New Additions - July 2006

July 31
ASH and trade group in row over impact of smoking ban
Georgica half disappoints -Sales....in Scotland over the 16 weeks to 23 July fell 13% compared to England and Wales

July 30
Smoking foes plot strategy -Shows how disproportionate pressure is used
I'll wave the flag for sitting on the fence - a mention of smoking but 'an overview' of Scotland's Rulers
Is this how we win the booze battle? The next war against the People???
Smith smoked out a bit of a follow-up from the 'Churchill affair'
Blair's unhealthy political vision -general but puts it in perspective

July 29
Passive smoke kills? Surgeon general is commander of the fibbers
Our fight hasn't run out of puff!
Empty house (27 June)
State marks a year of no smoking in restaurants - are bars next? -Includes some 'damage'

July 28
Bar owners watching profits vanish - Denver USA
Smoking Bans: Yet Another Liberty Down The Drain good US comment
Article about Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow Ireland - brief mention of "smoking ban was a big factor for a drop in business"
Smoking 'victim' an actor - Australia
N.Y. state loses a fortune in unpaid taxes

July 27
Smokers claim ban has stubbed out kids' summer treat note the title -It's the smokers NOT the committees
Smokers abandon Bingo - Canada
Council staff will be forced to quit smoking - August 1 — 12 months before the national ban

July 26
UK pubs set to hit five-year turnover high BUT ......The UK is set to lose around 3,500 pubs to the smoking ban
TOWN MAN IS FIRST TO BE FINED
Edinburgh licensees are being warned to keep their smoking customers quiet or face losing their license
Johnson: And now, the roofs begin tumbling down - "What has happened is a statewide tragedy, sponsored by the government"
From nanny state to a helping hand and Blair threatens junk food ad ban
MSPs aim to cut Scots' drinking by curbing cheap supermarket offers

July 25
Light up and you're sacked
Actors fuming over smoking ban
Licensees' emergency smoke ban meeting Scotland -meeting with their MSP
No smoke without ire as pubs to face probe -Noise outside Scottish pubs
Bar's smoking area set for two-year all-clear

July 24
Health campagners call for early end to smoking in public places and
who supports this Smokefree Action group(spot whose evidence was accepted by the Committee)
ASH Press Release re the Lord's Statement
and MY Thoughts

July 23
Paving way for new cafe culture? -N. Ireland

July 22
Smoking ban blamed as VLT profits dive - video lottery terminals in New Brunswick
Ban smoking — WHO
In Norfolk,(USA) proposed ban needs to go up in smoke - simple logic
Ban on lighting up to get even wider + Comment
Nicotine May Help Spur Lung Cancer but it doesn't cause it!!!
Germany to restrict smoking from 2007 - minister

July 21
THAT WOMAN a letter in the Scotsman - will my reply be printed?
£50 fines under new smoking ban BBC

July 20
Smoking ban receives Royal Assent
Up in smoke, cabbie cops first £50 fine for lighting up interesting comments 'controversial law' non-compliance & more enforcement officers
Smoking ban blamed for casino layoffs
Smoking bans - a 16 year olds Rant - lots of sense.
Complete stats more accurate
Casino giant breathing easy after smoking ban -"has not had a material effect on our four casinos in Scotland".

July 19
Smoking Ban Backlash - Fife publicans get together
Smoke and Mirrors -"The law banning smoking in public places is the culmination of one of the most successful social change campaigns in recent years" by Deborah Arnott and Ian Willmore of ASH -- or how to con a government!!! Also on this site
Smoking ban burns into Wetherspooon's figures
Fringe director reignites row over smoking ban in theatres Stewart Maxwell - "over-the-top rubbish typical of a bunch of luvvies"
Taxi driver fined £50 for smoking
The by-law blunderbuss

July 18
Butt-out Stress, Ban Smoking; Only Both Efforts Together Prolong Life - US article
Various smoking references in the Guardian
Smoke ban rule plans are unveiled BBC news
Smoking ban may cover company cars
Smoke ban could lead to 'shelters'
While Scotland stubs it out, actors in England can carry on smoking
NHS Confederation: Smoke-free regulations response
Haze of confusion surrounds smoking ban next year
Rethink: Smoking ban response
Only one in ten mental health staff in agreement with government on smoking ban, King’s Fund survey suggests
Blaming Pregnant Women -ban pregnant women from smoking.etc
Criminologist sets out goal - just a quote "Ever since the smoking ban went into effect in bars, patrons are going to the side streets and alleys for a smoke, she said. There, they meet some of the denizens of the night pushing crack cocaine, and some have taken up the habit."

July 17
Draft Regulations Guidelines document
Growth in number of smoke-free restaurants shows no need for law from South Carolina

July 16
MPs e-mail addresses -not all work
Study Raises Health Concerns in Non-Smoking Sections - Typical Hysteria
Mel Smith flicks V at smoking ban - it's clear what he thinks and Close call, but no cigar
Wetherspoon waking up to smell the coffee and some tales of trade after the ban
Smoking ban guide lists areas of light-up relief --it seems someone might know the regulations
Suspend smoking ban: bar owners - 30% drop in takings
Smoking ban may increase tension among neighbors - It's not Britain -----yet
July 15
Rank in £172m bingo and casino sell-off - Of course there'll be no damage to business -sod the people!
Lord's diary: Smoked out - the ban is not popular with all visitors
(Interestingly, Greene King's super-regional rival, Wolverhampton & Dudley, is preparing for the smoking ban by moving 90 or so wet-led managed pubs, where developing a food trade is not possible, to tenancy.)
Comments against quoted sources in the Health Committee Report
Scotlands Press leading up to the Ban - ongoing project

July 14
Smoking 'cause' of death inequality - isn't that more like 'Inequality cause of smoking death'

July 13
Tax Lowered For Casino Hit Hard By Smoking Ban - Of course they don't damage business
Smoking bans may soon go worldwide - World Health Organization plans to urge smoking bans worldwide
New Chief Medical Officer appointed unimportant BUT with Feudian Comment "There are particular challenges facing us over the coming months, such as the roll-out of the smoking ban and the implementation of the suicide prevention strategy, but I intend to provide the necessary professional leadership to make these a success. "

July 12
Smoking ban breathes new life into pub sales - Just a bit selective - It's only about Dublin!!!
POWER TO THE PEOPLE? -people are getting fed up in Scotland
Banishing the blues could cut the chances of cancer - 23 June 2003 -"Startlingly, this study found getting a long-term depression increased your chances of getting cancer more than taking up smoking! " - "Previously, doctors had found being a depressed smoker increased your chances of getting cancer more than just being a smoker "
Minimum smoking age to rise & Off-duty taxi driver fined after daughter lights up from Marathon Pub Crawl Masquerades As Irish Medical Research !

July 11
Diane Glass: Secondhand smoke vs. other hazards of life from the Seattle Times
What about the workers? Club members huff and puff as ban looms - Luton W M Club fears for its life

July 10
Ban aid: The surgeon general hypes the hazards of secondhand smoke By Jacob Sullum July 5, 2006
Rather late -Memorandum by Professor Roger Scruton (SP 57) 'Social' Evidence to the Health Committee - ignored!
No butts - Fringe show is issued with smoke-ban warning - Culture Control in Scotland

July 9
Simple Solution Don't like smoke? Choose to stay away from fdlreporter.com (wisconsin)
Interfering Holyrood is assembling a totalitarian jigsaw
Ban looms for drink sponsors in sport
Rank spins the wheel for one last time

July 8
Take smoking ban inside the home - where will it end?
‘Ban is crippling business’ after only one week in Guernsey

July 6
ASH claimed 49% wanted no smoking and You Gov said 71% Office of National Statistics proves ASH etc statistics a LIE its only 33% read the full report

July 5
Talking science, but walking politics by Craig Westover, a writer who lives in Afton, blogs at craigwestover. blogspot.com. His e-mail address is westover4@yahoo.com.
Good old Stoddart
Killing the passive smoking debate By Michael Fumento (07/06/2006)
Letter to MPs who signed the Sustainable Communities Bill
Under-18s will smoke whatever the law By Andrew O'Hagan

July 2
More Links
How pure can we get?
Bingo industry demands £10m of tax breaks to cope with smoking ban

July 1
Appleton smoking ban may be revisited
Smoking ban hits hard - Letter clarifying the Scotish 'Success story'
Madison Smoking Ban - 1 Year Later - another bar closes