit smoking ban with Putnam leaders - USA
May 21
British smokers are trying hard, but still too stressed to quit - Where the hell do these statistics come from!
Scarey!!!! - Pharma TV
Household smoking restrictions more strongly associated with better health status than workplace smoking restrictions - Is a workplace ban actually an own goal?
No smoke without fire - Double-edged Legal sword?
Gain Insight In To Bingo In The United Kingdom
ABD- All distractions put car insurance at risk
Letter - Smoking ban is just the 1st of many lost freedoms - Minnisota
Trittschuh: Join important fight, learn how to contact lawmakers by visiting site + Comment
Bill Banning Smoking In The Workplace Delayed Again - Memphis and Senate thinks about banning smoking at work, then changes mind - Nashville
Hawaii Hotel Occupancy Plunges Further
Pa. court rules against Allegheny County smoking ban - Pittsburgh
41% of Maltese say smoking ban not respected
May 20
The French reach for the Gitanes again - Government backdown?????
Because They Can - Joe Jackson from Freedom2choose.co.uk
The Holy Grail - Joe Jackson from Freedom2choose.co.uk
The Naked Bar - Joe Jackson from Freedom2choose.co.uk
Nanny is coming - Children of 11 to be fingerprinted
Deck plan set to go up in smoke? - Eastbourne
Opinion - Ratings idea should go up in smoke - Tallahassee
Some Rockland public health laws viewed as invasive - US, Hudson
Comment - Isn't it ironic?
Rights of Ohio's veterans continue to deteriorate
Dirty air harms our most vulnerable population - children - Salt Lake
May 19
I love this pub but I will be forced to leave - Cheshire with comment
Two more women have drinks spiked - Ulster
Will the smoking ban kill bingo halls-
Non-smoking inmates to have their own cells - UK
Blair's legacy of red tape for Britain's churches
Smoking ban leads to rise in noise nuisance - Scotland
Save the Shisha Campaign - UK website
Quit smoking this weekend - Free copy of Alan Carr's book- no cash to Pharma!!!
Many would support car smoking ban - NO sense, NO science - simple hate
Comment - Smoking in the Free World
Comment - Taking away our freedom is just not cricket
Bar Owners Band Together Against Smoking Ban - Kansas
Faculty Votes To Ban Tobacco Grants - Stanford Uni
Smoking ban spurs river crossings - Ohio
Charitable giving hurt by ban - Ohio
Venezuelan health minister resigns after tobacco-ban outburst
Airport board member opposes smoking ban - Indianapolis
Hearing set in challenge to smoke ban - Arizona
Small-town Alberta tells gov't to butt out - Alberta
Letter - VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
Veterans snuff out cigarettes, and they’re not happy - Ohio
May 17/18 - a quiet time but I've enjoyed a 65th with friends while I can!!!!!! - I'll catch up when I'm capable.
Blessed are the non-smokers
A MUST READ PRESS RELEASE - Over 2.8 Million Residents Reject Smoke Free Illinois Act - SB 500
MN Smokers Want To Snuff Out Smoking Ban - US
Keith Waterhouse Opinion - The BBB will be back on the warpath
May 16
Hooked smoking ads 'broke rules'
A small personal liberty takes its last gasp
Property rights trump second- hand smoke
An Epidemic of Meddling -The totalitarian implications of public health
Forced to sell bar when yobs drove customers away - Scotland
British Flocking to Spain to Stop Smoking - Seems so odd but then the NHS methods are expensive rubbish!!
Church against smoke ban signs
Blessed are the non-smokers - Worth a giggle
You say... ban smoking while driving - with comments from both sides
LETTER: SMOKERS SPEAK UP
Science fiction letter from an expert idiot - Safety alert and one from a potential Criminal -I won’t comply with nonsense
Chris Maclean- the play's the thing
Pubs 'n' Bars will be "badly hit" by smoke ban
Ban puts old-style pubs under cloud
Opinion - Liberty Is Hard
First Tickets Written Related To Smoking Ban - Omaha
Hawaii's Smoking Ban- An Assault on Freedom
Letter - ‘Let taverns keep smoking' - Beloit
The anti-tobacco brigade bags yet another victory, but at what cost- Canada
Study - Better health twice as likely for nonsmokers who live and work with smoking restrictions - better 'results' from cutting down smoking at home NOT work
Opinion - Anti-smoking crusade hits chord in an age of choice
Smoking Rate Among Japanese Men Falls to 20-Year Low (Update1) - But they created designated smoking areas!
Letter - Smoking ban hurts business - Canada
May 14/15
Post-prandial puff becomes an invitation to fight
An Epidemic of Meddling -The totalitarian implications of public health - Great Article
Comment - Philip Hensher: The ban on smoking has become a vendetta
'I smoke for my mental health' - Hockney opinion
The winners ... and the losers - Foul first sentence by poison-worded Laura Barton and no mention of people being losers
Thou shalt not smoke - lots of comment
Compulsory 'no smoking' signs in churches are 'daft', says Dean
Sorry mum but I've got no choice.. you're fired - Scotland
Smoking ban campaign launches
Do bans help people quit- - Rubbish Article
Smokers to face taxing times - York
How smoking ban could burn businesses - Norwich
Britons hazy on smoking ban introduction
Nicotine teens and emphysemic adults - Three writers talk about cigarettes and the part nicotine has played in their lives
Brewer spends £3m on new shelters for smokers facing pubs ban - Kent
Is the smoking ban a good idea? - The Guardian
'Ban forces me to move' - Shisha Bar in Oxford
Safe Speed- Smoking ban at the wheel - LARSOA 'playing with fire'. and Plea to ban drivers from smoking and Head to head- Smoking and driving ban AND EVIDENCE - Contributory factors to road accidents
Bingo halls fear smoking ban
Utah lifts VFW smoking ban
Call to ban smokers from -'lighting up behind the wheel-' - with comment
Restaurant, bar owners oppose smoking ban - Ohio
Anti-smoking compromise best - US Charleston
Letter - Businesses abused by smoking ban
OK, you non-smokers, where are you all- - Arizona
A New (smokers’) Haven of liberty - US Fort Wayne
Outdoor ban fires up a smoker - Australia
Three towns oppose anti-smoking bill - Dawson City
Bar owner will challenge smoking ban in court - Arizona
Ferry smoking ban goes too far - Canada
Venezuela to eradicate tobacco crops and a turn around Venezuela minister says limited smoking ban to be imposed, not a halt on tobacco production
Opinion - Put out the cigs. Fire up the lawsuits. - Arizona
May 13
12-year-olds get nicotine on NHS to quit smoking - with 'learned' comment - It's wrong and funded by Pharma
Smoking outside ain't no drag for 'smirters' - Ulster
Now drivers face ban on smoking at the wheel BUT - Read this - Smoking and Driving
Smokers won't quit even with state ban - Bloomington
Great Letter - Voice of the reader 5/13 - Southern Illinois
May 12
Smoking ban 'date rape' warning - Ulster
SMOKERS FLOUTING BAN AT HOSPITAL - Wales
Campaign To Warn Smokers Of July Ban - Yet more spending above the £5 to 13 Million they stated
Smokefree farms - Somerset
Landlady decks out smoking area case - Wakefield
Nothing to Cheer About - Smoking ban violates business owner’s property rights
Permanent Link- A less poisonous and more non-smoker friendly cigarette-.. the eCigarette
Letter - Smoking ban taking it to the extreme
CEO spells out Reynolds' principles
Letter - City doesn't realize consequences of ban - US, Bowling Green
Voters head to the polls today - US, Baytown
Letter - Restaurants, customers should make smoking call - Minnesota
Letter - OK, you non-smokers, where are you all- - Arizona
A New (smokers’) Haven of liberty - US, New Haven
Outdoor ban fires up a smoker - Australia
May 11
Letter - Smoke and mirrors..?
Article - What's Blair done for us- Absolutely nothing...
Smoke Ban Threatens Liberty - video
Pensioners beg Blair to let them smoke - Felixstowe
Celebs behind Marston's pub sales - To a Property Company -"The impending smoking ban is weeding out some pubs whose trade depends largely on beer sales as opposed to those focused on food." - You mean 'the People's Pubs'
The Take Home Trade Market Accounted for Just Over a Third of the Total UK Market for Alcohol - "One possible bonus on the horizon is a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public places, which could persuade smokers to drink at home"
The curse of smoking - a suggestion that anti-smoking approaches might not be too effective
Club Law and Management with Philip Smith -Smoking Ban Update (Association of Conservative Clubs)
Two local complaints that smoking ban is being flouted - Aberystwyth
Health Department Busted For Smoking Violation - Ohio
Smoking ban supporters make concessions to gain House votes - Minneapolis
A RANT on The MPAA and Smoking
Howland bar owner will fight smoking ban - US
Burning ban needed in Schuylkill County - US - concerns about carcinogens and wood burning
Atlantic City gambling revenue dives 10%
Rethinking the smoking ban - US, Nixa
Bars feeling impact of DC smoking ban
Version of smoking ban allows 'fully enclosed' smoking rooms - New Hampshire

May 10
Club's neighbours finding smokers a drag - Cambridge
Letter - Smoking ban is a step too far
Trade pours scorn on Government plans to force pubs to clean up cigarette butts and litter outside premises
Smoking- special report - Daily Mail !!!
Smoking ban highlights number of smokers - Ulster, Newry
English fume over Welsh smoking ban
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Faculty votes down tobacco ban, Overwhelming support for keeping research, money
Gargulinski - Group wants ban to go up in smoke - Tucson
Smokers should have some clout with big biz, politicians - Well worth a read
Smokeless tobacco reduces risk of cancer
Smoking Ban Bad For Business- Ohio
Staff Editorial: Major problems with smoking ban - University of Cincinnati
Opinion - The Coercion Herring
Yukon legislators pass smoking ban bill
Doctors call to lift ban on 'safer' smokeless tobacco - Australia
Smoking ban hard on Herbst - Las Vegas
May 9
Become a Master at influencing others - University Course for Interfering
‘We should have had the choice’ - Devon
Warnings for smoking ban breaches - Wales
TRUST TOLD: 'COUGH UP FOR SMOKERS' - Wales
Publican Party defeated in Scottish elections
Wetherspoon warns smoking ban will hit profits
The Enforcer
Letter - Nothing to Cheer About
Veterans' groups persevere despite membership, funding problems - US
Bar owner using vents to fight ban on smoking - Arizona
Bar owners gather for game plan to overturn smoking ban - Arizona
Letter - Let owners decide on the smoking ban - US
Foes of smoking ban say it'll snuff up to 28000 jobs - Tucson
Smoking ban heats up among some bar patrons - Arizona
Better not light up near the lettuce - California
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters) and VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
Smoking at work could be snuffed - Michigan
City officials receptive to long-term beer garden plan - Illinois
Smoking bans' effects on CU tax revenues spark debate - US, Champaign
Smoking Ban Enforcement To Cost $800,000 - Ohio - So Why does England's cost £29 million (and the rest)
May 8
WHO guidelines often lack evidence, study finds and Medical journal criticizes WHO for neglecting evidence
Licensees could be forced to sweep streets
Bar staff 'should wear ear plugs' - There's silly and there's this - BBPA rejects earplugs call
Bear Shop seeks new owner as smoking ban bites - Wales
LITTER UP 20% AFTER CIG BAN - Non-story
US films blamed for youngsters taking up smoking - Scotland, The Blame Game
Study Finds Retail Tobacco Marketing Increases Teen Smoking, Underscores Need for FDA Authority Over Tobacco, Higher Tobacco Taxes - More 'Blame Game'
Airport leads way in early smoke ban - Manchester
Lower turnover because of smoking ban - Belgium
Prime Restaurants Royalty Income Fund Announces First Quarter 2007 ... - Canada, Quebec
Erie County Smoking Ban - Pennsylvania
House passes gutted smoking ban - Texas shows commonsense
Article - Henry- Personal freedom going up in smoke
A Must Watch -An Interview With Big Brother
Group fighting smoking ban - Tucson
UC, Stanford consider banning tobacco money
Why Banning Human Nature Doesn't Work
Lawmakers stub out smoke-free workplace movement- South Carolina
Opinion - Better to live with risk than limit our choices
May 7
FREEDOM TO CHOOSE article in Club Mirror - pdf Document
Changing habits threaten Irish country pubs
Smoke Ban Threat To Pets and Smoking Ban Could Endanger Pets
NHS will continue to treat overweight smokers - for now - Kent
MYTH - Secondhand Smoke is a Killer - With comment
MORE CRAP - Study confirms the risk of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke outdoors - Stanford University -with names such as Neil E. Klepeis & Wayne Ott associated with James L. Repace - international secondhand smoke expert & Dr. Lance A. Wallace - co-founder of the field of human exposure all members of Tobaccosmoke.org -----------READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH - Stanford divided on tobacco dollars
Hip and happening - Boston
Will ban snuff out taverns- - Illinois
Bingo players weigh in on smoking ban - Illinois
Calif. Considers Banning Chemical Used in Microwave Popcorn - Cause of lung problems
Letter - Ban on smoking won't change habit
Letter - Smoking law is ridiculous
Bar owner challenges new smoking law - Arizona
County's smoking ban is just another intrusion in our lives - Port Huron
A Smoke and a Cup of Joe Linked to Warding Off Parkinson's - That's something I might never suffer from
May 6
Rank to sell off bingo halls - (was) with comment
Man throws midge off the scent - Scotland - Smokers were useful for at least on thing!!!!
NC tobacco ties strong, complex - US
Smoking ban's repeal on ballot in Baytown - Houston
Smoke ban scares area bar owners - Illinois
Weakened legislation won't protect community - Whinging auntie-tobacco article
Our liberties - South Carolina, Sullivan's Island - Pro-freedom to choose
May 5
A More Than Excellent Letter - To: All members of the Illinois House of Representatives by Stephanie Stahl
Insolvencies climb - and worse is to come - Scotland
Restaurants and bars more likely to fail in city - UK - York
Archives - Saving the Kings Head - UK village pub
UK Opinion - Tony's ten years at the top
Lower turnover because of smoking ban - Belgium
Letter - Don't need ban
Letter - Secondhand smoke not a real danger
'Smoke and bars go together' - A logical conversation
Md. AG Wants Smoking Ban In Children's Movies
Where there’s smoke … there’s Hollywood
First violation issued under smoking ban - Arizona
American Legion seeks clarification on smoking ban
Smoke and ire at BINGO parlor - Peoria
Smoking ban is still in limbo - Austin
City: Smoking Ban Will Apply To Actors Onstage - Chicago
May 4
SMOKING BAN HITS HARD, SAYS PUNCH
Smoke clouds on the horizon - Censorship through healthist legislation
Off-licence sales increase by ten per cent - Ireland
Pubs forced to take a costly chance - Ulster
Smoking ban taking puff out of bingo-goers - Ulster
Proprietors- Ban will hurt business - Galesburg
Will the smoking ban affect your decision to visit Disney hotels- - Poll
Portugal bans smoking inside public places - another Country off the holiday list!
Champaign may remove smoking ban - US
May 3
All the best to those fighting for FREEDOM in Scotland and Wales - VOTE PUBLICAN & UKIP
Dominic Lawson: Tolerance, liberty and hypocrisy
Trader protest over 'tax' on cafe society - Islington
Scotland smoking ban hurts Mecca Bingo performance - Scotland
Smoke zone being wiped off map - Dundee - Spend to destroy a smokers facility
Drinking and smoking in the street- The Next Big Problem- - UK
CITY'S BID TO SHUT CIGAR BAR SNUFFED - NY
Watch out for cranky smokers - Thank you for a biased headline!
Letter - Anti-smoking Christians just too smug
Air Force tobacco bans are gaining steam - US
From bingo halls to bars, many Illinoisans fume about smoking ban and From bingo halls to bars, Illinoisans fume about smoking ban
Letter - Ban smoking, hurt the economy - Oregon
Judge's injunction stops Allegheny County ban after just a few hours in effect
State House votes to defeat smoking ban - North Carolina?
Rockton smoking ban fails to get approved once again - US
County's smoking ban halted by court - Pittsburgh
Assembly ‘has let down small firms’ -Wales
Most Local Lawmakers Vote Against Majority of Constituents on ...Illinois
I didn't know! Really! 62-year-old given smoking ban violation warning - Illinois
American Cancer Society against smoking - Ohio
We're Scaring Our Children to Death - Interesting Commentary
Opinions split on impact of citywide smoking ban - Washington
Letter - Ban smoking, hurt the economy
Letter - Mad rush to do away with all smoking needs more thought
Economist- State will lose money from smoking ban - US Springfield
May 2
Bingo lights up Scottish political campaign - - Bingo down -pubs down -clubs down -Tobacco up - VOTE PUBLICAN PARTY
Cigarette suffragette's parliamentary protest
Taxi driver breaches smoking ban - Scotland
'Put out plans for smoking area' - Clevedon
Firms in the dark on smokefree laws - Somerset
Back street pubs threatened by smoking ban - Birmingham
Pub takings UP since smoking ban - Wales - Biased Headline - Read it -SOME ARE DOWN
BLAIR: GREATEST THREAT IS BAD DRIVING - What's it going to be next week
Punch focuses on smoking ban problems - It cost £18 million to prepare for the ban BUT the partial RIA said implimentation costs would be £(minimal)
Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State - Joe Jackson
Cigarette maker's earnings up to £658m
Romance blossoms at pub doors
Pub crawl warning to smokers - Dorset
Cutting through the smoke - Islington
Blowing illegal smoke - Pittsburgh
Walt Disney World hotels are going smoke-free starting June 1 -
Businesses say smoking ban would eliminate freedom of choice - Tennessee and - Appeals Court Allows Smoking Again In Bars, Restaurants
Smoking ban goes dormant - Allegheny County
Arizona prisoners angered by sudden transfer sparked riot
BINGO! Smokes - Ontario on Reserves
COLUMN: Smoking bans have merit, but let business owners decide the rule - Minnesota
Doyle is open to phasing in smoking ban in bars - Wisconsin
Restaurants Say Smoking Ban Affects Bottom Line - Washington
May 1
Bingo profits plunge 62% on smoke ban - Scotland
UK sales fuel Imperial Tobacco profits jump and Tobacco maker keeps profits moving ahead -"Imperial said its experience of the smoking ban in public places in Scotland and other markets confirmed its view that smokers will continue to smoke, with the initial dip in consumption diminishing over time."
Bar owners call foul on smoking ban - US - McAllen
Tougher smoking restrictions meet little opposition - Canada, Victoria
Phoenix smokers talk about the ban - Lots of Comment
Cigarette Trade Still Good For Imperial and Imperial profits up 11% at £658m
Where there's smoke - Iowa